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Luk 12:5. Ὑμῖν, I will show or suggest to you) viz. my friends.-φοβηθῆτε, fear) This verb is employed thrice with the greatest force.[114]-μετὰ τὸ ἀποκτεῖναι) The verb is employed as it were impersonally [after the act of killing has taken place].-γέενναν, hell, Gehenna) Weighty and stern language this, addressed even to friends.
[114] Therefore in Luk 12:4 it would be better, instead of Engl. Vers. Be-afraid of, to use the same word fear to translate the thrice repeated φοβηθῆτε, both in Luk 12:4-5.-ED. and TRANSL.