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Selected Verse: 3 John 1:13 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 3Jo 1:13 |
Strong Concordance |
I had [2192] many things [4183] to write [1125], but [235] I will [2309] not [3756] with [1223] ink [3188] and [2532] pen [2563] write [1125] unto thee [4671]: |
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King James |
I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee: |
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] |
| I will not--rather as Greek, "I wish not . . . to write" more. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
I had many things to write ... - This Epistle closes, as the second does, with a statement that he had many things to say, but that he preferred waiting until he should see him rather than put them on paper. Perhaps there were some things which he wished to say which he would not like to have exposed to the possibility of being seen by the public eye.
But I will not with ink and pen ... - Notes at Jo2 1:12. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
I had (εἷχον)
The imperfect tense: I was having, when I began to write.
Pen (καλάμου)
Lit., reed. See Mat 11:7. The staff or scepter placed in mockery in Jesus' hand, Mat 27:29. A measuring-reed, Rev 11:1. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| I had many things to write - That is, I have many things that I might write; but having the hope of seeing thee shortly, I will not commit them to paper. Ink and pen are here mentioned; paper and ink in the preceding epistle. |
12 Having [2192] many things [4183] to write [1125] unto you [5213], I would [1014] not [3756] write with [1223] paper [5489] and [2532] ink [3188]: but [235] I trust [1679] to come [2064] unto [4314] you [5209], and [2532] speak [2980] face [4750] to [4314] face [4750], that [2443] our [2257] joy [5479] may be [5600] full [4137].
1 And [2532] there was given [1325] me [3427] a reed [2563] like [3664] unto a rod [4464]: and [2532] the angel [32] stood [2476], saying [3004], Rise [1453], and [2532] measure [3354] the temple [3485] of God [2316], and [2532] the altar [2379], and [2532] them that worship [4352] therein [1722] [846].
29 And [2532] when they had platted [4120] a crown [4735] of [1537] thorns [173], they put [2007] it upon [1909] his [846] head [2776], and [2532] a reed [2563] in [1909] his [846] right hand [1188]: and [2532] they bowed the knee [1120] before [1715] him [846], and mocked [1702] him [846], saying [3004], Hail [5463], King [935] of the Jews [2453]!
7 And [1161] as [5130] they departed [4198], Jesus [2424] began [756] to say [3004] unto the multitudes [3793] concerning [4012] John [2491], What [5101] went ye [1831] out into [1519] the wilderness [2048] to see [2300]? A reed [2563] shaken [4531] with [5259] the wind [417]?