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Matthew 8:4 ὅρα do see that

Then Jesus instructed him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift prescribed by Moses, as a testimony to them.”

Here: Here not about eyesight but a warning formula: 'see to it,' 'mind that.' Paired with the following verb it makes a firm prohibition.

Matthew 9:30 ὁρᾶτε do see [that]

And their eyes were opened. Jesus warned them sternly, “See that no one finds out about this!”

Here: 'See!' as a command meaning 'Take care! Watch out!' It is pointed: the first thing Jesus tells men who can now see is to 'see to it'.

Matthew 16:6 ὁρᾶτε do watch

“Watch out!” Jesus told them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

Here: A present-tense command, so it means 'keep looking, stay alert' rather than 'take one look'. Used as a warning, as in English 'Look out!'

Matthew 18:10 Ὁρᾶτε do see [that]

See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.

Here: A plural command, 'see to it!', meaning 'watch out' or 'be on guard'. Jesus is warning the whole circle of disciples, not one person.

Matthew 24:6 ὁρᾶτε, do behold,

You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come.

Here: A command: 'See!' or 'Watch out!' It works as an alarm word and repeats the call to watchfulness in v. 4 ('Watch out that no one deceives you'). The disciples are told to stay alert to how they respond.

Matthew 27:4 ὄψῃ. will see.

“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”

Here: A future form used as a command: "you will see to it," meaning "see to it yourself" or "that's your affair." Pilate throws the same phrase back at the crowd in 27:24 ("you will see").

Mark 1:44 ὅρα, do see [that]

“See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and present the offering Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”

Here: Here "see" does not mean look at something. It is a warning, close to "watch out!" or "make sure!" It adds urgency to the ban that follows.

Mark 8:15 ὁρᾶτε, do watch out,

“Watch out!” He cautioned them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of Herod.”

Here: An order to keep looking: 'Look!' or 'Watch!' It opens a run of seeing words in this scene: three verses later Jesus asks, 'Having eyes, do you not see?' (8:18).

Mark 8:24 ὁρῶ I see [them]

The man looked up and said, “I can see the people, but they look like trees walking around.”

Luke 1:22 ἑώρακεν he has seen

When he came out and was unable to speak to them, they realized he had seen a vision in the temple. He kept making signs to them but remained unable to speak.

Luke 9:36 ἑώρακαν.¶ they have seen.

After the voice had spoken, only Jesus was present with them. The disciples kept this to themselves, and in those days they did not tell anyone what they had seen.

Luke 12:15 ὁρᾶτε do watch

And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

Here: An ongoing command: 'keep your eyes open.' Here it means watching out for a danger, not just looking.

Luke 16:23 ὁρᾷ he sees

In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.

Here: Present tense in a past-tense story: 'he sees'. The storyteller switches to the present to make the moment vivid, as if the hearers were watching it happen.

Luke 23:49 ὁρῶσαι beholding

But all those who knew Jesus, including the women who had followed Him from Galilee, stood at a distance watching these things.

Here: 'Watching'. The participle is feminine, so in strict grammar it is the women who are described as watching. That sets them up as the eyewitnesses of the death, then of the burial (23:55) and of the empty tomb (24:1–10).

Luke 24:23 ἑωρακέναι to have seen

but they did not find His body. They came and told us they had seen a vision of angels, who said that Jesus was alive.

John 1:18 ἑώρακεν has seen

No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.

Here: "Has seen." The Greek tense describes a past act whose result still stands, so the sense is: no one has seen God and come away holding that sight. It means direct sight of God himself, as opposed to visions, dreams or the glimpse of God's "back" that Moses was given.

John 1:34 ἑώρακα have seen

I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”

Here: The Greek perfect tense: 'I have seen, and that sight stays with me.' It refers to the Spirit coming down and remaining on Jesus (vv. 32–33), the sign God had promised John. It is eyewitness seeing that grounds testimony.

John 1:50 ὄψῃ. You will see.

Jesus said to him, “Do you believe just because I told you I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than these.”

Here: A future promise in the singular, to Nathanael. In John 'seeing' moves from physical sight to perceiving who Jesus is. Verse 51 at once widens it to a plural 'you (all) will see'.

John 3:11 ἑωράκαμεν we have seen

Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, and yet you people do not accept our testimony.

Here: Perfect tense: we saw, and what we saw still stands as evidence. This is an eyewitness claim, and in John it points to seeing heavenly things (compare 1:18; 3:32; 6:46).

John 3:32 ἑώρακεν He has seen

He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.

Here: "He has seen." The Greek perfect tense describes a past act whose result still stands. His seeing is not a fading memory. It is a settled, firsthand knowledge of heavenly things (compare 1:18; 3:11; 8:38).

