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Butδὲtheyοἱwent outἐξελθόντεςand spread the news aboutδιεφήμισανhimαὐτὸνinἐνallὅλῃthatἐκείνῃland.τῇ γῇ
Matthew 9:31
Study it in the app“But they went out and spread the news about him in all that land.”
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 9:31, word by word
- went outἐξελθόντεςexelthontes
go out
To leave the place where one was and go outside or elsewhere.
Where else “exelthontes” appears- and spread the news aboutδιεφήμισανdiephēmisan
spread around
Spread the news everywhere, make widely known.
Where else “diephēmisan” appears- allὅλῃholēi
whole, all
Whole, entire, all.
Where else “holēi” appears- landγῇgēi
land
A country or a region.
Where else “gēi” appears
The context
30And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly warned them, saying, “See that no one knows about it.”
31 · This verse (above)
32As they were going out, look, people brought to him a mute man possessed by a demon.
To study Matthew 9 in a group
1. What it says
What did Jesus say to the paralyzed man before healing him, and how did some scribes react (vv. 2–3)?
2. What it means
What did Jesus mean by “I did not come to call the righteous but sinners” as he sat with them (vv. 10–13)?
3. How I live it
Jesus saw the crowds with compassion (v. 36). Whom around you could you look at with more compassion today?