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In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. The New International Version translates the passage as: I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
Just as inserting 'behold' at verse 16 to mark the beginning of the section, so Matthew marks the end of the section with 'truly, I say to you'—this is parallel to the end of the prior section, at 10:15. [43] The parallel here with verse 15, and at 16 with verses 5-6 , draws a strong connection between the two passages.
Hensley was a minister of the Church of God, now known as the Church of God (Cleveland), founded by Richard Spurling and A. J. Tomlinson.In 1922, Hensley resigned from the Church of God, [11] citing "trouble in the home"; [12] his resignation marked the zenith of the practice of snake handling in the denomination, with the Church of God disavowing the practice of snake handling during the 1920s.
In the King James Version of the Bible, this verse is translated as: And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. The modern World English Bible translates the passage as: Behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the ...
Moses and Aaron appear before the pharaoh, and Aaron's rod is transformed into a serpent. Pharaoh's sorcerers are also able to transform their rods into serpents, but Aaron's rod swallows their rods (Exodus 7:10–12). Aaron's rod is again used to turn the Nile blood-red. It is used several times on God's command to initiate the plagues of Egypt.
Behold: your king is coming to you, a just savior is he, Humble, and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.") At the proclamation of Jehu as King of Israel in 2 Kings 9 :11-13, "in haste every man of them took his garment and put it under him on the bare steps, and they blew the trumpet and proclaimed, "Jehu is king". [ 54 ]
The word "all" (Ancient Greek: παΎ¶σα) are found multiple times in the verses 18–20, tying them together: all power/authority, all nations, all things ("that I have commanded you") and all the days ("always"). [2] Dale Allison considers the suggestions of the verse 18 allusion to Daniel 7:13–14 or 2 Chronicles 36:23 improbable. [3]
This verse is the beginning of a tirade by John the Baptist. This lecture is also found in Luke, with this verse being very similar to Luke 3:7 . This section is not found in Mark and most scholars believe that Matthew and Luke are both copying from the hypothetical Q .