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Matthew 5:23 μνησθῇς shall remember

So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,

Here: The aorist (one-time) form suggests a sudden recollection, the thought that flashes into your mind as you stand there.

Matthew 26:75 ἐμνήσθη remembered

Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.

Here: Aorist ('he remembered'). The word Jesus had spoken a few hours earlier (26:34) suddenly comes back to Peter. The crowing sets off the memory.

Matthew 27:63 ἐμνήσθημεν we have remembered

“Sir,” they said, “we remember that while He was alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’

Here: Aorist with a passive form but an active meaning: 'we have recalled,' 'it has come back to us.' Jesus' opponents remember his words about rising, while his own disciples seem to have forgotten them.

Luke 1:54 μνησθῆναι remembering

He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful,

Here: An infinitive loosely attached to the main verb: 'so as to remember' or 'and in doing so remembering'. In biblical idiom, God 'remembering' means he acts on a commitment, as in 'God remembered Noah' (Genesis 8:1). It does not mean he recalls something he had forgotten.

Luke 1:72 μνησθῆναι to remember

to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,

Here: Aorist infinitive with a genitive object. It stands for Hebrew zakar. When God 'remembers' a covenant, he acts on it (Gen 9:15; Exod 2:24). The point is not that he had forgotten. The father's own name, Zechariah, means 'YHWH has remembered'.

Luke 16:25 μνήσθητι do remember

But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.

Here: A command (aorist imperative): 'call to mind'. The rich man is asked to look back on his whole life and see what it adds up to. In biblical idiom, remembering means taking something to heart, not just recalling a fact.

Luke 23:42 μνήσθητί do remember

Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom!”

Here: This is a command form used as a plea. It is the wording of Israel's prayers ('Remember me, O LORD') and of a prisoner's appeal to someone about to gain power (Genesis 40:14). He is asking Jesus to act in his favour, not just to keep him in mind.

Luke 24:6 μνήσθητε do remember

He is not here; He has risen! Remember how He told you while He was still in Galilee:

Here: An aorist command: 'Remember!', a call to bring something to mind now, all at once. Remembering here means understanding: the women are to fit what they see into words they already heard (v. 8: 'they remembered his words').

Luke 24:8 ἐμνήσθησαν they remembered

Then they remembered His words.

John 2:17 ἐμνήσθησαν Remembered

His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for Your house will consume Me.”

Here: More than recalling a fact. In John, the disciples "remembering" means seeing what an event meant in light of Scripture, usually only later (compare 2:22; 12:16). The word puts Jesus' action and the old text side by side.

John 2:22 ἐμνήσθησαν remembered

After He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this. Then they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

Here: "They remembered." The same word John uses in v.17, when the disciples remembered Psalm 69:9. Here it means more than pulling up a fact. A saying they had kept without understanding now made sense in light of what had happened.

John 12:16 ἐμνήσθησαν they remembered

At first His disciples did not understand these things, but after Jesus was glorified they remembered what had been done to Him, and they realized that these very things had also been written about Him.

Here: More than recalling a past event. They looked back at it and read it in the light of Scripture, so that its meaning became clear. In John this kind of remembering is linked with the Spirit, who 'will remind you' (14:26).

Acts 10:31 ἐμνήσθησαν was remembered

and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your gifts to the poor have been remembered before God.

Here: 'Were remembered', again with God as the unstated actor. In biblical idiom, God 'remembering' someone means he acts for them. It is not that he had forgotten and then recalled.

Acts 11:16 ἐμνήσθην I remembered

Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’

Here: "I remembered" or "it came back to me." The passive-looking form means a memory that rises up in response to an event; the scene in Cornelius's house brought Jesus' words back to Peter's mind and showed him what they meant.

1 Corinthians 11:2 μέμνησθε, you have remembered,

Now I commend you for remembering me in everything and for maintaining the traditions, just as I passed them on to you.

Here: The Greek tense here (perfect) is used with a present meaning: 'you keep me in mind,' a settled state of remembering that shows itself in practice.

2 Timothy 1:4 μεμνημένος having yourself recalled

Recalling your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy.

Here: Perfect participle. With this verb the perfect works like a present: 'remembering', 'keeping in mind'. The memory hasn't faded. It is still there with Paul as he writes.

Hebrews 2:6 μιμνῄσκῃ You are mindful

But somewhere it is testified in these words: “What is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?

Here: 'You keep remembering.' The present tense describes something ongoing. In biblical usage, when God 'remembers' someone, he turns his attention to them and acts on it, as when 'God remembered Noah' (Genesis 8:1). It is far more than recalling a fact.

Hebrews 8:12 μνησθῶ I may remember

For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”

Here: Translates Hebrew zakar. In biblical usage, to “remember” someone's sins means to bring them up, hold them against the person and act on them. God swears he will never do this.

Hebrews 10:17 μνησθήσομαι will I remember

Then He adds: “Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.”

Here: "I will call to mind" in the full Hebrew-Greek sense: to bring something forward so as to act on it. For sins, that means bringing them up for judgment. The first person is God speaking.

Hebrews 13:3 μιμνῄσκεσθε do remember

Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them.

Here: A present-tense command: 'keep on remembering.' In biblical usage, remembering someone means keeping them in mind so that you act for them, not just recalling them. It answers 'do not forget' (hospitality) in v. 2.

2 Peter 3:2 μνησθῆναι remembering

by recalling what was foretold by the holy prophets and commanded by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.

Here: An infinitive that depends on verse 1 ('I stir up your sincere mind by way of reminder'). It gives the reason for the stirring: so that the readers will bring these words back to mind and keep hold of them. This is remembering that steadies people and guides what they do, not just remembering a fact.

Jude 1:17 μνήσθητε do remember

But you, beloved, remember what was foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ

Here: A command (aorist imperative): 'call to mind' teaching they already have. In the biblical way of thinking, remembering means bringing something to mind so that it shapes how you act, not just recalling a fact. It picks up Jude's opening purpose in verse 5: 'I want to remind you.'

Revelation 16:19 ἐμνήσθη was remembered

The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath.

Here: 'Was remembered.' The passive leaves God's name unspoken, as Jewish writing often did out of reverence. In biblical usage, God 'remembering' someone means God acts on their case. It does not mean he had forgotten.