Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version I tell you that something greater than the temple is here. New Living Translation I tell you, there is one here who is even greater than the Temple! English Standard Version I tell you, something greater than the temple is here. Berean Standard Bible But I tell you that something greater than the temple is here. Berean Literal Bible But I say to you that a greater than the temple is here. King James Bible But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple. New King James Version Yet I say to you that in this place there is One greater than the temple. New American Standard Bible But I say to you that something greater than the temple is here. NASB 1995 “But I say to you that something greater than the temple is here. NASB 1977 “But I say to you, that something greater than the temple is here. Legacy Standard Bible But I say to you that something greater than the temple is here. Amplified Bible But I tell you that something greater than the temple is here. Christian Standard Bible I tell you that something greater than the temple is here. Holman Christian Standard Bible But I tell you that something greater than the temple is here! American Standard Version But I say unto you, that one greater than the temple is here. Aramaic Bible in Plain English But I say to you, one greater than The Temple is here. Contemporary English Version I tell you there is something here greater than the temple. Douay-Rheims Bible But I tell you that there is here a greater than the temple. English Revised Version But I say unto you, that one greater than the temple is here. GOD'S WORD® Translation I can guarantee that something greater than the temple is here. Good News Translation I tell you that there is something here greater than the Temple. International Standard Version But I tell you, something greater than the Temple is here! Literal Standard Version And I say to you that [One] greater than the temple is here; Majority Standard Bible But I tell you that something greater than the temple is here. New American Bible I say to you, something greater than the temple is here. NET Bible I tell you that something greater than the temple is here. New Revised Standard Version I tell you, something greater than the temple is here. New Heart English Bible But I tell you that something greater than the temple is here. Webster's Bible Translation But I say to you, that in this place is one greater than the temple. Weymouth New Testament But I tell you that there is here that which is greater than the Temple. World English Bible But I tell you that one greater than the temple is here. Young's Literal Translation and I say to you, that a greater than the temple is here; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Lord of the Sabbath…5Or haven’t you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and yet are innocent? 6But I tell you that something greater than the temple is here. 7If only you had known the meaning of ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.… Cross References 2 Chronicles 6:18 But will God indeed dwell with man upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built. Isaiah 66:1 This is what the LORD says: "Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be? Isaiah 66:2 Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being," declares the LORD. "This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word. Matthew 12:5 Or haven't you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and yet are innocent? Matthew 12:41 The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here. Matthew 12:42 The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here. Treasury of Scripture But I say to you, That in this place is one greater than the temple. Matthew 12:41,42 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here… Matthew 23:17-21 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? … 2 Chronicles 6:18 But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built! Jump to Previous Greater Something TempleJump to Next Greater Something TempleMatthew 12 1. Jesus reproves the blindness of the Pharisees concerning the Sabbath,3. by scripture, 9. by reason, 13. and by a miracle. 22. He heals a man possessed that was blind and mute; 24. and confronting the absurd charge of casting out demons by Beelzebub, 32. he shows that blasphemy against the Holy Spirit shall never be forgiven. 36. Account shall be made of idle words. 38. He rebukes the unfaithful, who seek after a sign, 46. and shows who is his brother, sister, and mother. (6) In this place is one greater than the temple.--Better, Here is something greater than the Temple. The Greek adjective is neuter in the better MSS., and the word "here" we may think of as accompanied (like the "destroy this temple" of John 2:19) by a gesture which interpreted the words. The passage thus referred to furnishes obviously the true explanation of our Lord's assertion of His greatness here, and spoken, as it probably was, to scribes from Jerusalem, may have been intended to remind them of it. The body of the Son of Man was the truest, highest temple of God, and the disciples who ministered to Him were entitled to at least the same privilege as the priests in the Temple at Jerusalem. The range of the words is, however, wider than this their first and highest application. We are taught to think of the bodies of other sons of men as being also, in their measure, temples of God (1Corinthians 6:19), and so there follows the conclusion that all works of love done for the bodies or the souls of men as little interfere with the holiness of a day of rest as did the ministrations of the priests as they laboured to weariness in the ritual of the Temple. Inasmuch as the disciples were not at the time engaged in any direct service to their Master, but were simply satisfying the cravings of their own hunger, their act, strictly speaking, came under the general rather than the special application of the words. Man, as such, to those who take a true measure of his worth, is greater than any material temple.Verse 6 - Matthew only. But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple (τοῦ ἱεροῦ μειζόν ἐστιν ῶδε); "Gr. a greater thing" (Revised Version margin). A similarly difficult neuter is found in vers. 41, 45. If the neuter be insisted upon, we must understand Christ to refer to his cause, the work in which the disciples were engaged. This was greater than the temple; lunch more, therefore, was it greater than the sabbath. Probably, however, our Lord is referring to himself, to his own Person and character, but uses the neuter, either as forming a more decided contrast to ἱερόν, or as being more weighty than the masculine (cf. ch. 11:9, note). Also it was less defined and more mysterious. He could not reveal to them the secret of his presence. Observe the use, even at this stage in his ministry, of words implying the decadence of the temple service (cf. John 4:21; Acts 6:14). In this place; here (Revised Version), as in vers. 41, 42. Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Butδὲ (de) Conjunction Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc. I tell λέγω (legō) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. you, ὑμῖν (hymin) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. something greater than μεῖζόν (meizon) Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular - Comparative Strong's 3173: Large, great, in the widest sense. the τοῦ (tou) Article - Genitive Neuter Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. temple ἱεροῦ (hierou) Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular Strong's 2411: Neuter of hieros; a sacred place, i.e. The entire precincts of the Temple. is ἐστιν (estin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. here. ὧδε (hōde) Adverb Strong's 5602: From an adverb form of hode; in this same spot, i.e. Here or hither. Links Matthew 12:6 NIVMatthew 12:6 NLT Matthew 12:6 ESV Matthew 12:6 NASB Matthew 12:6 KJV Matthew 12:6 BibleApps.com Matthew 12:6 Biblia Paralela Matthew 12:6 Chinese Bible Matthew 12:6 French Bible Matthew 12:6 Catholic Bible NT Gospels: Matthew 12:6 But I tell you that one greater (Matt. Mat Mt) |
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