Jesus “Rejoiced” In The Spirit

At that very hour, Jesus rejoiced greatly in the Holy Spirit … Luke 10:21

    

     The word “rejoiced” in the above passage is truly an amazing word in the Greek. It opens up a window into the person of Jesus Christ which could leave you never looking at Him quite the same again. The Greek word for rejoiced is “agalliao”. The literal definition of the word is to “jump for joy, to exalt, to be exceedingly glad with exceeding joy, to rejoice greatly”. The word agalliao comes from another primary root word which means “to jump, to leap, to spring up”. Uh-Oh. Now what in the world are we going to do with our very pious and religious image of a dignified Jesus? Read more…


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