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Matthew 10:41
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39 aHe who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.  

A Cup of Cold Water

40 a“He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.  
41 aHe who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward. And he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward.  
42 aAnd whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, assuredly, I say to you, he shall by no means lose his reward.” 
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Matthew 10:41

In the name of a prophet (eiv onoma profhtou). "Because he is a prophet" (Moffatt). In an Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 37 (A.D. 49) we find onomati eleuqerou in virtue of being free-born. "He that receiveth a prophet from no ulterior motive, but simply qua prophet (ut prophetam, Jer.) would receive a reward in the coming age equal to that of his guest" (McNeile). The use of eiv here is to be noted. In reality eiv is simply en with the same meaning. It is not proper to say that eiv has always to be translated "into." Besides these examples of eiv onoma in verses Matthew 10:41 and 10:43 see Matthew 12:41 eiv to khrugma Iwna (see Robertson's Grammar, p. 593).

Unto one of these little ones (ena twn mikrwn toutwn). Simple believers who are neither apostles, prophets, or particularly righteous, just "learners," "in the name of a disciple" (eiv onoma maqhtou). Alford thinks that some children were present (cf. Matthew 18:2-6).




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Matthew 10:41:

Matthew 10:39
Matthew 10:41
Matthew 18:5
Matthew 28:19
Mark 1:4
Luke 11:32
Acts 2:38
Acts 7:53

 

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