BEARING BURDENS

BEAR YE ONE ANOTHER’S BURDENS –

Galatians 6:2

“Bear ye one another’s burdens.”

bear                    bastazo = to lift, bear, carry, take up, removal;
                                             lending a hand to help by lifting heavy
                                             loads 

one another’s   allelon = one another, each other, mutual,

burdens             baros = going down, weight, load, burden,
                                         weight

EVERY MAN BEAR OWN BURDEN –

Galatians 6:5

“For every man shall bear his own burden.”

every man          hekastos = each, every, any, each one,
                                                everyone

bear                     bastazo = removal, to lift, bear, carry, take up

own                     idios = pertaining to self, one’s own,
                                         private, separate,

burden                phortion = task, service, burden, heavy load; a
                                                pack carried by a porter or soldier;
                                                regular daily burden laid on
                                               Christians

MY (JESUS) BURDEN IS LIGHT –

Matthew 11:28-30

V28 “Come (deute = imperative - come here, follow) unto me (pros = forward to, toward, the side of, near; me = me (Jesus)), all ye (pas = all, any every, whole, whosoever) that labor (kopiao = to feel fatigue, to work hard, toil, be wearied; from kopto = beat breast in grief, lament, mourn, wail) and are heavy laden (phoritizo = to load up, overburden, ), and I (Jesus) will give you rest (anapauo = repose, refresh, take ease, refresh, rest).”

V29 “Take (airo = to take up or away, bear, lift up, carry) my (Jesus) yoke (zugos = to join by a yoke, coupling,  pair of balances) upon you (epi = relation of distribution, rest on), and learn of (manthano = understand, learn) me (Jesus); for I (Jesus) am meek (praus  = gentle, humble, meek, mild) and lowly (tapeinos = depressed, humiliated, base, cast down, humble, of low degree, lowly) in heart (kardia = heart; from Latin cor: heart; mind, thoughts or feelings): and ye shall find (heurisko = to find, obtain, perceive, see) rest (anapausis = intermission, rest, to repose, refresh, take ease) unto your souls (psuche = breath, spirit, immortal soul, life, mind).”

V30 “For my (Jesus) yoke (same as above) is easy (chrestos = useful, better, easy, good, gracious, kind), and my (Jesus) burden (phortion = freight, task, service, burden) is light (elaphros = light, easy, smaller, less).”