- *G2327 *2 θεριστής (ther-is-tace') : from G2325; a harvester:--reaper.
- θερισταις
- Matthew 13:30 ... the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, ...
- θερισται
- Matthew 13:39 ... the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
19. Reaping
20. Grim reaper
Many cultures have a concept of the "
grim reaper" as some being that separates the soul from the body at death.
21. Greek fates
There are three "
fates" in Greek mythology. The ancient Greek word
"Μοῖραι" ≈ "lots, fate". The Latin word
"Fata" ≈ "fates".
- 1. Ask: Clothos spins the thread of life.
- 2. Seek: Lachesis determines the length of life.
- 3. Knock: Atropos chooses the manner of death and cuts the thread of life.
22. Clothos
1, Ask: Clothos spins the thread of life. The ancient Greek word
"Κλωθώ" ≈ "spinner" and is the source of the English word
"clothes". Roman name is "
Nona".
23. Lachesis
24. Atropos
25. Day of the dead
The Spanish phrase
"El Día De Los Muertos" ≈ "Day of the dead".
Starting in Mexico, some Spanish cultures have a "
Day of the dead" right after Halloween, October 31 through November 2, and that is portrayed in the Disney movie "
Coco" (2017)
26. Matthew 6:25-27 The missing part worked out for the birds
Matthew 6:26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? [kjv]
εμβλεψατε εις τα πετεινα του ουρανου οτι ου σπειρουσιν ουδε θεριζουσιν ουδε συναγουσιν εις αποθηκας και ο πατηρ υμων ο ουρανιος τρεφει αυτα ουχ υμεις μαλλον διαφερετε αυτων [gnt]
Jesus mentions
birds four times in Matthew. According to Jesus:
- The birds do not sow.
- The birds do not reap.
- The birds do not gather into barns.
Who are the birds? What do they do? Might the code word meaning Jesus provides elsewhere be applicable to the generic "
birds" or "
fowls" of the "
air" or "
heaven" (same words in Greek) and provide a alternative meaning to the literal sense of the verse?
27. Matthew 6:26
KJV: Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
Greek: εμβλεψατε εις τα πετεινα του ουρανου οτι ου σπειρουσιν ουδε θεριζουσιν ουδε συναγουσιν εις αποθηκας και ο πατηρ υμων ο ουρανιος τρεφει αυτα ουχ υμεις μαλλον διαφερετε αυτων
28. Harvest reap
The Greek for
"reap" as in
"one who harvests" is used several times in the parable of the talents in Matthew 25.
Matthew 25:24 Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed: [kjv]
προσελθων δε και ο το εν ταλαντον ειληφως ειπεν κυριε εγνων σε οτι σκληρος ει ανθρωπος θεριζων οπου ουκ εσπειρας και συναγων οθεν ου διεσκορπισας [gnt]
25:26 His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: [kjv]
αποκριθεις δε ο κυριος αυτου ειπεν αυτω πονηρε δουλε και οκνηρε ηδεις οτι θεριζω οπου ουκ εσπειρα και συναγω οθεν ου διεσκορπισα [gnt]
Birds may not
"reap", but the master, as Jesus, through the angels, reaps.
29. Heat of summer
The ancient Greek word
"θέρος" ≈ "heat, summer, harvest".
The modern Greek word
"θέρος" (THEH-ros) ≈ "harvest".
Related English words include "
thermal", "
thermos", "
thermodynamics", etc.
The Greek word for "
heat of summer" is used in Matthew once.
Matthew 24:32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: [kjv]
The "
summer" is the "
heat of summer". Might it represent the "
harvest" at the end of the age?
A prophetic meaning to this verse is implied and can be inferred.
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30. Matthew 24:32
KJV: Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
Greek: απο δε της συκης μαθετε την παραβολην οταν ηδη ο κλαδος αυτης γενηται απαλος και τα φυλλα εκφυη γινωσκετε οτι εγγυς το θερος
31. Strongs - heat of summer
Matthew 9:37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; [kjv]
τοτε λεγει τοις μαθηταις αυτου ο μεν θερισμος πολυς οι δε εργαται ολιγοι [gnt]
9:38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest. [kjv]
δεηθητε ουν του κυριου του θερισμου οπως εκβαλη εργατας εις τον θερισμον αυτου [gnt]
Matthew 9:37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; [kjv]
τοτε λεγει τοις μαθηταις αυτου ο μεν θερισμος πολυς οι δε εργαται ολιγοι [gnt]
Luke 10:2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest. [kjv]
ελεγεν δε προς αυτους ο μεν θερισμος πολυς οι δε εργαται ολιγοι δεηθητε ουν του κυριου του θερισμου οπως εργατας εκβαλη εις τον θερισμον αυτου [gnt]
Luke repeats the idea which combines the two verses in Matthew.
The ancient Greek word for "fruit" (of the vine, grass, etc.) and the English word "harvest" are related.
Matthew 13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn. [kjv]
The parable of the "wheat" and the "tares" uses the Greek word for "harvest".
Matthew 13:39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. [kjv]
Matthew 9:37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; [kjv]
τοτε λεγει τοις μαθηταις αυτου ο μεν θερισμος πολυς οι δε εργαται ολιγοι [gnt]
9:38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest. [kjv]
δεηθητε ουν του κυριου του θερισμου οπως εκβαλη εργατας εις τον θερισμον αυτου [gnt]
Matthew 20:2 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. [kjv]
συμφωνησας δε μετα των εργατων εκ δηναριου την ημεραν απεστειλεν αυτους εις τον αμπελωνα αυτου [gnt]
20:3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, [kjv]
και εξελθων περι τριτην ωραν ειδεν αλλους εστωτας εν τη αγορα αργους [gnt]
The negation of the Greek word for "work" is the ancient Greek word "αεργος" ≈ "not working, idle" which contracted to "αργος" ≈ "not working, idle" and is the source of the name for the chemical element "Argon" as a "lazy gas".
Matthew 9:37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; [kjv]
τοτε λεγει τοις μαθηταις αυτου ο μεν θερισμος πολυς οι δε εργαται ολιγοι [gnt]
9:38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest. [kjv]
δεηθητε ουν του κυριου του θερισμου οπως εκβαλη εργατας εις τον θερισμον αυτου [gnt]
