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Matthew 8:22
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Matthew 8:22
22But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
22But Iesus said vnto him, Follow me, & let the dead, bury their dead.
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Matthew 8:22
However; introducing a contrast with what precedes.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Without life; deprived of life; also lifeless, inactive, insensible, or separated from a former state by figure.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To place a dead body in a grave or tomb; also to cover or conceal beneath earth or another substance.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Open the full verse study32It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
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Open the full verse study13And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
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Open the full verse study14Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
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Open the full verse study5Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
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Open the full verse study1AND you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
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Open the full verse study43¶ The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.
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Open the full verse study6But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
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Open the full verse study18¶ And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
19And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
20And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.
21And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.
22And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.
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Open the full verse study9¶ And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
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