Matthew 22:15
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.”
λόγος
In Greek thought, the logos was the rational principle holding the universe together. John opens his Gospel with this word — not as a concept, but as a person. In the beginning was the Word. Before anything existed, the Word already was.
πορεύομαι
having gone out
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πορεύομαι
to traverse, i.e. travel (literally or figuratively; especially to remove (figuratively, die), live, etc.);
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ὅπως
how
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ὅπως
what(-ever) how, i.e. in the manner that (as adverb or conjunction of coincidence, intentional or actual)
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συμβούλιον
counsel
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συμβούλιον
advisement; specially, a deliberative body, i.e. the provincial assessors or lay-court
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τότε
Then
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τότε
the when, i.e. at the time that (of the past or future, also in consecution)
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Φαρισαῖος
Pharisees
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Φαρισαῖος
a separatist, i.e. exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary
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λαμβάνω
took
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λαμβάνω
while G138 (αἱρέομαι) is more violent, to seize or remove))
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παγιδεύω
they may trap
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παγιδεύω
to ensnare (figuratively)
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