διδαχή

Matthew 7:28 διδαχῇ teaching

When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were astonished at His teaching,

Here: Covers both what he taught and how he taught it. Verse 29 explains that the 'how' (with authority, unlike the scribes) is a large part of what stunned them.

Matthew 16:12 διδαχῆς teaching

Then they understood that He was not telling them to beware of the leaven used in bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Here: 'Teaching': both what is taught and the act of teaching it. It takes the place of 'leaven' in the explanation. What spreads quietly and changes the whole community is the instruction these leaders give.

Matthew 22:33 διδαχῇ teaching

When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.

Here: Both what Jesus taught and the way he taught it: here, his answer drawing resurrection out of the Torah's own words, 'I am the God of Abraham…'. It is a live act of instruction, not a fixed system of beliefs.

Mark 1:22 διδαχῇ teaching

The people were astonished at His teaching, because He taught as one who had authority, and not as the scribes.

Here: Both the act of teaching and what was taught. Mark gives no content here. Five verses later the same word comes back as 'a new teaching with authority' when a spirit obeys him (1:27).

Mark 1:27 διδαχὴ teaching

All the people were amazed and began to ask one another, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him!”

Here: “Teaching,” both the act and what is taught. Without the article it reads as a gasp, “Teaching, a new kind!”, and it takes in the exorcism along with the sermon.

Mark 4:2 διδαχῇ teaching

And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said,

Mark 11:18 διδαχῇ teaching

When the chief priests and scribes heard this, they looked for a way to kill Him. For they were afraid of Him, because the whole crowd was astonished at His teaching.

Here: His teaching: both what he said and how he said it. Here it refers back to v. 17 ('he was teaching and saying…'), the Scripture-based charge against how the temple was being run.

Mark 12:38 διδαχῇ teaching

In His teaching Jesus also said, “Watch out for the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, to receive greetings in the marketplaces,

Here: Teaching as something being done, Jesus instructing people in the Temple courts. It does not mean a fixed body of doctrine. Mark uses the same formula in 4:2.

Luke 4:32 διδαχῇ teaching

They were astonished at His teaching, because His message had authority.

Here: Both the act of teaching and what was taught. In a synagogue this meant explaining the Scripture readings. It is not 'doctrine' in the later sense of a set system of beliefs.

John 7:16 διδαχὴ teaching

“My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied. “It comes from Him who sent Me.

Here: Both the act of teaching and what is taught: the instruction Jesus had been giving publicly in the temple during the feast (7:14). It is not a set of formal doctrines.

John 7:17 διδαχῆς teaching

If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.

Here: The content of what Jesus was teaching. It picks up 'my teaching' from v. 16. It is not a later system of church doctrine.

John 18:19 διδαχῆς teaching

Meanwhile, the high priest questioned Jesus about His disciples and His teaching.

Acts 2:42 διδαχῇ teaching

They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

Here: Both the act of teaching and what was taught: chiefly how Israel's Scriptures pointed to Jesus as Messiah, and Jesus' own words and deeds, passed on by the people who had been with him.

Acts 5:28 διδαχῆς teaching

“We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood.”

Here: The public teaching both as activity and as content: the proclamation that the crucified Jesus was raised and is Lord and Messiah. It is not 'doctrine' in the later sense of a fixed system.

Acts 13:12 διδαχῇ teaching

When the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, for he was astonished at the teaching about the Lord.

Acts 17:19 διδαχή; teaching?

So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, where they asked him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?

Romans 6:17 διδαχῆς.¶ of teaching.

But thanks be to God that, though you once were slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were committed.

Here: The instruction given to converts in the early churches: the message about Christ together with how to live it. Not a body of abstract theological propositions.

Romans 16:17 διδαχὴν teaching

Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them.

Here: The instruction they received when they became believers: the gospel and its way of life. Compare the 'pattern of teaching' they were handed over to in Romans 6:17.

1 Corinthians 14:6 διδαχῇ; teaching?

Now, brothers, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I benefit you, unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?

Here: Instruction: explaining scripture and the apostolic tradition so the church understands and lives by it (14:26, 'each has a teaching').

1 Corinthians 14:26 διδαχὴν a teaching

What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a psalm or a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. All of these must be done to build up the church.

Here: A piece of instruction given to the group, such as explaining Scripture or passing on the apostolic tradition (compare 14:6). It means a specific act of teaching, not a system of doctrine.

2 Timothy 4:2 διδαχῇ. with instruction.

Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction.

Here: Teaching, both the act of instructing and what is taught. Rebuke is never to stand alone; it must explain and inform, not just condemn.

Titus 1:9 διδαχὴν teaching

He must hold firmly to the faithful word as it was taught, so that he can encourage others by sound teaching and refute those who contradict it.

Here: The teaching that was handed on. The word can mean the act of teaching or what was taught. Here it means the received instruction that the 'word' must agree with.

Hebrews 6:2 διδαχῆς, about teaching,

instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

Here: The instruction given to new believers. Grammatically it heads "washings" ("teaching about washings"), and many read it as governing the rest of the verse too: the basic teaching about washings, hands, resurrection and judgment.

Hebrews 13:9 διδαχαῖς by teachings

Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.

Here: Teachings that are passed on: both ideas and rules for practice. The plural, "teachings," pictures many competing voices. Grammatically it names the force doing the carrying: swept along *by* teachings.

2 John 1:9 διδαχῇ διδαχῇ teaching

Anyone who runs ahead without remaining in the teaching of Christ does not have God. Whoever remains in His teaching has both the Father and the Son.

Here: The content that was taught and handed on. It is not a later formal creed. In context it centres on who Jesus is.

2 John 1:10 διδαχὴν teaching

If anyone comes to you but does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your home or even greet him.

Here: The content taught, here the message about who Jesus is. It is the thing a travelling teacher would be expected to carry and pass on.

Revelation 2:14 διδαχὴν teaching

But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.

Here: A body of instruction that someone was actively passing on. Here it is practical teaching about how to live, especially what one may take part in, more than abstract doctrine.

Revelation 2:15 διδαχὴν teaching

In the same way, some of you also hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.

Revelation 2:24 διδαχὴν teaching

But I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned the so-called deep things of Satan: I will place no further burden upon you

Here: Jezebel's instruction, which, according to v. 20, led believers to commit sexual immorality and eat food sacrificed to idols. It is teaching about how to live, not just abstract belief.