Luke 6:23

Luke 6:23 Meaning and Explanation

Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.

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In that day of rejection, Jesus says to rejoice and leap for joy: the reward in heaven is great, and the prophets were treated the same way.

What Does Luke 6:23 Mean?

Jesus does not tell the persecuted to endure grimly; he tells them to rejoice in that day and leap for joy. He gives two reasons: a great reward is kept in heaven, and the company is glorious — Israel's fathers treated the prophets exactly this way.

Rejection for Christ's sake is a strange honor: it places a disciple in the long line of those who spoke for God and paid for it. And heaven keeps the accounts that earth loses. Joy in persecution is not denial; it is better arithmetic — weighing a great and unfading reward against a passing reproach.

Luke 6:23 in the Original Language

skirtao (σκιρτάω), 'leap' -- to leap or spring for joy, the same word used when the unborn John leaped in his mother's womb (Luke 1:41).

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What does Luke 6:23 mean?

In that day of rejection, Jesus says to rejoice and leap for joy: the reward in heaven is great, and the prophets were treated the same way.

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