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ἐπιπορεύομαι
epiporeuo​mai
Verb
Travel to, journey toward, come to

Definition

A compound verb meaning to travel toward or make one's way to a place — a purposeful journey with a destination in mind. Used of Jesus traveling throughout the villages teaching and healing on His way to Jerusalem.

Usage & Theological Significance

Luke 8:4 — 'And when a great crowd was gathering and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable...' — captures the magnetic movement of people toward Jesus. The verb suggests intentionality: people don't drift toward Him; they journey toward Him. The same deliberate movement shapes the Christian life — we are not a people who drift through existence but pilgrims with a direction. Paul's journeys in Acts are structured by the same purposefulness: the Spirit appoints destinations, and the apostle moves toward them. The Christian life is fundamentally a epiporeuo — a purposeful journey toward the One who is the Way.

Key Bible Verses

Luke 8:4 And when a great crowd was gathering and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable.
Acts 3:11 While he clung to Peter and John, all the people, utterly astounded, ran together to them in the portico.
Hebrews 11:13 These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
Psalm 84:7 They go from strength to strength; each one appears before God in Zion.
John 6:35 Jesus said to them, 'I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.'

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