Luke 3:14
Soldiers also asked him, saying, “What about us? What must we do?” He said to them, “Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse anyone wrongfully. Be content with your wages.”This verse in the real world
In what words
- διασείωdiaseíōto shake thoroughly, i.e. (figuratively) to intimidate
- συκοφαντέωsykophantéōto be a fig-informer (reporter of the law forbidding the exportation of figs from Greece),
- στρατεύομαιstrateúomaito serve in a military campaign; figuratively, to execute the apostolate (with its arduous
- ἀρκέωarkéōproperly, to ward off, i.e. (by implication) to avail (figuratively, be satisfactory)
- μηδέmēdébut not, not even; in a continued negation, nor
- ἐπερωτάωeperōtáōto ask for, i.e. inquire, seek
- μηδείςmēdeísnot even one (man, woman, thing)
- ἡμεῖςhēmeîswe (only used when emphatic)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Heb 13:5–6, Exo 20:16, Php 4:11, 1Ti 6:8–10, Exo 23:1, Lev 19:11, Rom 13:9–10, Luk 19:8