KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Matthew 22:15 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Greek | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Greek word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Greek word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “Then” | Τότε | The when, i.e., at the time that (of the past or future, also in consecution) | Then |
| “went” | πορευθέντες | To traverse, i.e., travel (literally or figuratively; especially to remove (figuratively, die), live, etc.) | went |
| “the” | οἱ | The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) | the |
| “Pharisees,” | Φαρισαῖοι | A separatist, i.e., exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e., Jewish sectary | Pharisees |
| “and took” | ἔλαβον | To take. While G0138 is more violent, to seize or remove. | took |
| “counsel” | συμβούλιον | Advisement; specially, a deliberative body, i.e., the provincial assessors or lay-court | counsel |
| “how” | ὅπως | What(-ever) how, i.e., in the manner that (as adverb or conjunction of coincidence, intentional or actual) | how |
| “they might entangle” | παγιδεύσωσιν | To ensnare (figuratively) | might entangle |
| “him” | αὐτὸν | The reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons | him |
| “in” | ἐν | "in," at, (up-)on, by, etc | in |
| “his” | (No Greek definition. English implied.) | ||
| “talk.” | λόγῳ | Something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, (with the article in John) the Divine Expression (i.e., Christ) | talk |
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13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
14 For many are called, but few are chosen.
15 Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.
16 And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men.
17 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?
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