Mark 12:39
And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:
And the chiefe seates in the Synagogues, and the vppermost roomes at feasts:
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- James 2:2–3Rank 1 from verse 39
2For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;
3And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:
2For if there come vnto your †assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poore man, in vile raiment:
3And yee haue respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say vnto him, Sit thou here ‖in a good place: and say to the poore, Stand thou there, or sit here vnder my footstoole:
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Mark 12:39
1. First, principal, highest, leading, greatest, most excellent, most important, or most responsible in rank, order, degree, value, or guilt. 2. A leader, head, principal ruler, officer, or principal member of a group.
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Plural form of seat (the place of sitting; throne; chair of state; tribunal; post of authority. That on which one sits: a chair, bench, stool or any other thing on which a person sits).
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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synagogues
Jewish assemblies or the places where such assemblies meet.
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Highest, topmost, chief, most prominent, or occupying the place of greatest visibility, rank, or honour.
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Festival meals or appointed times of celebration and worship.
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38¶ And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces,
38¶ And he said vnto them in his doctrine, *Beware of the Scribes, which loue to goe in long clothing, and loue salutations in the market places,
39And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:
39And the chiefe seates in the Synagogues, and the vppermost roomes at feasts:
Selected passage40Which devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.
40*Which deuoure widowes houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: These shall receiue greater damnation.