Imperative: Mat 05:27-30 v. 29 Pluck … cast … cut. … 3 imperatives.
Context:
Mat 5:27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’
Mat 5:28 But I say to you that every one who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Mat 5:29 If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and throw it away; it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell.
Mat 5:30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away; it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into hell.
GREEK VERBS:
| 1807 [e] exele ἔξελε pluck out V-AMA-2S |
| 846 [e] auton αὐτὸν it PPro-AM3S |
| 2532 [e] kai καὶ and Conj |
| 906 [e] bale βάλε cast [it] V-AMA-2S |
| 575 [e] apo ἀπὸ from Prep |
| 4771 [e] sou σοῦ ; you PPro-G2S |
| 1581 [e] ekkopson ἔκκοψον cut off V-AMA-2S |
| 846 [e] autēn αὐτὴν it PPro-AF3S |
| 2532 [e] kai καὶ and Conj |
| 906 [e] bale βάλε cast [it] V-AMA-2S |
| 575 [e] apo ἀπὸ from Prep |
| 4771 [e] sou σοῦ ; you PPro-G2S |
What are the commands of Jesus Christ which we need to obey? In disciple-making, Jesus commanded the following in Matthew 28:20: “teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you…” What are the commands that we are to follow and teach others as identified by Jesus’ use of the imperative mood in the Greek?
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