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Andδὲthatἐκεῖνοςslaveὁ δοῦλοςwhoὁknewγνοὺςhis master’sτοῦ κυρίου αὐτοῦwillτὸ θέλημαandκαὶdid notμὴprepareἑτοιμάσαςorἢactποιήσαςaccording toπρὸςhis willτὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦwill be beatenδαρήσεταιwith many blows.πολλάς
Luke 12:47
Study it in the app“And that slave who knew his master’s will and did not prepare or act according to his will will be beaten with many blows.”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 12:47, word by word
- slaveδοῦλοςdoulos
slave
A person who belongs to a master and serves him.
Where else “doulos” appears- knewγνοὺςgnous
know
To be truly acquainted with someone, or grasp something fully.
Where else “gnous” appears- his master’sκυρίουkyriou
master
The one who has something in his charge and rules over it.
Where else “kyriou” appears- willθέλημαthelēma
will
Will: what someone wants and decides.
Where else “thelēma” appears- prepareἑτοιμάσαςhetoimasas
prepare
Prepare, make ready.
Where else “hetoimasas” appears- actποιήσαςpoiēsas
do
To carry out an action or cause an effect.
Where else “poiēsas” appears- will be beatenδαρήσεταιdarēsetai
beat, strike
Beat, strike, flog.
Where else “darēsetai” appears- with many blowsπολλάςpollas
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “pollas” appears
Parallel passages
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The faithful and wise servant
A similar saying; scholars discuss whether it is the same saying in another setting or a repeated one.
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Luke 12:42-48
42And the Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master will put in charge over his household staff to give them their food allowance at the proper time? 43Happy is that slave whom his master will find doing so when he comes. 44I tell you truly that he will put him in charge of all his possessions. 45But if that slave says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying to come,’ and begins to beat the servants and the maids, and to eat and drink and get drunk, 46the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour that he does not know, and will cut him in two and put his portion with the unbelieving. 47And that slave who knew his master’s will and did not prepare or act according to his will will be beaten with many blows. 48But the one who did not know, and did things deserving of blows, will be beaten with few blows. And from everyone to whom much was given, much will be required from him; and to whom they entrusted much, they will ask of him even more.
45Who, then, is the faithful and wise slave whom the master has put in charge of his household to give them their food at the proper time? 46Happy is that slave whom his master will find doing so when he comes. 47Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. 48But if that wicked slave says in his heart, ‘My master is delayed,’ 49and begins to beat his fellow slaves, and eats and drinks with the drunkards, 50the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour that he does not know, 51and will cut him in two and assign him his place with the hypocrites; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
The context
46the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour that he does not know, and will cut him in two and put his portion with the unbelieving.
47 · This verse (above)
48But the one who did not know, and did things deserving of blows, will be beaten with few blows. And from everyone to whom much was given, much will be required from him; and to whom they entrusted much, they will ask of him even more.
To study Luke 12 in a group
1. What it says
What does the rich man plan to do with his harvest, and what does God say to him? (vv. 16-21)
2. What it means
Jesus says, “Do not worry about your life,” pointing to the ravens and the lilies. What reason does he give for not being anxious? (vv. 22-31)
3. How I live it
Jesus says where our treasure is, our heart will be too (v. 34). What takes most of your time and attention today?