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whichἅareἐστινa shadowσκιὰof the thingsτῶνto come,μελλόντωνbutδὲthe bodyτὸ σῶμαbelongs to the Messiah.τοῦ Χριστοῦ
Colossians 2:17
Study it in the app“which are a shadow of the things to come, but the body belongs to the Messiah.”
With the Greek beneath
Colossians 2:17, word by word
- areἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- a shadowσκιὰskia
shade, shadow
Shadow, shade.
Where else “skia” appears- to comeμελλόντωνmellontōn
coming
What has not yet arrived: the new world.
Where else “mellontōn” appears- the bodyσῶμαsōma
body
The person in his physical part, living or dead.
Where else “sōma” appears- belongs to the MessiahΧριστοῦChristou
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christou” appears
Translation note
“The body”: the reality, in contrast with the shadow.
The context
16So let no one judge you in eating or in drinking, or in the matter of a festival or a new moon or Sabbaths,
17 · This verse (above)
18Let no one disqualify you, delighting in humility and the worship of angels, entering into what he has seen, puffed up without reason by the mind of his flesh,