Difference between revisions of "Disciple"

<div> '''A — 1: '''''Μαθητής''''' ''' (Strong'S #3101 — Noun Masculine — mathetes — math-ay-tes' ) </div> <p> lit., "a learner" (from manthano, "to learn," from a root math---, indicating thought accompanied by endeavor), in contrast to didaskalos, "a teacher;" hence it denotes "one who follows one's teaching," as the "disciples" of John, &nbsp;Matthew 9:14; of the Pharisees, &nbsp;Matthew 22:16; of Moses, &nbsp;John 9:28; it is used of the "disciples" of Jesus (a) in a wide sense, of Jews who became His adherents, &nbsp;John 6:66; &nbsp;Luke 6:17 , some being secretly so, &nbsp;John 19:38; (b) especially of the twelve Apostles, &nbsp;Matthew 10:1; &nbsp;Luke 22:11 , e.g.; (c) of all who manifest that they are His "disciples" by abiding in His Word, &nbsp;John 8:31; cp. &nbsp;John 13:35; &nbsp;15:8; (d) in the Acts, of those who believed upon Him and confessed Him, &nbsp;John 6:1,2,7; &nbsp;14:20,22,28; &nbsp;15:10; &nbsp;19:1 , etc. </p> &nbsp;John 8:31&nbsp;15:8 <div> '''A — 2: '''''Μαθήτρια''''' ''' (Strong'S #3102 — Noun [[Feminine]] — mathetria — math-ay'-tree-ah ) </div> <p> "a female disciple," is said of Tabitha, &nbsp;Acts 9:36 . </p> <div> '''A — 3: '''''Συμμαθητής''''' ''' (Strong'S #4827 — Noun Masculine — summathetes — soom-math-ay-tace' ) </div> <p> means "a fellow disciple" (sun, with, and No. 1), &nbsp;John 11:16 . </p> &nbsp;Acts 1:15 <div> '''B — 1: '''''Μαθητεύω''''' ''' (Strong'S #3100 — Verb — matheteuo — math-ayt-yoo'-o ) </div> <p> is used in the Active Voice, intransitively, in some mss., in &nbsp;Matthew 27:57 , in the sense of being the "disciple" of a person; here, however, the best mss. have the Passive Voice, lit., "had been made a disciple," as in &nbsp;Matthew 13:52 , RV, "who hath been made a disciple." It is used in this transitive sense in the Active Voice in &nbsp;Matthew 28:19; &nbsp;Acts 14:21 . </p>