Then you will say, ‘But we ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’
Parallel translations
- WEB Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’
- KJV Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.
- BSB Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’
- NKJV then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets.’
- NASB Then you will begin saying, ‘We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets!’
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Quick answer
The excluded protest that they ate with Him and heard His teaching. Mere proximity to Jesus is not the same as belonging to Him.
Overview
They plead familiarity, having shared meals and heard public preaching, much like Jesus' own contemporaries. Yet outward association cannot substitute for genuine discipleship and faith. The verse warns the religiously privileged against trusting in nearness to Christ rather than true union with Him.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Isa 58:2Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways. As a nation that did righteousness, and didn’t forsake the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments. They delight to draw near to God.
- Titus 1:16They profess that they know God, but by their deeds they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.
- 2 Tim 3:5holding a form of godliness, but having denied its power. Turn away from these, also.
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