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Verb diakrinō (to distinguish, to make a distinction) in the Gospels-Acts
(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)
Matthew
| 16: 3 | And in the morning, 'It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.' You know how to distinguish (diakrinō) the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times. |
| 21: 21 | Jesus answered them, "Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not start making a distinction (diakrinō) [i.e. hesitate], not only will you do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,' it will be done. |
Mark
| 11: 23 | Truly I tell you, if you say to this mountain, 'Be taken up and thrown into the sea,' and if you do not make a distinction (diakrinō) [i.e. hesitate] in your heart, but believe that what you say will come to pass, it will be done for you. |
Acts
| 10: 20 | Now get up, go down, and go with them without making a distinction (diakrinō) [i.e. hesitating]; for I have sent them." |
| 11: 2 | So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers distinguished (diakrinō) themselves from him [criticized], |
| 11: 12 | The Spirit told me to go with them and not to make a distinction (diakrinō) between them and us. These six brothers also accompanied me, and we entered the man's house. |
| 15: 9 | and in cleansing their hearts by faith he has made no distinction (diakrinō) between them and us. |
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