Luke 12:58
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.”
ὁδός
Not a way among many ways. The way. In the ancient world, hodos meant a road that had been walked and proven. Jesus is not giving directions — He is saying: I am the road itself. Walk in Me and you will arrive.
παραδίδωμι
will deliver
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παραδίδωμι
To hand over, to betray, to deliver up. He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification. The delivering of Jesus was the saving of the world.
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φυλακή
prison.
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φυλακή
a guarding or (concretely, guard), the act, the person; figuratively, the place, the condition, or (specially), the time (as a division of day or night), literally or figuratively
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δίδωμι
do give
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δίδωμι
To give, to grant, to bestow. Didomi. God so loved the world that He gave. Giving is the language of love. The greatest gift is always the giver themselves.
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ὑπάγω
you are going
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ὑπάγω
to lead (oneself) under, i.e. withdraw or retire (as if sinking out of sight), literally or figuratively
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πράκτωρ
officer
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πράκτωρ
a practiser, i.e. (specially), an official collector
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ἐργασία
earnestness
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ἐργασία
occupation; by implication, profit, pains
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κριτής
judge
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κριτής
a judge (genitive case or specially)
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κατασύρω
he may drag away
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κατασύρω
to drag down, i.e. arrest judicially
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