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Butδὲheὁanswered,ἀποκριθεὶς‘TrulyἈμὴνI tellλέγωyou,ὑμῖνI do notοὐκknowοἶδαyou.’ὑμᾶς
Matthew 25:12
Study it in the app“But he answered, ‘Truly I tell you, I do not know you.’”
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With the Greek beneath
Matthew 25:12, word by word
- answeredἀποκριθεὶςapokritheis
answer
To say something back to the one who spoke or asked.
Where else “apokritheis” appears- ‘TrulyἈμὴνAmēn
truly
"I assure you": Jesus says it to affirm something.
Where else “Amēn” appears- I tellλέγωlegō
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legō” appears- knowοἶδαoida
know someone
To have dealings with someone and know who he is.
Where else “oida” appears
The context
11And later the other virgins also come, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us.’
12 · This verse (above)
13So keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.
To study Matthew 25 in a group
1. What it says
What difference was there between the wise and the foolish virgins when the bridegroom came (vv. 3–10)?
2. What it means
What does Jesus teach by saying “as much as you did it to one of these my least brothers, you did it to me” (v. 40)?
3. How I live it
The King names simple things: food, water, clothing, a visit (vv. 35–36). To whom could you offer one of them this week?