Matthew 18:20 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 18:20

For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

KJV

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

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Commentary

4 voices

Tertullian

On Baptism (220)

For if "in the mouth of three witnesses every word shall stand: " -while, through the benediction, we have the same (three) as witnesses of our faith whom we have as sureties of our salvation too-how much more does the number of the divine names suffice for the assurance of our hope likewise!

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Where two or three are gathered together in my name - That is, to worship me. I am in the midst of them - By my Spirit, to quicken their prayers, guide their counsels, and answer their petitions.

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

For where two - are gathered together in thy name - There are many sayings among the Jews almost exactly similar to this, such as, Wherever even two persons are sitting in discourse concerning the law, the Divine presence is among them. See much more in Schoettgen.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

These words of the Lord Jesus contain an expression which has often been misapplied. The command to “hear the church” has been so interpreted as to contradict other passages of God’s Word. It has been falsely applied to the authority of the whole visible church in matters of doctrine, and so been made an excuse for the exercise of much ecclesiastical tyranny. But the abuse of Scripture truths must not tempt us to neglect the use of them. We must not turn away altogether from any text, because some have perverted it and made it poison.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
οὗ	hou	Where	G3757 →
γάρ	gar	for	G1063 →
εἰσιν	eisin	are	G1510 →
δύο	duo	two	G1417 →
ἢ	ē	or	G2228 →
τρεῖς	treis	three	G5140 →
συνηγμένοι	sunēgmenoi	assembled	G4863 →
εἰς	eis	unto	G1519 →
τὸ	to	<the>	G3588 →
ἐμὸν	emon	My	G1473 →
ὄνομα,	onoma	name,	G3686 →
ἐκεῖ	ekei	there	G1563 →
εἰμι	eimi	am I	G1510 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
μέσῳ	mesō	[the] midst	G3319 →
αὐτῶν.¶	autōn	of them.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 28:20
and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
leads to
- Isaiah 41:10
  Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand…
- Joshua 1:5
  No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
- Acts 18:9–10
  One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent.
- John 14:18–23
  I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
Through
Revelation 21:3
And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will…
leads to
- Ezekiel 37:27
  My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be My people.
- 2 Corinthians 6:16
  What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and…
- John 14:23
  Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
- Leviticus 26:11–12
  And I will make My dwelling place among you, and My soul will not despise you.