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AndΚαὶturningστραφεὶςtoπρὸςthe disciples,τοὺς μαθητὰςhe saidεἶπενprivately,κατ’ ἰδίαν“Happy areΜακάριοιthe eyesοἱ ὀφθαλμοὶthat seeοἱ βλέποντεςwhatἃyou see.βλέπετε
Luke 10:23
Study it in the app“And turning to the disciples, he said privately, “Happy are the eyes that see what you see.”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 10:23, word by word
- turningστραφεὶςstrapheis
turn around
To face round toward someone.
Where else “strapheis” appears- the disciplesμαθητὰςmathētas
disciple
A follower of Jesus.
Where else “mathētas” appears- he saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- privatelyἰδίανidian
privately
Away from the crowd, with a few or alone.
Where else “idian” appears- “Happy areΜακάριοιMakarioi
blessed, happy
Blessed: truly happy, in the condition God blesses. It is the "happy" or "blessed" of the Psalms.
Where else “Makarioi” appears- the eyesὀφθαλμοὶophthalmoi
eye
The organ of sight, in the face.
Where else “ophthalmoi” appears- that seeβλέποντεςblepontes
see
To use the eyes to perceive something; also to look with intent.
Where else “blepontes” appears
The context
22All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son and the one to whom the Son wishes to reveal him.”
23 · This verse (above)
24For I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.”
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)