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ForγὰρI was hungryἐπείνασαandκαὶyou gaveἐδώκατέmeμοιsomethingto eat;φαγεῖνI was thirstyἐδίψησαandκαὶyou gaveἐποτίσατέmeμεdrink;ἐποτίσατέI wasἤμηνa strangerξένοςandκαὶyou welcomedσυνηγάγετέme;με
Matthew 25:35
Study it in the app“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat; I was thirsty and you gave me drink; I was a stranger and you welcomed me;”
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 25:35, word by word
- I was hungryἐπείνασαepeinasa
be hungry
To feel in the body the lack of food.
Where else “epeinasa” appears- you gaveἐδώκατέedōkate
give
To hand something to another freely, as a gift.
Where else “edōkate” appears- to eatφαγεῖνphagein
eat
Eat.
Where else “phagein” appears- I was thirstyἐδίψησαedipsēsa
thirst
Be thirsty; long for something.
Where else “edipsēsa” appears- you gaveἐποτίσατέepotisate
give a drink
To hand another something to drink.
Where else “epotisate” appears- I wasἤμηνēmēn
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ēmēn” appears- a strangerξένοςxenos
stranger
Someone from another land or foreign to the place; or something unknown.
Where else “xenos” appears- you welcomedσυνηγάγετέsynēgagete
welcome
To take a stranger into your home.
Where else “synēgagete” appears
The context
34Then the King will say to those at his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
35 · This verse (above)
36naked, and you clothed me; I was sick and you visited me; I was in prison and you came to me.’
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?