{"id":482,"date":"2014-11-24T12:00:36","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T12:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/?p=482"},"modified":"2014-11-16T00:02:02","modified_gmt":"2014-11-16T00:02:02","slug":"matthew-713-14-the-narrow-and-wide-gates-word-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/2014\/11\/matthew-713-14-the-narrow-and-wide-gates-word-study.html","title":{"rendered":"Matthew 7:13-14; The Narrow and Wide Gates (Word Study)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a quick overview of a few keywords from Matthew 7:-13-14, along with their brief meanings in the original Greek text:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\u2022 Enter (<em>eis\u00e9rchomai<\/em>): To go or come into. Also, to go about one\u2019s daily life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\u2022 Narrow (<em>sten\u00f3s<\/em>): This is a Greek term that means both \u201cnarrow\u201d and \u201cstraight.\u201d Hence the common saying, \u201cWalk the straight and narrow path.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\u2022 Road (<em>hod\u00f3s<\/em>): Can be a highway, a street, or a road, though it typically refers to a street within a city. Sometimes used symbolically as a reference to Jesus himself, as in John 14:6 (\u201cI am the way\u2026\u201d).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\u2022 Destruction (<em>ap\u1e53leia<\/em>): To destroy fully. Ruin. To die, or death.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\u2022 Life (<em>z\u014d\u1e17s<\/em>): Human life, both physical (temporary) and of the soul (eternal). Also a reference to resurrection when applied to Jesus (see Romans 5:10, 2 Corinthians 4:10-12) and a reference to Christ\u2019s resurrecting power (Romans 11:15).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\u2022 Find (<em>huer\u00edsk\u014d<\/em>): To gain, procure, obtain. To discover. Can also mean \u201cto find without seeking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/workscited.html\">Works Cited<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>[CWS, 21; CWD, 526, 1310, 1026, 246, 703, 682]<\/p>\n<p>\u2126\u2126\u2126<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"About: Bible Study Nerds\" href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/about-for-bible-study-nerds.html\">About: For Bible Study Nerds\u2122<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"About: Mike Nappa\" href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/about-mike-nappa.html\">About: Mike Nappa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2014 to present by\u00a0<a title=\"Nappaland Communications Inc. official website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nappaland.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nappaland Communications Inc<\/a>. 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Also, to go about one\u2019s daily life. \u2022 Narrow (sten\u00f3s): This is a Greek term that means both \u201cnarrow\u201d and \u201cstraight.\u201d Hence the common saying, \u201cWalk&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":571,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,15],"tags":[203,201,202,200],"class_list":["post-482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-matthew","category-wordstudies","tag-death","tag-gates","tag-life","tag-narrow-way"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Matthew 7:13-14; The Narrow and Wide Gates (Word Study) - For Bible Study Nerds<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/2014\/11\/matthew-713-14-the-narrow-and-wide-gates-word-study.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Matthew 7:13-14; The Narrow and Wide Gates (Word Study) - For Bible Study Nerds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here\u2019s a quick overview of a few keywords from Matthew 7:-13-14, along with their brief meanings in the original Greek text: \u2022 Enter (eis\u00e9rchomai): To go or come into. 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