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NAPHTALI, MOUNT (har naphtali; en to orei to Nephthalei): This was the most northerly of the three divisions of the Western Range, which derived thei...
And Peter (kai twi Petrwi). Only in Mark, showing that Peter remembered gratefully this special message from the Risen Christ. Later in the day Jesus...
Mote (karpo) and beam (dokon). See on Mt 7:3-5 for discussion of these words in this parabolic proverb kin to several of ours today....
Cormforteth (parakalwn). See on 1?Corinthians 1:3-7 for this word. The lowly (tou tapeinou). See on Mt 11:29. Literally, low on the ground in old s...
Making void the word of God by your tradition (akurounte ton logon tou qeou th paradosei umwn). See on Mt 15:6 for the word akurounte, invalidating, ...
Grievously tormented (deinw basanizomeno). Participle present passive from root basano (see on Mt 4:24). The boy (pai), slave (doulo, Luke 7:2 ), wa...
Let the children first be filled (ape prwton cortasqhnai ta paidia). The Jews had the first claim. See the command of Jesus in the third tour of Gali...
Full well do ye reject the commandment of God that ye may keep your traditions (kalw aqeteite thn entolhn tou qeou ina thn paradosin umwn thrhshte). ...
Blessed (makarioi). See on Mt 5:3. Are forgiven (apeqhsan). First aorist passive indicative of apihmi, without augment (apeiqhsan, regular form). Pau...
As he sat at meat (katakeimenou autou). Matthew 26:7 uses anakeimenou, both words meaning reclining (leaning down or up or back) and in the genitiv...
Mark 7:21 For from within, out of the heart of man The inside of man is very bad, his inward part is not only wicked, but wickedness itself, yea, very...
Is thine eye evil? (o opqalmo sou ponhro estin?) See on Mt 6:22-24 about the evil eye and the good eye. The complainer had a grudging eye while the h...
Overview - Psalms 88 1?A prayer containing a grievous complaint. Treasury of Scripture KnowledgePsalms 88:14??(King James Version)LORD, why castest th...
Is known (ginwsketai). The fruit of each tree reveals its actual character. It is the final test. This sentence is not in Matthew 7:17-20 , but the ...
Diligently (pugmh). Instrumental case, with the fist, up to the elbow, rubbing one hand and arm with the other hand clenched. Aleph had pukna probabl...
And he called to him the multitude again (kai proskalesameno palin ton oclon). Aorist middle participle, calling to himself. The rabbis had attacked ...
Overview - Deuteronomy 32 1?Moses song, which sets forth God's mercy and vengeance. 46?He exhorts them to set their hearts upon it. 48?God sends him u...
The inheritance (h klhronomia). Old word from klhronomo, heir (klero, lot, nemomai, to distribute). See on Mt 21:38; see also Ac 7:5. This came to Is...
In this respect (en toutwi twi merei). The glory on the face of Moses was temporary, though real, and passed away (verse 1?Corinthians 7 ), a type o...