KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Matthew 5:40–41
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Matthew 5:40
40And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.
40And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coate, let him haue thy cloake also.
Matthew 5:41
41And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
41And whosoeuer shall compell thee to goe a mile, goe with him twaine.
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DEFINED WORDS
Matthew 5:40
One, some, or every member or amount of an indefinite number or quantity, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To bring a legal action against someone to obtain a claimed right.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A rule, command, or body of commands established by authority; especially God's commandments or the law given through Moses, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of, with the exact sense determined by context.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
An outer garment or tunic; also a covering.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
A cloak: an outer garment; figuratively, a covering or pretext.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Matthew 5:41
Whoever; any person who, without restriction in the stated class.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
To constrain or oblige the person to do the action named in the verse.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A measure of distance; in Matthew 5:41, the distance one is compelled to go.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Two; a pair, or two persons or things considered separately.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 40
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Open the full verse study29And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not to take thy coat also.
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Open the full verse study7Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?
From verse 41
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Open the full verse study26And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.
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Open the full verse study32And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.
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Open the full verse study21And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.
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