Thematic Bible: Reed
Thematic Bible
Reed » Figurative » Of weakness
A bruised reed shall he not break, and a smoking flax shall be not extinguish, till he sends forth judgment to victory.
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And when they had gone, Jesus began to say to the multitudes, concerning John, What went you out to the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
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Reed » Used as a measuring device (six cubits)
And a rod was given me like a staff, and he said, Arise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those that worship in it.
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And he that spoke with me had a golden measuring rod, to measure the city and its gates and its wall. And the city was square, and its length equal to its breadth. And he measured the city with the rod, twelve thousand stadia [1372 English miles]; and the length and breadth and height of it are equal.
Reed » A water plant
Reed » Jesus hit with
And they spit on him, and took the reed and beat him on his head.
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And they struck his head with a reed, and beat him, and kneeling down worshipped him.
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Reed » Mockingly given to jesus as a symbol of royalty
and making a crown of thorns they put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they knelt before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
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