Matthew 10:32
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| Matthew 10:32 | |
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← 10:31 10:33 → | |
 "Luther et la Diète de Worms en 1521" with Matthew 10:32 in German, on the window of Église protestante de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ de Bischheim, Alsace, Bas-Rhin. Joseph Ehrismann (1880-1937). | |
| Book | Gospel of Matthew |
| Christian Bible part | New Testament |
Matthew 10:32 is the 32nd verse in the ninth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.
In the original Greek according to Westcott-Hort for this verse is:
- Πᾶς οὖν ὅστις ὁμολογήσει ἐν ἐμοὶ ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ὁμολογήσω κἀγὼ ἐν αὐτῷ ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ πατρός μου τοῦ ἐν οὐρανοῖς.
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads:
- Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
The New International Version translates the passage as:
- "Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven.
Analysis
MacEvilly points out that here Jesus bids his disciples to persevere to the end, by witnessing to the faith openly before others, with the reward that, "I shall honour him before all mankind on the Day of Judgment." (See Mark 8:38) Lapide states that, "from this word confess, martyrs were anciently called confessors."[1][2]
