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Luke 5:27 KJV
Luke · chapter 5 · verse 27
And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me.Luke 5:27 · King James Version
Luke 5:27 in context
25And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God.
26And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to day.
27And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me.
28And he left all, rose up, and followed him.
29And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them.
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Key words (Strong's)
- publicantelōnēsa renter or farmer of taxes, among the Romans, usually a man of equestrian rank, a tax…G5057 →
- sittingkathēmaito sit down, seat one's self, to sit, be seated, of a place occupied, to have a fixed…G2521 →
- customtelōnioncustoms, toll, toll house, place of toll, tax office, the place in which the tax…G5058 →
- Followakoloutheōto follow one who precedes, join him as his attendant, accompany him, to join one as a…G190 →
- aftermetawith, after, behindG3326 →
- forthexerchomaito go or come forth of, with mention of the place out of which one goes, or the point…G1831 →
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All this, except the last verse, we had before in Matthew and Mark; it is not the story of any miracle in nature wrought by our Lord Jesus, but it is an account of some of the wonders of his grace, which, to those who understand things aright, are no less cogent proofs of Christ's being sent of God than the other. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 27-39