Luke 6:23 meaning and explanation

Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For their fathers treated the prophets in the same way.

Luke 6:23, Berean Standard Bible

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Jesus speaks these words to his disciples in the Sermon on the Plain, right after describing the hostility they may face for the Son of Man. He tells them to rejoice and leap for joy, using the Greek verb skirtao, which means to jump or bound.

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