Luke 13:35

“Look, your house is left to you. And I tell you, you will never see me until the time comes when you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.’””
Luke 13:35 · direct translation from the Greek

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Look,ἰδοὺyour houseὁ οἶκος ὑμῶνis leftἀφίεταιto you.ὑμῖνAndδὲI tellλέγωyou,ὑμῖνyou will neverοὐ μὴseeἴδητέmeμεuntilἕωςthe time comesἥξειwhenὅτεyou say,εἴπητε‘Blessed isΕὐλογημένοςthe one who comesὁ ἐρχόμενοςinἐνthe nameὀνόματιof the Lord.’”κυρίου

Quotation · Psalms 118:26

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Jesus announces that they will not see him until they say the words of Psalm 118:26.

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Greek of the New Testament: ἰδοὺ ἀφίεται ὑμῖν ὁ οἶκος ὑμῶν λέγω δὲ ὑμῖν οὐ μὴ ἴδητέ με ἕως ἥξει ὅτε εἴπητε Εὐλογημένος ὁ ἐρχόμενος ἐν ὀνόματι κυρίου

Hebrew (Masoretic text): בָּרוּךְ הַבָּא בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה בֵּרַכְנוּכֶם מִבֵּית יְהוָה

Septuagint (Psalms 117:26 in the Septuagint numbering): εὐλογημένος ὁ ἐρχόμενος ἐν ὀνόματι Κυρίου· εὐλογήκαμεν ὑμᾶς ἐξ οἴκου Κυρίου.

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 6 consecutive words: “Εὐλογημένος ὁ ἐρχόμενος ἐν ὀνόματι κυρίου.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Luke 13:35, word by word

your houseοἶκοςoikos

house

The place where one lives; also the temple, God's dwelling.

Where else “oikos” appears

is leftἀφίεταιaphietai

leave

To part from something or someone and go on without it.

Where else “aphietai” appears

I tellλέγωlegō

say

To express something in words to others.

Where else “legō” appears

seeἴδητέidēte

see

To perceive with sight, to look and notice what is in front.

Where else “idēte” appears

the time comesἥξειhēxei

have come

Come, arrive, be here.

Where else “hēxei” appears

‘Blessed isΕὐλογημένοςEulogēmenos

bless abundantly

God filling someone with good things.

Where else “Eulogēmenos” appears

the one who comesἐρχόμενοςerchomenos

come

To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.

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the nameὀνόματιonomati

name

The word by which a person or thing is called, which often says who they are.

Where else “onomati” appears

of the Lord.’κυρίουkyriou

Lord

The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.

Where else “kyriou” appears

Translation note· on the manuscripts

Quotation from Psalm 118:26. Many late manuscripts add “desolate,” as Matthew 23:38 does.

Parallel passages

Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.

Lament over Jerusalem

Matthew 23:37-39

A similar saying; scholars discuss whether it is the same saying in another setting or a repeated one.

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Luke 13:34-35

³⁴Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children the way a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you were not willing! ³⁵Look, your house is left to you. And I tell you, you will never see me until the time comes when you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.’”

Matthew 23:37-39

³⁷Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing! ³⁸Look, your house is left to you desolate. ³⁹For I tell you, you will never see me from now until you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.’”

Quotation · Psalms 118:26

Jesus announces that they will not see him until they say the words of Psalm 118:26.

See them side by side

Luke 13:35

³⁵Look, your house is left to you. And I tell you, you will never see me until the time comes when you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.’”

Psalms 118:26

²⁶Blessed is the one who comes in the name of YHWH; we bless you from the house of YHWH.

The context

34Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children the way a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you were not willing!

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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?

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