Matthew 23:33
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?”
κρίσις
Judgment, decision, tribunal. Krisis. The Father has committed all judgment to the Son. The one who died for sinners is the one who will judge them. That is both sobering and gracious.
γέεννα
of hell?
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γέεννα
valley of (the son of) Hinnom; ge-henna (or Ge-Hinnom), a valley of Jerusalem, used (figuratively) as a name for the place (or state) of everlasting punishment
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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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πῶς
How
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πῶς
an interrogative particle of manner; in what way? (sometimes the question is indirect, how?); also as exclamation, how much!
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φεύγω
shall you escape
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φεύγω
to run away (literally or figuratively); by implication, to shun; by analogy, to vanish
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ἔχιδνα
of vipers!
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ἔχιδνα
an adder or other poisonous snake (literally or figuratively)
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γέννημα
Offspring
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γέννημα
offspring; by analogy, produce (literally or figuratively)
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