In the New Testament the verb preach is used sometimes without an object and sometimes with an object. Many times Jesus and disciples preached and other times they preached something.
The Strong number for preach in Mark 16:15 is 2784. Here is what I found out from the BlueLetter Bible web site.
| Lexicon Results for kerusso (Strong's 2784) | |
| Greek for 2784 | |
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| Pronunciation Guide | |
| kerusso {kay-roos'-so} | |
| TDNT Reference | Root Word |
| TDNT - 3:697,430 | of uncertain affinity |
| Part of Speech | |
| v | |
| Outline of Biblical Usage | |
1) to be a herald, to officiate as a herald a) to proclaim after the manner of a herald b) always with the suggestion of formality, gravity and an authority which must be listened to and obeyed 2) to publish, proclaim openly: something which has been done 3) used of the public proclamation of the gospel and matters pertaining to it, made by John the Baptist, by Jesus, by the apostles and other Christian teachers | |
| Authorized Version (KJV) Translation Count — Total: 61 | |
| AV - preach 51, publish 5, proclaim 2, preached + 2258 2, preacher 1; 61 | |
I looked up the verses containing "preach".
| In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, |
| And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. |
| From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. |
| And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. |
| And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. |
| And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. |
| What I tell you in darkness, [that] speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, [that] preach ye upon the housetops. |
| And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities. |
| And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. |
| Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, [there] shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her. |
| John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. |
| And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose. |
| Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, |
| And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. |
| And he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also: for therefore came I forth. |
| And he preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and cast out devils. |
| And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, |
| And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all [men] did marvel. |
| And they went out, and preached that men should repent. |
| And the gospel must first be published among all nations. |
| Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, [this] also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her. |
| And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. |
| And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with [them], and confirming the word with signs following. Amen. |
| And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins; |
| The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, |
| To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. |
| And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee. |
| And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve [were] with him, |
| Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee. And he went his way, and published throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done unto him. |
| And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick. |
| Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops. |
| And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. |
| Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them. |
| And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God. |
| That word, [I say], ye know, which was published throughout all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached; |
| And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God [to be] the Judge of quick and dead. |
| For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day. |
| Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth. |
| And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more. |
| Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him. |
| Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? |
| But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, [even] in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; |
| How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? |
| And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! |
| But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; |
| But I keep under my body, and bring [it] into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. |
| Therefore whether [it were] I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed. |
| Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? |
| For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, [even] by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea. |
| For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. |
| For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or [if] ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with [him]. |
| And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain. |
| And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased. |
| Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will: |
| If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and [be] not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, [and] which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister; |
| For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God. |
| And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. |
| Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. |
| By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; |
| And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? |
So what these many verses tell me about preaching? What was preached by John the Baptist, Jesus and his disciples?
- repentance
- baptism of repentance for the remission of sins
- to repent and believe
- gospel of the kingdom of heaven
- gospel of the kingdom of God
- kingdom is at hand
- glad tidings of the kingdom of God
- gospel
- gospel of God
- gospel of peace
- Christ
- Christ Jesus our Lord
- Christ, that he is the Son of God
- Christ, that he rose from the dead
- Christ crucified
- God
- word of faith
- word
- acceptable year of the Lord
- how great things Jesus had done for him
- deliverance
- about the woman who anointed Jesus with very precious ointment
2 comments:
Peter, what was your premise and conclusion of your study?
From your study and conclusion, Peter, it seems to me that the content of preaching by John the Baptist, Jesus, and His disciples was very broad, covering many aspects of the gospel, glad tidings, of God.
When I was initially preaching the gospel, I was always trying to figure out how to fit in the work of Christ on the cross for the forgiveness of sin, in my gospel conversations. Then later, I came to realize that this is not necessarily how Jesus, Peter, Paul and others preached the gospel either. This does not mean that they did not preach Christ’s work on the cross. But rather they spoke glad tidings that fit the person and the situation to bring them to God and His salvation.
For example, when Jesus was dealing with the Samaritan woman by Jacob's well (John 4), He did not address His redemptive work. Rather, He talked about His own thirst (signifying His thirst for mankind to come back to God) and her thirst. The good news of the story was that she got to meet Jesus and receive the drink that He gave Him to the extent that she was bubbling over to the people in her village. All she told them was “Come, see a man who told me all that I have done. Is this not the Christ?” (John 4:29) Wasn’t this a wonderful message that she gave to lead many to Christ?
Later on, the village people “believed into Him because of the word of the woman who testified, ‘He told me all that I have done’” (John 4:39), and they asked Jesus to remain with them and He complied by remaining with them for two days (v. 40). And not only so, their faith increased to a point where they could tell the woman, “It is no longer because of your speaking that we believe, for we ourselves have heard and know that this One is truly the Savior of the world” (v. 42)
I don’t know about you. But my gospel preaching has not been this effective, i.e. the Holy Spirit’s work so strong. This woman was so happy and satisfied in the Lord that she only need to relay a part of her experience. If I were to criticize her preaching, I would say that she didn’t even get the main point, the asking and receiving of the living water. But for some reason, this is not what she had to relay-- “Come, see a man who told me all that I have done. Is this not the Christ?” (v. 29)
Sometimes, we criticize one another in the gospel, the content and the delivery of the gospel. However, shouldn’t we realize that the workers are few and we should beseech the Lord of the harvest to thrust out workers? Secondly, shouldn’t we have Paul’s attitude in Philippians 1:18 “What then? Only that in every way whether in pretense or in truthfulness, Christ is announced; and in this I rejoice; yes, and I will rejoice.”
We should examine our fruit of the gospel and see the lack in the gospel. We should be hungry to lead people to Christ and expect to hear them say “It is no longer because of your speaking that we believe, for we ourselves have heard and know that this One is truly the Savior of the world” (v. 42). May we all have more joyful stories in the gospel!
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