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Butδέit isἐστινeasierΕὐκοπώτερονfor heavenτὸν οὐρανὸνandκαὶearthτὴν γῆνto pass awayπαρελθεῖνthanἢfor oneμίανstrokeκεραίανof the lawτοῦ νόμουto fall.πεσεῖν
Luke 16:17
Study it in the app“But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of the law to fall.”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 16:17, word by word
- it isἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- easierΕὐκοπώτερονEukopōteron
easier
Easier.
Where else “Eukopōteron” appears- for heavenοὐρανὸνouranon
sky
The vault we see above the earth, where birds fly and the stars are.
Where else “ouranon” appears- earthγῆνgēn
earth
The whole earth under heaven, where human beings live.
Where else “gēn” appears- to pass awayπαρελθεῖνparelthein
pass away
To come to an end, cease to exist.
Where else “parelthein” appears- for oneμίανmian
one
The quantity one, or a single one within a group.
Where else “mian” appears- strokeκεραίανkeraian
stroke
Stroke: the small mark that tells one letter from another.
Where else “keraian” appears- of the lawνόμουnomou
law
The instructions God gave Israel through Moses; also, the whole of Scripture.
Where else “nomou” appears- to fallπεσεῖνpesein
fail
To collapse, fail.
Where else “pesein” appears
The context
16The law and the prophets were until John; since then the kingdom of God is being proclaimed as good news, and everyone forces his way into it.
17 · This verse (above)
18Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and the one who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.
To study Luke 16 in a group
1. What it says
In the story of the rich man and Lazarus, how did each of them live, and how does Abraham answer the rich man when he asks for help? (vv. 19-31)
2. What it means
Jesus says no one can serve two masters, God and wealth (v. 13). What does he show through the story of the manager? (vv. 1-12)
3. How I live it
The rich man did not notice the poor man at his gate (vv. 19-21). Who is near you that you may not be truly seeing?