Mark 16:18
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.”
χείρ
Hand. Cheir. Into Your hands I commit my spirit. The hands that made the universe were the hands that were nailed to the cross. He gave everything including His hands.
ὄφις
serpents
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ὄφις
A serpent, a snake. As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness so the Son of Man must be lifted up. The bronze serpent was a shadow of the cross.
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ἔχω
they will be.
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ἔχω
To have, to hold, to possess. I have learned in whatever state I am to be content. Contentment is not about having more but appreciating what you have.
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ἐπιτίθημι
they will lay
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ἐπιτίθημι
to impose (in a friendly or hostile sense)
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πίνω
they shall drink,
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πίνω
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
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τὶς
anything
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τὶς
some or any person or object
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καλῶς
well
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καλῶς
well (usually morally)
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θανάσιμος
deadly
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θανάσιμος
fatal, i.e. poisonous
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