King James Version
Matthew 25:36 in the King James Version says “Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.” — study this verse from Matthew chapter 25 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.”
Matthew 25:36 · KJV
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“ye clothed”
G4016to throw all around, i.e., invest (with a palisade or with clothing)
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“ye visited”
G1980to inspect, i.e., (by implication) to select; by extension, to go to see, relieve
“prison”
G5438a guarding or (concretely, guard), the act, the person; figuratively, the place, the condition, or (specially), the time (as a division of day or nigh
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“ye came”
G2064to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
“unto”
G4314a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e., toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e., pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of,
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