Study it in the app“Once the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door, saying, ‘Lord, open to us,’ then he will answer and say to you, ‘I do not know you, where you are from.’”
Onceἀφ’ οὗ ἂνthe master of the houseὁ οἰκοδεσπότηςgets upἐγερθῇandκαὶshutsἀποκλείσῃthe door,τὴν θύρανandκαὶyou beginἄρξησθεto standἑστάναιoutsideἔξωandκαὶknock onκρούεινthe door,τὴν θύρανsaying,λέγοντες‘Lord,Κύριεopenἄνοιξονto us,’ἡμῖνthenκαὶhe will answerἀποκριθεὶςandsayἐρεῖto you,ὑμῖν‘I do notΟὐκknowοἶδαyou,ὑμᾶςwhereπόθενyou are from.’ἐστέ
master of the house
Master of the house, head of a household.
Where else “oikodespotēs” appearsget up
To help someone stand, or to stand up.
Where else “egerthēi” appearsshut
Shut, lock the door.
Where else “apokleisēi” appearsdoor
The opening that closes the entrance of a house, a room or a tomb.
Where else “thyran” appearsbegin
To start doing something.
Where else “arxēsthe” appearsstand
To stay upright on one's feet, or hold out without falling.
Where else “hestanai” appearsoutside
Points to the space on the other side of a door, a wall or a group.
Where else “exō” appearsknock
Knock, strike at a door.
Where else “krouein” appearssay
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legontes” appearsLord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “Kyrie” appearsopen
Open.
Where else “anoixon” appearsanswer
To say something back to the one who spoke or asked.
Where else “apokritheis” appearsknow
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “oida” appearsfrom where?
From where? where from?
Where else “pothen” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “este” appearsOther books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
"I never knew you"
A similar saying; scholars discuss whether it is the same saying in another setting or a repeated one.
Luke 13:25-27
25Once the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door, saying, ‘Lord, open to us,’ then he will answer and say to you, ‘I do not know you, where you are from.’ 26Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’ 27And he will speak, saying to you, ‘I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you workers of unrighteousness!’
21“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many miracles?’ 23And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you who practice lawlessness.’
24“Strive to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.
25 · This verse (above)
26Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’
1. What it says
Jesus heals a bent-over woman on the Sabbath. What does the synagogue leader object to, and how does Jesus answer? (vv. 10-17)
2. What it means
In the parable of the fig tree, what does the vineyard worker ask of the owner, and why? What does that teach about patience? (vv. 6-9)
3. How I live it
Jesus speaks of the narrow door and of striving to enter (v. 24). What concrete effort is yours to make today?
