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Matthew 10:42 ποτίσῃ shall give to drink

And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”

Here: 'Gives a drink to.' It is the everyday word for giving water to a thirsty person, an animal or a plant. The act is single and simple: one drink.

Matthew 25:35 ἐποτίσατέ you gave to drink

For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in,

Here: "You gave me drink." The same verb as 10:42, where whoever gives one of Jesus' "little ones" a cup of cold water will not lose his reward.

Matthew 25:37 ἐποτίσαμεν; gave [You] to drink?

Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink?

Here: 'We gave [you] drink.' The same verb appears in Matthew 10:42 (a cup of cold water given to 'one of these little ones'). That link matters for the debate over who the needy are.

Matthew 25:42 ἐποτίσατέ You gave to drink

For I was hungry and you gave Me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me nothing to drink,

Matthew 27:48 ἐπότιζεν were giving to drink

One of them quickly ran and brought a sponge. He filled it with sour wine, put it on a reed, and held it up for Jesus to drink.

Mark 9:41 ποτίσῃ may give to drink

Indeed, if anyone gives you even a cup of water because you bear the name of Christ, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.

Here: 'Should give [you] a drink'. It is the ordinary word for giving water to people, animals or plants, and pictures a plain act of hospitality, not a gift with any religious meaning.

Mark 15:36 ἐπότιζεν was giving to drink

And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine. He put it on a reed and held it up for Jesus to drink, saying, “Leave Him alone. Let us see if Elijah comes to take Him down.”

Luke 13:15 ποτίζει; give [it] drink?

“You hypocrites!” the Lord replied. “Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it to water?

Here: Present habitual: they water it every Sabbath. The question mark completes the rhetorical question that expects 'yes'. One day without water was too long for an animal, yet the leader would make a woman bound for eighteen years wait one more day.

Romans 12:20 πότιζε do give drink

On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.”

Here: "Give him drink". It is the same verb used for watering plants and animals and for giving a cup of water. As a present-tense command it means keep doing it.

1 Corinthians 3:2 ἐπότισα, I gave to drink,

I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready,

Here: "I gave you to drink" or "I nursed you". The past tense looks back to Paul's founding visit (Acts 18). The verb fits milk, not solid food, so "solid food" is attached to it loosely: "I gave you milk to drink, not solid food [to eat]." The same verb comes back in 3:6–8 as "Apollos watered".

1 Corinthians 3:6 ἐπότισεν, watered,

I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.

Here: 'Watered.' Again a finished act seen as a whole: Apollos' later teaching that kept the young planting alive. It is the same verb Paul used four verses earlier: 'I gave you milk to drink' (3:2).

1 Corinthians 3:7 ποτίζων, watering,

So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.

Here: "The waterer." In verse 6 this is Apollos, who taught in Corinth after Paul left. Paul has just used the same verb for feeding the Corinthians "milk" (3:2), so it pictures continuing care and nourishment.

1 Corinthians 3:8 ποτίζων watering

He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.

Here: 'The waterer.' This is Apollos (3:6), who came after Paul and kept the young community going (Acts 18:24–19:1). In a dry Mediterranean climate, watering was ongoing and necessary work, but it came second to planting.

1 Corinthians 12:13 ἐποτίσθημεν. we were made to drink.

For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.

Here: "We were given to drink" or "we were watered". It is the verb for giving a drink and also for watering a field (Paul used it for Apollos "watering" in 3:6-8). It is passive and past like "baptized", so it names the same shared beginning.

Revelation 14:8 πεπότικεν she has given to drink

Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”

Here: 'Has made to drink': she has done it, and the nations are still drunk from it. The verb pictures her as the hostess pushing the cup on her guests.