Thematic Bible: Reed
Thematic Bible
Reed » Figurative » Of weakness
A crushed reed He will not utterly break, nor will He quench the still smouldering wick, until He has led on Justice to victory.
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When the messengers had taken their leave, Jesus proceeded to say to the multitude concerning John, "What did you go out into the Desert to gaze at? A reed waving in the wind?
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Reed » Used as a measuring device (six cubits)
Then a reed was given me to serve as a measuring rod; and a voice said, "Rise, and measure God's sanctuary--and the altar--and count the worshipers who are in it.
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Now he who was speaking to me had a measuring-rod of gold, with which to measure the city and its gates and its wall. The plan of the city is a square, the length being the same as the breadth; and he measured the city furlong by furlong, with his measuring rod--it is twelve hundred miles long, and the length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
Reed » A water plant
Reed » Jesus hit with
Then they spat upon Him, and taking the cane they repeatedly struck Him on the head with it.
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Then they began to beat Him on the head with a cane, to spit on Him, and to do Him homage on bended knees.
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Reed » Mockingly given to jesus as a symbol of royalty
They twisted a wreath of thorny twigs and put it on His head, and they put a sceptre of cane in His right hand, and kneeling to Him they shouted in mockery, "Long live the King of the Jews!"
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