![]() He warns them that God will hold humans accountable for every idle (lazy, useless) word (Rhema) that is spoken (see Matthew 12:24, 36). The word's second appearance in the New Testament occurs in Matthew 12 when some self-righteous religious leaders accuse the Lord of casting out demons by the power of Satan himself. It is also translated as "saying(s)" (Mark 9:32, Luke 1:65, etc.) and "thing" (Luke 2:15, Acts 5:32). In the King James Bible, the Greek word Rhema is many times translated as "word(s)" (Matthew 4:4, 18:16, Mark 14:72, etc.). The books that use it the most are the gospel of Luke (19 times), followed by the book of Acts (14 times), then the gospel of John (12 times). ![]() Interestingly, the word Rhema occurs at least seventy times in the New Testament Greek text.
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