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Matt. 13:45      Matt. 13:47

Matthew 13:46

When he finds a precious pearl, he goes and sells everything he owns and buys it."
[At first glance, it may seem as if salvation is likened to a treasure and a pearl, and that man must sell everything to buy it. However, if we look at the three parables that Jesus explains, it is God who is the main character and the one who acts. It is God who is the man who sows the good seed in the first two parables, and he is the one who reaps at the end of the age, see verses 37 and 49. It is therefore likely that the man who finds the treasure in the field is God himself and that the merchant who seeks pearls is also God. The treasure is found in the field, which was previously a picture of the world, see verse 38. God is the one who seeks people's hearts. The price is paid with Jesus' life on the cross.
In the Old Testament, Israel is often referred to as God's special treasure, see Ex. 19:5. If the treasure is a picture of Israel, the pearl may be a picture of the church. In the sea, pearls are created when a grain of sand accidentally enters a mussel. The small grain of sand irritates the mussel, which encapsulates it layer upon layer, and the pearl grows. This is a beautiful image of how Jesus, who was the "stumbling block," becomes the cornerstone on which the church is built. Pearls are not mentioned in the Old Testament, but they were not unfamiliar to the disciples. Merchants imported them from far away, from areas around the Indian Ocean, the Persian Gulf, and the Red Sea. The sea often symbolizes the nations of the world, and that is where God's church is found.]
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Nestle-Aland (NA)

εὑρὼν   δὲ   ἕνα   πολύτιμον   μαργαρίτην,   ἀπελθὼν   πέπρακεν   πάντα   ὅσα   εἶχεν   καὶ   ἠγόρασεν   αὐτόν.¶  

Textus Receptus (TR)

ὃς   εὑρὼν   δὲ   ἕνα   πολύτιμον   μαργαρίτην,   ἀπελθὼν   πέπρακεν   πάντα   ὅσα   εἶχεν   καὶ   ἠγόρασεν   αὐτόν.¶  

Manuscript comments

Both NA and TR have 13 words, however there are differences between the texts.


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Strongs nr Greek English Grammar Code
G2147
 εὑρὼν (eyron)
 having found
VERB Verb
2nd aorist active part. second aorist active Participle
nom. sing. ♂ Nominative singular masculine
V-2AAP-NSM
G1161
 δὲ (de)
 now
Conj. Conjunktion
 CONJ
G1520
 ἕνα (ena)
 one
Adjective Adjective
acc. sing. ♂ accusative singular masculine
A-ASM
G4186
 πολύτιμον (polytimon)
 very precious
Adjective Adjective
acc. sing. ♂ accusative singular masculine
A-ASM
G3135
 μαργαρίτην, (margariten,)
 pearl,
Noun Noun
acc. sing. ♂ accusative singular masculine
N-ASM
G0565
 ἀπελθὼν (apelthon)
 having gone away,
VERB Verb
2nd aorist active part. second aorist active Participle
nom. sing. ♂ Nominative singular masculine
V-2AAP-NSM
G4097
 πέπρακεν (pepraken)
 he has sold
VERB Verb
perf. active ind. perfect active indicative
sing. third person singular
V-RAI-3S
G3956
 πάντα (panta)
 all things
Adjective Adjective
acc. pl. neut. accusative plural Neutral
A-APN
G3745
 ὅσα (osa)
 as much as
Correlative pron. Correlative Pronoun
acc. pl. neut. accusative plural Neutral
K-APN
G2192
 εἶχεν (eichen)
 he was having,
VERB Verb
imp. active ind. imperfect active indicative
sing. third person singular
V-IAI-3S
G2532
 καὶ (kai)
 and
Conj. Conjunktion
 CONJ
G0059
 ἠγόρασεν (egorasen)
 bought
VERB Verb
aorist active ind. aorist active indicative
sing. third person singular
V-AAI-3S
G0846
 αὐτόν.¶ (ayton.)
 it.
Personal Pron. Personal Pronoun
acc. sing. ♂ accusative singular masculine
P-ASM

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