Matthew 27:6
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.”
τιμή
Honour, value, price, esteem. Time. You were bought with a price therefore glorify God in your body. Your body is not your own. It was purchased. Use it to honour the one who bought it.
κορβᾶν
treasury
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κορβᾶν
a votive offering and the offering; a consecrated present (to the Temple fund); by extension (the latter term) the Treasury itself, i.e. the room where the contribution boxes stood
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ἔξεστι
it is lawful
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ἔξεστι
so also neuter present participle of the same (with or without some form of G1510 (εἰμί) expressed); impersonally, it is right (through the figurative idea of being out in public)
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λαμβάνω
having taken
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λαμβάνω
while G138 (αἱρέομαι) is more violent, to seize or remove))
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ἐπεί
since the
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ἐπεί
thereupon, i.e. since (of time or cause)
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ἔπω
said;
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ἔπω
to speak or say (by word or writing)
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εἰμί
it is.
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εἰμί
I exist (used only when emphatic)
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