Matthew 23:21
And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
KJV
καὶ ὁ ὀμόσας ἐν τῷ ναῷ ὀμνύει ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἐν τῷ κατοικοῦντι αὐτόν·
Greek NT
Et quicumque juraverit in templo, jurat in illo, et in eo qui habitat in ipso :
Vulgate
And he that sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
ASV
And whosoever shall swear by the temple sweareth by it and by him that dwelleth in it.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
7 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κατοικέω
katoikeo
verb · 45×
ναός
naos
noun · 45×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ὀμνύω
omnuo
verb · 26×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
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SBLGNT: κατοικοῦντι | WH/NIV: κατοικοῦντι | Treg/RP: κατοικήσαντι
- κατοικοῦντι — SBLGNT
- κατοικοῦντι — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- κατοικήσαντι — Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
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Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2111Superstition is the deviation of religious feeling and of the practices this feeling imposes. It can even affect the worship we offer the true God, e.g., when one attributes an importance in some way magical to certain practices otherwise lawful or necessary. To attribute the efficacy of prayers or of sacramental signs to their mere external performance, apart from the interior…
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 8:13 — I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.
- 2Chr 6:2 — But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.
- Isa 66:1 — Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?
- Ps 11:4 — The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD’s throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
- Ps 26:8 — LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
- Ps 132:14 — This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.