Noun kalamos (reed, pen) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)


Matthew

11: 7As they went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed (kalamos) shaken by the wind?
12: 20He will not break a bruised reed (kalamos) or quench a smoldering wick until he brings justice to victory.
27: 29and after twisting some thorns into a crown, they put it on his head. They put a reed (kalamos) in his right hand and knelt before him and mocked him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!"
27: 30They spat on him, and took the reed (kalamos) and struck him on the head.
27: 48At once one of them ran and got a sponge, filled it with sour wine, put it on a reed (kalamos), and gave it to him to drink.

Mark

15: 19They struck his head with a reed (kalamos), spat upon him, and knelt down in homage to him.
15: 36And someone ran, filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed (kalamos), and gave it to him to drink, saying, "Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down."

Luke

7: 24When John's messengers had gone, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed (kalamos) shaken by the wind?

3 John

1: 13I have much to write to you, but I would rather not write with pen (kalamos) and ink;