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Butδὲtheyοἱkept silent.ἡσύχασανAndκαὶtaking hold of him,ἐπιλαβόμενοςhe healedἰάσατοhimαὐτὸνandκαὶsent him away.ἀπέλυσεν
Luke 14:4
Study it in the app“But they kept silent. And taking hold of him, he healed him and sent him away.”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 14:4, word by word
- kept silentἡσύχασανhēsychasan
keep silent
Stop speaking.
Where else “hēsychasan” appears- taking hold of himἐπιλαβόμενοςepilabomenos
seize
To grip someone, or arrest them.
Where else “epilabomenos” appears- he healedἰάσατοiasato
heal
Heal, cure.
Where else “iasato” appears- sent him awayἀπέλυσενapelysen
send away
To bid someone farewell and let them go.
Where else “apelysen” appears
The context
3And Jesus answered and spoke to the experts in the law and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to cure on the Sabbath or not?”
4 · This verse (above)
5And to them he said, “Whose son or ox among you will fall into a well, and he will not at once pull him out on the day of the Sabbath?”
To study Luke 14 in a group
1. What it says
What excuses do the guests give for not coming to the great banquet, and whom does the master of the house invite afterward? (vv. 16-24)
2. What it means
Jesus says that whoever exalts himself will be humbled and whoever humbles himself will be exalted. How does he illustrate this at the table? (vv. 7-11)
3. How I live it
Jesus suggests inviting those who cannot repay you. Whom could you invite or help without expecting anything in return? (vv. 12-14)