Luke 6:48
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.”
πέτρα
Rock, bedrock, cliff. Petra. On this rock I will build My church. The church is built on bedrock. The storms will come. What is built on the rock will stand. What is built on sand will not.
τίθημι
he laid
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τίθημι
To put, to place, to appoint. Tithemi. Father into Your hands I commit My spirit. The final act of Jesus was an act of trust. Put everything in His hands. That is where it is safest.
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ἰσχύω
was able
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ἰσχύω
To be strong, to be able. Ischuo. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. The ability is His. The willingness is yours. Together they accomplish everything.
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γίνομαι
having come
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γίνομαι
To become, to come into being, to happen. Ginomai. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. What is true in heaven is meant to become true on earth through prayer.
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οἰκοδομέω
building
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οἰκοδομέω
To build, to construct, to edify. Build one another up. Every believer is both a building and a builder. You are being built up and you are building others.
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ποταμός
stream
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ποταμός
River, flowing water. Potamos. A river of the water of life. The river flows from the throne. The source of everything life-giving is the presence of God.
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οἰκία
a house
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οἰκία
A house, a household, a family dwelling. In My Father's house are many rooms. Your eternal home is being prepared by Jesus Himself right now.
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ὅμοιος
Like
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ὅμοιος
Like, similar, resembling. The fourth person in the fire is like the Son of God. In the furnace of your trial Jesus is there with you.
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σαλεύω
to shake
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σαλεύω
to waver, i.e. agitate, rock, topple or (by implication) destroy; figuratively, to disturb, incite
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θεμέλιος
a foundation
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θεμέλιος
something put down, i.e. a substruction (of a building, etc.), (literally or figuratively)
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ἐκεῖνος
that,
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ἐκεῖνος
that one (or (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed
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διά
because
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διά
through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
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προσρήγνυμι
burst upon
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προσρήγνυμι
to tear towards, i.e. burst upon (as a tempest or flood)
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πλήμμυρα
when a flood
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πλήμμυρα
flood-tide, i.e. (by analogy) a freshet
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εἰμί
he is
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εἰμί
I exist (used only when emphatic)
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καλῶς
well
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καλῶς
well (usually morally)
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σκάπτω
dug
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σκάπτω
to dig
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