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"But whenever they persecute you in one city, flee to the next; for truly I say to you, you will not finish going through the cities of Israel until the Son of Man comes.

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Greek: Transliteration:
"But whenever whenever Conj H3752 Ὅταν otan
they persecute to put to flight, pursue, by impl. to persecute V-PSA-3P H1377 διώκωσιν diōkōsin
you in one this DPro-DFS H3778 ταύτη tautē
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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city, a city N-AFP H4172 πόλει polei
flee to flee V-PMA-2P H5343 φεύγετε pheugete
to the next; other Adj-AFS H2087 ἑτέραν eteran
for truly truly Heb H281 ἀμὴν amēn
I say to say V-PIA-1S H3004 λέγω legō
to you, you will not finish to bring to an end, complete, fulfill V-ASA-2P H5055 τελέσητε telesēte
[going through] the cities a city N-AFP H4172 πόλεις poleis
of Israel Israel, the name of the Jewish people and their land N-GMS H2474 Ἰσραὴλ israēl
Analysis:
Read more about: Israel
until till, until Conj H2193 ἕως eōs
the Son a son N-NMS H5207 υἱὸς uios
of Man a man, human, mankind N-GMS H444 ἀνθρώπου anthrōpou
comes. to come, go V-ASA-3S H2064 ἔλθῃ elthē

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ISRAEL, KINGDOM OF" I. THE FIRST PERIOD1. The Two Kingdoms2. The Ist Dynasty3. The IInd Dynasty4. Civil WarII. PERIOD OF THE SYRIAN WARS1. The IIIrd Dynasty2. World-Politics3. Battle of Karkar4. Loss of Territory5. Reform of Religion6. Revolution7. The IVth Dynasty8. Renewed Prosperity9. AnarchyIII. DECLINE AND FALL1. Loss of Independence2. Decline3. Extinct... View Details

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New American Standard Bible 1995 "But whenever they persecute you in one city, flee to the next; for truly I say to you, you will not finish going through the cities of Israel until the Son of Man comes.
King James Bible "But whenever But when they persecute you in one this city, flee to the next; ye into another: for truly verily I say to unto you, you will Ye shall not finish going through have gone over the cities of Israel until Israel, till the Son of Man comes.man be come.
Berean Bible "But And whenever they persecute you in one city, flee to the next; for next. For truly I say to you, you will shall not finish going through have completed the cities of Israel until the Son of Man comes.
Hebrew Greek English "But whenever they persecute you in one city, flee to the next; for truly I say to you, you will not finish going through the cities of Israel until the Son of Man comes.