John 4:45 ἑωρακότες having seen

Yet when He arrived, the Galileans welcomed Him. They had seen all the great things He had done in Jerusalem at the feast, for they had gone there as well.

Here: A perfect participle (a past act whose effect lasts). They had seen with their own eyes, and it still shaped them. This gives the reason for the welcome: they welcomed him because of what they had seen.

John 5:37 ἑωράκατε, have you seen,

And the Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have never heard His voice nor seen His form,

Here: 'You have seen', also perfect. They have no standing sight of God. In John this verb is loaded: 'whoever has seen me has seen the Father' (14:9).

John 6:36 ἑωράκατέ you have seen

But as I stated, you have seen Me and still you do not believe.

Here: The Greek perfect tense describes a past action whose result still stands. They saw, and the evidence is still in their possession: the feeding, the signs, Jesus himself standing in front of them. It answers their demand in v.30: "What sign will you do, so that we may see and believe you?"

John 6:46 ἑώρακέν ἑώρακεν has seen

not that anyone has seen the Father except the One who is from God; only He has seen the Father.

Here: Perfect tense: a past seeing whose result still holds. The claim being ruled out is that anyone has had a direct, lasting vision of the Father.

John 8:38 ἑώρακα have seen

I speak of what I have seen in the presence of the Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.”

Here: Perfect tense: "I have seen, and what I saw stays with me". John uses this verb for the Son's first-hand knowledge of the Father (1:18; 3:11, 32; 6:46).

John 8:57 ἑώρακας;¶ You have seen?

Then the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and You have seen Abraham?”

Here: Perfect tense: “you have seen and can speak as one who saw.” They take Jesus to be claiming he personally saw Abraham, which reverses what he actually said (that Abraham saw *his* day).

John 9:37 ἑώρακας You have seen

“You have already seen Him,” Jesus answered. “He is the One speaking with you.”

Here: A perfect tense: an act of seeing whose result still holds. A man who was blind from birth has now laid eyes on the one he is asking about, and he is still looking at him. In John this form is often used for eyewitness testimony ('I have seen').

John 11:40 ὄψῃ you will see

Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”

Here: Future of the verb "to see." In John, "seeing" often means perceiving what something reveals, not just watching it with the eyes. It promises that she will witness the event and also grasp what it shows.

John 14:7 ἑωράκατε you have seen

If you had known Me, you would know My Father as well. From now on you do know Him and have seen Him.”

Here: Perfect tense: 'you have seen', with the result still standing. They have seen the Father by seeing Jesus (spelled out in 14:9). This is the startling claim that Philip immediately fails to grasp (14:8).

John 14:9 ἑωρακὼς ἑώρακεν having seen, he has seen

Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

Here: A perfect participle: someone who has seen and now stands in the position of having seen. In John, 'seeing' covers both eyesight and real perception.

John 15:24 ἑωράκασιν they have seen

If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have seen and hated both Me and My Father.

Here: A perfect tense: they have seen, and the seeing stands on the record. It includes seeing the works with their own eyes, and through them, Jesus and the Father (14:9).

John 16:22 ὄψομαι I will see

So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.

Here: Future tense, first person. In verses 16–19 it was 'you will see me'. Here it flips to 'I will see you': the reunion is Jesus coming to look on his own, and being looked on by someone means being noticed and favored.

John 19:35 ἑωρακὼς having seen

The one who saw it has testified to this, and his testimony is true. He knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.

Here: Perfect participle, 'the one who has seen'. The Greek perfect points to a past act whose effect still stands: he saw it, and he remains the person who saw it. In John 'seeing' often goes with testifying (1:34; 3:11, 32).

John 20:18 ἑώρακα I have seen

Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them what He had said to her.

Here: Perfect tense: a past act of seeing that still stands as a present fact, "I have seen, and that holds". In John this is the language of an eyewitness giving testimony (compare 1:34; 20:25; 1 Cor 9:1).

John 20:25 ἑωράκαμεν We have seen

So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he replied, “Unless I see the nail marks in His hands, and put my finger where the nails have been, and put my hand into His side, I will never believe.”

Here: Perfect tense: a completed seeing whose effect stands. It repeats Mary Magdalene's announcement word for word except for the number ('I have seen the Lord', 20:18). It is the language of eyewitness testimony.

John 20:29 ἑώρακάς you have seen

Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen Me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

Here: Perfect tense: a past act of seeing whose effect still stands. It is the same form the disciples used to Thomas in v. 25 ('We have seen the Lord'), and Mary used it in v. 18. Now Thomas too has 'seen'.

Acts 7:44 ἑωράκει· he had seen;

Our fathers had the tabernacle of the Testimony with them in the wilderness. It was constructed exactly as God had directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.

Here: Pluperfect ("had seen"). Moses saw the pattern first, on Sinai, and the building came after. The pattern came from God's revelation, not from Moses' imagination.

