Matthew 25:43
King James Version
28 Jul 2026
“I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.”
ξένος
Strange, foreign, unusual. Xenos. I was a stranger and you welcomed Me. Jesus identifies with the outsider. Welcoming the stranger is welcoming Him.
εἰμί
I was
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εἰμί
To be, to exist. Eimi. When God names himself I AM, he uses this word. Existence itself belongs to him. Ground your identity in the one who simply is.
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συνάγω
You took in
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συνάγω
To gather together, to assemble. Sunago. For where two or three gather in My name there I am. The presence of Jesus is promised to the gathered church. Come together.
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μέ
Me,
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μέ
No, not, never. Mé. The softest Greek negative, used to deny what is possible or expected. When God says no, he means it.
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γυμνός
naked
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γυμνός
Naked, bare, exposed. Gymnós. Nothing is hidden from God; all things are naked and laid bare before him. Come as you are, not as you wish to appear.
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περιβάλλω
you did clothe
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περιβάλλω
Clothe, wrap around, invest. Periballō. The redeemed are clothed in white, the righteous acts of the saints. What you are wrapped in reveals who you belong to.
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φυλακή
prison
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φυλακή
a guarding or (concretely, guard), the act, the person; figuratively, the place, the condition, or (specially), the time (as a division of day or night), literally or figuratively
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ἐπισκέπτομαι
did you visit
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ἐπισκέπτομαι
Visit, inspect, care for. Episkeptomai. God visited His people to redeem them, and James names caring for orphans and widows as pure religion. To visit is to see a need and move toward it. Go.
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