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ForγὰρI tellλέγωyouὑμῖνthatὅτιmanyπολλοὶprophetsπροφῆταιandκαὶkingsβασιλεῖςwantedἠθέλησανto seeἰδεῖνwhatἃyouὑμεῖςsee,βλέπετεandκαὶdid notοὐκsee it,εἶδανandκαὶto hearἀκοῦσαιwhatἃyou hear,ἀκούετεandκαὶdid notοὐκhear it.”ἤκουσαν
Luke 10:24
Study it in the app“For 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.””
With the Greek beneath
Luke 10:24, word by word
- I tellλέγωlegō
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legō” appears- manyπολλοὶpolloi
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “polloi” appears- prophetsπροφῆταιprophētai
prophet
Someone who speaks for God.
Where else “prophētai” appears- kingsβασιλεῖςbasileis
king
The one who rules a people with the highest authority.
Where else “basileis” appears- wantedἠθέλησανēthelēsan
want
To have the desire or the resolve for something.
Where else “ēthelēsan” appears- to seeἰδεῖνidein
see
To perceive with sight, to look and notice what is in front.
Where else “idein” appears- seeβλέπετεblepete
see
To use the eyes to perceive something; also to look with intent.
Where else “blepete” appears- to hearἀκοῦσαιakousai
hear
To perceive a sound, a voice or words with the ears.
Where else “akousai” appears
The context
23And turning to the disciples, he said privately, “Happy are the eyes that see what you see.
24 · This verse (above)
25And look, a certain expert in the law stood up to test him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
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)