Matthew 7:14

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    Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

    Branham hermeneutics: "Did you ever hear Him say, "STRAIT is the GATE, and narrow is the way"? Did you ever notice how that STRAIT was spelled? S-t-r-a-i-t, WATER. A strait means a "water," spelled like that. "WATER is the way. And that water is the GATE, and narrow is the way." What is the water? "Water is the gate: in the Name of the Lord Jesus, entering in. Repent every one of you and be BAPTIZED in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins and you shall receive, as you look towards Calvary, the gift of the Holy Ghost." (WMB, 60-1210 THE PHILADELPHIAN CHURCH AGE)

    meanwhile, the dictionary reveals that "strait" as an adjective is an archaic english word that simply means "narrow"... hence the Greek word "(stenos): narrow" is always translated into today's English as, yep, you guessed it—'narrow', and would have had that same meaning to any English speaking person reading the KJV in the 17th century.

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