Luke 12:4

“I tell you, my friends, don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

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In The King James Version

And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

In Context

3Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.

5But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him, who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna (Place of fiery torment for the dead). Yes, I tell you, fear him.

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Cross References

Isaiah 51:7“ Sh'ma ·Hear obey· to me, you who know righteousness, 2 the people in whose heart is my Torah ·Teaching·: 1 Don’t fear the reproach of men, 2 and don’t be dismayed at their insults. 1

Matthew 10:28Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna (Place of fiery torment for the dead).

Matthew Henry on Luke 12:2-13

Christ's Charge to His Apostles. 1 In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. 3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be… Read the whole commentary →

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