Speak, say, declare. Epō. Every word spoken or written carries weight before God. Speak with intention.

Not just a follower — a learner who becomes like the teacher. The last command Jesus gives is not go and convert — it is go and make mathetes. People who learn from Me, walk like Me, think like Me, love like Me. The mission is not decisions. It is transformation.

Rock, stone, the apostle Peter. Pétros. Jesus renamed Simon "Rock" at their first meeting, declaring what he would become. God renames to reshape. Let him rename you too.

to lead forward (magisterially); intransitively, to precede (in place or time (participle, previous))

Galilee, heathen circle, region of Palestine. Galilaía. Jesus launched his ministry not from Jerusalem's religious center but from this despised northern frontier. God consistently works through the margins.

There, in that place. Ekei. Scripture often marks the places where God meets, speaks, and acts. Where He is, there is the story. Pay attention to where you are.

To see, to appear, to be visible. He appeared to Peter then to the twelve. The resurrection appearances were real physical encounters not visions or hallucinations.

Just as, in the same way, inasmuch as. Kathōs. God loves, forgives, and gives — and calls us to do likewise. How He acts becomes the pattern for how we act. Live up to the standard.