King James Version
Matthew 22:33 in the King James Version says “And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine.” — study this verse from Matthew chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine.”
Matthew 22:33 · KJV
But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,
I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine.
But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together .
Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“when the multitude”
G3793a throng (as borne along); by implication, the rabble; by extension, a class of people; figuratively, a riot
“at”
G1909properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re
“his”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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