Textus Receptus Bibles

Both the Stephanus 1550 and the Beza 1598 Textus Receptus do not fully support this verse. In many cases the verse is supported from either the Bishop's Bible, Tyndale Bible or the Erasmus reading.

Variant: Add "the" before "disciples."

Greek-English Dictionary

Strongs: G1223

Greek: διά

Transliteration: dia

Pronunciation: dee-ah'

Part of Speech: Preposition

Bible Usage: after always among at to avoid because of (that) briefly by for (cause) . . . fore from in by occasion of of by reason of for sake that thereby therefore X-(idiom) though through (-out) to wherefore with (-in). In composition it retains the same general import.

Definition:

Thayers Strongs

through (in very wide applications local causal or occasional). In composition it retains the same general import

1. through

a. of place

1. with

2. in

b. of time

1. throughout

2. during

c. of means

1. by

2. by the means of

2. through

a. the ground or reason by which something is or is not done

1. by reason of

2. on account of

3. because of for this reason

4. therefore

5. on this account

Thayer's Greek–English Lexicon
of the New Testament 1889

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.