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Andκαὶas heαὐτοῦwas enteringεἰσερχομένουintoεἴςa certainτιναvillage,κώμηνtenδέκαleprousλεπροὶmenἄνδρεςmet him,ἀπήντησανwhoοἳstoodἔστησανat a distance.πόρρωθεν
Luke 17:12
Study it in the app“And as he was entering into a certain village, ten leprous men met him, who stood at a distance.”
Of ten lepers healed, only the Samaritan returns to give thanksJoy and thanks
With the Greek beneath
Luke 17:12, word by word
- was enteringεἰσερχομένουeiserchomenou
enter
To go into a house, a town or a place.
Where else “eiserchomenou” appears- villageκώμηνkōmēn
village
Village, small town.
Where else “kōmēn” appears- tenδέκαdeka
ten
Ten.
Where else “deka” appears- leprousλεπροὶleproi
leper
Leper: a person with a skin disease who, under the Law, was unclean and lived apart.
Where else “leproi” appears- menἄνδρεςandres
man
An adult male, as distinct from a woman or a child.
Where else “andres” appears- met himἀπήντησανapēntēsan
meet
Go to meet, meet.
Where else “apēntēsan” appears- stoodἔστησανestēsan
stand
To stay upright on one's feet, or hold out without falling.
Where else “estēsan” appears- at a distanceπόρρωθενporrōthen
from far away
From far away, at a distance.
Where else “porrōthen” appears
The context
11And it happened, as he was going to Jerusalem, that he was passing between Samaria and Galilee.
12 · This verse (above)
13And they raised their voice, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”
To study Luke 17 in a group
1. What it says
Of the ten lepers who are cleansed, how many come back to give thanks, and what does Jesus say to him? (vv. 12-19)
2. What it means
Jesus points out that the one who returned was a Samaritan, a foreigner (vv. 16-18). What does that say about who recognizes what God has done?
3. How I live it
Jesus says to forgive a brother who changes his mind, even seven times a day (vv. 3-4). Whom do you need to forgive this week?