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Preaching and Teaching: Is There a Difference

This Preaching and Teaching page is the Scriptural support for a blog post I wrote called "Where Are the Teachers?" (I can't believe I lost the link to one of my own blog posts! This post is similar.)

What You Need To Know in Advance

• The Scriptures use "preach" to refer to proclaiming the Gospel, the kingdom of God, to the lost. They use "teach" to refer to teaching the saints.
• There are two Greek words translated "preach": euangelizo and kerusso. They are synonyms except that euangelizo ["evangelize"] applies only to good news. Both words are used in the apostles' writings, and they are used interchangeably.
• I will be giving you the Greek words for preach and teach rather than the English words.
• I am aware that kerusso and euangelizo are infinitive forms of the Greek verbs. This means that in the verses I am quoting, those words actually have a different ending or a different prefix to indicate person, number, mood, tense, and voice. It seemed simpler just to leave them in the infinitive.
• For those of you used to using Strong's Concordance and Lexicon, or who have something similar on a Bible program, Kerusso is Strong's #2784, and euangelizo is #2097.

Preaching

Matt. 3:1: John the Baptizer came in those days, preaching [kerusso] in the wilderness of Judea.

Matt. 4:17: From that time Jesus began to preach [kerusso] and to say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has drawn near."

Matt. 4:23: Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching [didasko] in their synagogues and preaching [kerusso] the Gospel of the kingdom.

Matt. 9:35: Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching [didasko]in their synagogues and preaching [kerusso] the Gospel of the kingdom.

Matt. 10:7: As you go preach [kerusso], saying, "The kingdom of heaven has drawn near."

Matt. 10:27: What I tell you in darkness, speak in the light. What you hear whispered, preach [kerusso] from the rooftops.

Matt. 11:1: When Jesus was done commanding his twelve disciples, he departed to teach [didasko]and preach [kerusso] in their cities.

Matt. 11:5: The blind receive their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor are evangelized [euangelizo].

Matt. 24:14: This Gospel of the kingdom will be preached [kerusso] in all the world for a witness to all nations, and then the end will come.

Matt. 26:13: Wherever this Gospel [euangelion: noun form of euangelizo] shall be preached [kerusso] in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told as a memorial for her.

Mark 1:4: John baptized in the wilderness and preached [kerusso] the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.

Mark 1:7: [John the Baptizer] preached [kerusso], saying, "There comes one mightier than I after me."

Mark 1:14: Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching [kerusso] the gospel [euangelion] of the kingdom of God.