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NASB					Matt 5:22 "But I say³⁰⁰⁴ to you that everyone³⁹⁵⁶ who is angry³⁷¹⁰ with his brother⁸⁰ shall be ¹guilty¹⁷⁷⁷ before ^Athe court²⁹²⁰; and whoever³⁷³⁹^,³⁰² says³⁰⁰⁴ to his brother⁸⁰, '²You good-for-nothing⁴⁴⁶⁹,' shall be ¹guilty¹⁷⁷⁷ before ³ ^Bthe supreme⁴⁸⁹² court⁴⁸⁹²; and whoever³⁷³⁹^,³⁰² says³⁰⁰⁴, 'You fool³⁴⁷⁴,' shall be ¹guilty¹⁷⁷⁷ enough to go into the ⁴ ^Cfiery⁴⁴⁴² hell¹⁰⁶⁷.
AMPLIFIED 2015					Matt 5:22 "But I say to you that everyone who continues to be angry with his brother or harbors malice against him shall be guilty before the court; and whoever speaks [contemptuously and insultingly] to his brother, ¹Raca (You empty-headed idiot)!' shall be guilty before the supreme court (Sanhedrin); and whoever says, 'You fool!' shall be in danger of the ²fiery hell.

NASB Translator's Notes:
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Or liable to

Or empty-head; Gr Raka (Raca) fr Aram reqa

Lit the Sanhedrin

Lit Gehenna of fire

Amplified 2015 Translator's Notes:
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A severe Aramaic insult.

Gr Gehenna, a Greek version of the Hebrew for Valley of Hinnom, a ravine where garbage was burned continuously, located just south of Jerusalem. Often regarded in ancient times as symbolic of hell (the lake of fire), a realm reserved for the wicked. Mentioned in Matt 5:22, 29, 30; 10:28; 18:9; 23:15, 33; Mark 9:43, 45, 47; Luke 12:5; James 3:6.

NASB Cross References:
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Deut 16:18 ¶ "You shall appoint for yourself judges and officers in all your towns which the LORD your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

Matt 10:17 "But beware of men, for they will hand you over to the courts and scourge you in their synagogues;

Matt 5:29 "If your right eye makes you stumble, tear it out and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

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Greek Heb.

adelphos; from 1 (as a cop. pref.) and delphus (womb); a brother:--believing husband(1), brethren(170), brethren*(13), brother(111), brother's(8), brothers(40).

302

an; a prim. conditional particle; usually untranslatable, but generally denoting supposition, wish, possibility or uncertainty:--however*(1), if(4), unless*(1), what*(3), whatever*(9), whenever*(1), wherever*(1), whoever*(38), whomever*(5).

1067

geenna; of Heb. or. [1516 and 2011]; Gehenna, a valley W. and S. of Jer., also a symbolic name for the final place of punishment of the ungodly:--hell(12).

1777

enochos; from 1758; held in, bound by, liable to (a condition, penalty or imputation):--deserves(1), deserving(1), guilty(6), liable(1), subject(1).

2920

krisis; from 2919; a decision, judgment:--court(2), judgment(38), judgments(2), justice(4), sentence(1).

3004

legô; a prim. vb.; to say:--addressing(1), agree*(1), ask(1), asked(3), asking(4), bring charges(1), call(8), called(34), calling(1), calls(3), claimed(1), claiming(2), command(3), designated(1), follows(1), give(1), gives(1), greeted*(1), made(1), mean(2), means(3), meant(1), mention(1), named(3), ordered(2), quote(1), referred(1), remarking(1), said(1086), say(364), saying(440), says(102), shouting(1), so-called(3), speak(22), speaking(17), speaks(6), spoke(18), spoken(26), stated(1), stating(2), talking(5), tell(71), telling(18), thing spoken(1), things spoken(1), thought(1), told(35), using(1).

3474

môros; a prim. word; dull, stupid, foolish:--fool(1), foolish(7), foolish things(1), foolishness(1), fools(2).

3710

orgizô; from 3709; to make angry:--angry(4), enraged(3), moved with anger(1).

3739

hos,
hê,
ho; a prim. pron.; usually rel. who, which, that, also demonstrative this, that:--another*(8), any(1), because*(7), deeds*(1), just(1), just*(1), once*(1), one(11), one*(6), other(2), others*(2), same(2), since*(3), so(1), some(7), some*(8), someone(1), such(1), there(1), these(6), these things(3), thing(1), things(4), third(1), this(22), this is what(1), those whom(1), until*(1), what(101), what*(2), whatever(5), whatever*(28), when(9), when*(3), where(1), where*(2), which(404), while*(3), who(158), whoever(4), whoever*(51), whom(218), whomever*(6), whose(38), why*(3).

3956

pas; a prim. word; all, every:--all(731), all the things(7), all...things(1), all kinds(1), all men(14), all people(4), all respects(3), all things(126), all*(1), always*(3), any(16), any at all(1), anyone(3), anything(3), anything*(1), continually*(6), entire(4), every(128), every form(1), every kind(9), every respect(1), every way(2), everyone(71), everyone's(1), everyone*(1), everything(45), forever*(1), full(2), great(2), no*(15), none*(1), nothing(1), nothing*(1), one(4), perfectly(1), quite(1), whatever(3), whatever*(1), whoever(7), whole(18).

4442

pur; a prim. word; fire:--burning(2), fiery(2), fire(69).

4469

rhaka; of Ara. or. [7387]; empty (an expression of contempt):--good-for-nothing(1).

4892

sunedrion; from 4862 and the same as 1476; a sitting together, hence a council, spec. the Sanhedrin:--council(19), courts(2), supreme court(1).

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