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ForγὰρI was hungryἐπείνασαandκαὶyou did notοὐκgiveἐδώκατέmeμοιanythingto eat;φαγεῖνI was thirstyἐδίψησαandκαὶyou did notοὐκgiveἐποτίσατέmeμεdrink;ἐποτίσατέ
Matthew 25:42
Study it in the app“For I was hungry and you did not give me anything to eat; I was thirsty and you did not give me drink;”
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 25:42, word by word
- I was hungryἐπείνασαepeinasa
be hungry
To feel in the body the lack of food.
Where else “epeinasa” appears- giveἐδώκατέedōkate
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- giveἐποτίσατέepotisate
give a drink
To hand another something to drink.
Where else “epotisate” appears
The context
41Then he will say also to those at the left, ‘Go from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
42 · This verse (above)
43I was a stranger and you did not welcome me; naked, and you did not clothe me; sick and in prison, and you did not visit 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?