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Yetπλὴνdo notμὴrejoiceχαίρετεinἐνthis,τούτῳthatὅτιthe spiritsτὰ πνεύματαsubmitὑποτάσσεταιto you;ὑμῖνbutδὲrejoiceχαίρετεthatὅτιyour namesτὰ ὀνόματα ὑμῶνhave been writtenἐγγέγραπταιinἐνheaven.”τοῖς οὐρανοῖς
Luke 10:20
Study it in the app“Yet do not rejoice in this, that the spirits submit to you; but rejoice that your names have been written in heaven.””
With the Greek beneath
Luke 10:20, word by word
- rejoiceχαίρετεchairete
rejoice
To feel joy and gladness about something.
Where else “chairete” appears- the spiritsπνεύματαpneumata
evil spirit
An invisible being without a body, often evil: a demon.
Where else “pneumata” appears- submitὑποτάσσεταιhypotassetai
submit
To obey, place oneself under another.
Where else “hypotassetai” appears- your namesὀνόματαonomata
name
The word by which a person or thing is called, which often says who they are.
Where else “onomata” appears- have been writtenἐγγέγραπταιengegraptai
write in, record
Write in, record, enroll.
Where else “engegraptai” appears- heavenοὐρανοῖςouranois
heaven
God's dwelling, above all that is created.
Where else “ouranois” appears
The context
19Look, I have given you the authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing will ever harm you.
20 · This verse (above)
21In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing before you.
To study Luke 10 in a group
1. What it says
What question does the expert in the law ask Jesus, and how does Jesus answer with the story of the Samaritan? (vv. 25-37)
2. What it means
In the story, what do the priest, the Levite and the Samaritan each do on seeing the wounded man? How does Jesus change the question at the end? (vv. 31-36)
3. How I live it
Jesus says, “Go and do likewise.” Who near you needs a concrete help today that you can actually give? (v. 37)