King James Version
Luke 3:18 in the King James Version says “And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people.” — study this verse from Luke chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people.”
Luke 3:18 · KJV
John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people.
But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,
Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.
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“many”
G4183(singular) much (in any respect) or (plural) many; neuter (singular) as adverbial, largely; neuter (plural) as adverb or noun often, mostly, largely
properly, indicative of affirmation or concession (in fact); usually followed by a contrasted clause with g1161 (this one, the former, etc.)
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“in his exhortation”
G3870to call near, i.e., invite, invoke (by imploration, hortation or consolation)
“he unto the people”
G2992a people (in general; thus differing from g1218, which denotes one's own populace)
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