Acts 8:23 ὁρῶ I see

For I see that you are poisoned by bitterness and captive to iniquity.”

Acts 22:15 ἑώρακας you have seen

You will be His witness to everyone of what you have seen and heard.

Here: Perfect tense, 'you have seen'. It points to a seeing in the past whose result lasts: Paul is now someone who has seen the Righteous One (v. 14). Paul uses the same perfect form when he defends his apostleship in 1 Cor 9:1.

1 Corinthians 9:1 ἑόρακα; have I seen?

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you yourselves not my workmanship in the Lord?

Here: Perfect tense: a past seeing whose effect still stands. Paul means his encounter with the risen Jesus (compare 15:8, "last of all he appeared to me also"), which still qualifies him.

Colossians 2:1 ἑόρακαν have seen

For I want you to know how much I am struggling for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me face to face,

Here: Perfect tense: up to now they have never laid eyes on him. The form is an everyday spoken spelling.

Colossians 2:18 ἑόρακεν he has seen

Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you with speculation about what he has seen. Such a person is puffed up without basis by his unspiritual mind.

Here: A perfect tense: he saw and still claims the authority of that sight. In context this means visionary experiences.

1 Thessalonians 5:15 ὁρᾶτε do see that

Make sure that no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one another and for all people.

Here: A plural command in the present tense: 'all of you, keep watching.' With μή following it means 'make sure that… not', so the whole church is made responsible for watching over its members, not only each person watching himself.

Hebrews 2:8 ὁρῶμεν do we see

and placed everything under his feet.” When God subjected all things to him, He left nothing outside of his control. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to him.

Here: 'We see', present tense: what the author and readers observe in the world around them. The next verse answers it with 'but we do see Jesus'.

Hebrews 8:5 ὅρα do see that

The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”

Here: Imperative: 'See to it' or 'look carefully.' It is a call to be careful, and it also plays on the seeing Moses did on the mountain.

Hebrews 11:27 ὁρῶν seeing

By faith Moses left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible.

Here: Present participle: 'seeing', ongoing and steady rather than one glimpse. Moses kept the unseen God in view the whole time.

Hebrews 13:23 ὄψομαι I will see

Be aware that our brother Timothy has been released. If he arrives soon, I will come with him to see you.

James 2:24 ὁρᾶτε You see

As you can see, a man is justified by his deeds and not by faith alone.

Here: This is plural: 'you all see'. In v. 22 James spoke to one imagined objector ('you [singular] see that faith was working with his works'). Now he turns to the whole congregation and presents the conclusion as plain from the Abraham story. The same form could be a command ('See!'), but most read it as a statement.

1 Peter 1:8 ὁρῶντες seeing

Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,

Here: Present participle: you are not seeing him now. The first clause covered the past (never saw him) and this covers the present (do not see him now). Only the future seeing is left.

1 John 1:1 ἑωράκαμεν we have seen

That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our own eyes, which we have gazed upon and touched with our own hands—this is the Word of life.

Here: Also perfect: seen, and the seeing remains as standing testimony. In John's writings 'we have seen' is the language of a witness (John 1:34; 19:35).

1 John 1:2 ἑωράκαμεν we have seen

And this is the life that was revealed; we have seen it and testified to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us.

Here: The perfect tense: the seeing happened in the past, but its effect lasts. 'We have seen, and the sight stays with us.' This is the same verb as in v.1 'seen with our eyes', so it means real eyesight.

1 John 1:3 ἑωράκαμεν we have seen

We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.

Here: 'We have seen.' The Greek perfect tense describes a past act whose result still holds: they saw, and they remain people who saw. In John's writings this is the language of eyewitness testimony (John 3:11; 19:35).

1 John 3:6 ἑώρακεν has seen

No one who remains in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him.

Here: "Has seen." The Greek perfect tense means a past act whose effect lasts into the present. The sense is: this person never truly saw Christ in a way that still shapes them. The phrase echoes the eyewitness claim of 1:1–3, "what we have seen."

1 John 4:20 ἑώρακεν, ἑώρακεν he has seen,, he has seen

If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.

Here: Perfect tense: he has seen him and has him in view now. The brother is concrete, present, and in front of him.

3 John 1:11 ἑώρακεν has seen

Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.

Here: Perfect tense: "has seen," a past seeing that continues as a present state. In John's writings, "seeing God" means knowing God truly, especially as he is shown in Jesus. The person doing harm shows that this has never really happened to them.

Revelation 19:10 ὅρα do see [that] you

So I fell at his feet to worship him. But he told me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who rely on the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

Here: "Watch out!" A sharp warning, not a call to look at something.

Revelation 22:9 ὅρα do see that you

But he said to me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God!”

Here: Literally 'see!' Used with μή it means 'watch out, don't!' It is a sharp warning, not a gentle suggestion.