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The verse is elaborated upon by saying 92 in the Gospel of Thomas. [8] The words "Ask, and you will receive" also form part of Jesus' farewell discourse in John 16. [9] The common English expressions "Ask, and you shall receive" and "Seek, and ye shall find" are both derived from this verse.
In the original Greek according to Westcott-Hort for this verse is: καὶ εἰ θέλετε δέξασθαι, αὐτός ἐστιν Ἠλίας ὁ μέλλων ἔρχεσθαι. In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.
This verse is closely paralleled at Luke 7:6, but Matthew drops the extra complication of the Centurion first sending friends to talk to Jesus. [1]The Centurion clearly acknowledges his subordinate position to Jesus, though the term translated as Lord does not necessitate the Centurion recognize Jesus as divine.
Chrysostom: "A further reward also He promises, saying, He who receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet’s reward.He said not merely, Whoso receiveth a prophet, or a righteous man, but in the name of a prophet, and in the name of a righteous man; that is, not for any greatness in this life, or other temporal account, but because he is a prophet, or a righteous man."
Matthew 2:11 is the eleventh verse of the second chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.The magi, dispatched by King Herod, have found the small child (not infant) Jesus and in this verse present him with gifts in an event known as the Visit of the Wise Men.
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: The New International Version translates the passage as: Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.
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