Matthew 16:5
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.”
μαθητής
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.
ἔρχομαι
having come
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ἔρχομαι
To come, to go, to arrive. Erchomai. Come Lord Jesus. The final prayer of Scripture is an invitation. The church lives in expectation of His return.
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ἐπιλανθάνομαι
they forgot
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ἐπιλανθάνομαι
To forget, to neglect. Forgetting what is behind. Some things must be deliberately let go of in order to move forward with God.
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λαμβάνω
to take.
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λαμβάνω
while G138 (αἱρέομαι) is more violent, to seize or remove))
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πέραν
other side
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πέραν
through (as adverb or preposition), i.e. across
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