Topic
Strain at
1 passage cited, from 2 classic reference works.
These works date from 1884–1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Matthew 23:24Easton · Smith
Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 1 references
Simply a misprint for “strain out” (Matt. 23:24).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 1 references
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.