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Selected Verse: Luke 6:23 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Lu 6:23 |
Strong Concordance |
Rejoice ye [5463] in [1722] that [1565] day [2250], and [2532] leap for joy [4640]: for [1063], behold [2400], your [5216] reward [3408] is great [4183] in [1722] heaven [3772]: for [1063] in [2596] the like manner [5024] did [4160] their [846] fathers [3962] unto the prophets [4396]. |
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King James |
Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| leap for joy--a livelier word than "be exceeding glad" of "exult" (Mat 5:12). |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Leap for joy (σκιρτήσατε)
See Luk 1:41, Luk 1:44. Compare Matthew, be exceeding glad (ἀγαλλιἄσθε: see on Pe1 1:6).
Their fathers
Peculiar to Luke. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Did - unto the prophets - See Kg1 18:4; Kg1 19:20; Ch2 24:21; Ch2 36:16; Neh 9:26. |
12 Rejoice [5463], and [2532] be exceeding glad [21]: for [3754] great [4183] is your [5216] reward [3408] in [1722] heaven [3772]: for [1063] so [3779] persecuted they [1377] the prophets [4396] which [3588] were before [4253] you [5216].
6 Wherein [1722] [3739] ye greatly rejoice [21], though now [737] for a season [3641], if [1487] need [1163] be [2076], ye are in heaviness [3076] through [1722] manifold [4164] temptations [3986]:
44 For [1063], lo [2400], as soon as [5613] the voice [5456] of thy [4675] salutation [783] sounded [1096] in [1519] mine [3450] ears [3775], the babe [1025] leaped [4640] in [1722] my [3450] womb [2836] for [1722] joy [20].
41 And [2532] it came to pass [1096], that, when [5613] Elisabeth [1665] heard [191] the salutation [783] of Mary [3137], the babe [1025] leaped [4640] in [1722] her [846] womb [2836]; and [2532] Elisabeth [1665] was filled [4130] with the Holy [40] Ghost [4151]:
26 Nevertheless they were disobedient [04784], and rebelled [04775] against thee, and cast [07993] thy law [08451] behind [0310] their backs [01458], and slew [02026] thy prophets [05030] which testified [05749] against them to turn [07725] them to thee, and they wrought [06213] great [01419] provocations [05007].
16 But they mocked [03931] the messengers [04397] of God [0430], and despised [0959] his words [01697], and misused [08591] his prophets [05030], until the wrath [02534] of the LORD [03068] arose [05927] against his people [05971], till there was no remedy [04832].
21 And they conspired [07194] against him, and stoned [07275] him with stones [068] at the commandment [04687] of the king [04428] in the court [02691] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068].
20 And he left [05800] the oxen [01241], and ran [07323] after [0310] Elijah [0452], and said [0559], Let me, I pray thee, kiss [05401] my father [01] and my mother [0517], and then I will follow [03212] [0310] thee. And he said [0559] unto him, Go back [03212] again [07725]: for what have I done [06213] to thee?
4 For it was so, when Jezebel [0348] cut off [03772] the prophets [05030] of the LORD [03068], that Obadiah [05662] took [03947] an hundred [03967] prophets [05030], and hid [02244] them by fifty [0376] [02572] in a cave [04631], and fed [03557] them with bread [03899] and water [04325].)