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Matthew 28:14–15

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And if this come to the governor’s ears, we will persuade him, and secure you.
So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.
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From verse 14

  1. Matthew 27:2Rank 1 from verse 14
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    2And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.

  2. Acts 12:19Rank 2 from verse 14
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    19And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judæa to Cæsarea, and there abode.

From verse 15

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    10For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

  2. Matthew 27:8Rank 2 from verse 15
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    8Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.

  3. Matthew 26:15Rank 3 from verse 15
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    15And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.

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Matthew 28:14

COMBINED MEANING

ears

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Plural form of ear. Sense 1: The organ of hearing. Sense 2: The seed-bearing head of grain.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

persuade

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To convince or influence by argument, entreaty, motives, or assurances.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

secure

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Careless or free from concern; without fear.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616 · Skeat 1893

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you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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Matthew 28:15

COMBINED MEANING

reported

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of report, meaning to tell, relate, or make known.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

day

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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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13Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.

14And if this come to the governor’s ears, we will persuade him, and secure you.

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15So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.

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16¶ Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them.

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