Command context.
Mat 09:27 And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed him, crying aloud, “Have mercy on us, Son of David.”
Mat 9:28 When he entered the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to him, “Yes, Lord.”
Mat 9:29 Then he touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith be it done to you.”
Mat 9:30 And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly charged them, “See that no one knows it.”
Mat 9:31 But they went away and spread his fame through all that district.
| 3708 [e] Horate Ὁρᾶτε See that V-PMA-2P |
| 3367 [e] mēdeis μηδεὶς no one Adj-NMS |
| 1097 [e] ginōsketō γινωσκέτω . knows V-PMA-3S |
RESOURCES
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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