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Andκαὶseeing them,ἰδὼνhe saidεἶπενto them,αὐτοῖς“GoΠορευθέντεςand showἐπιδείξατεyourselvesἑαυτοὺςto the priests.”τοῖς ἱερεῦσινAndκαὶit happenedἐγένετοthat asἐν τῷtheyαὐτοὺςwere going,ὑπάγεινthey were cleansed.ἐκαθαρίσθησαν
Luke 17:14
Study it in the app“And seeing them, he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And it happened that as they were going, they were cleansed.”
Of ten lepers healed, only the Samaritan returns to give thanksJoy and thanks
With the Greek beneath
Luke 17:14, word by word
- seeing themἰδὼνidōn
see
To perceive with sight, to look and notice what is in front.
Where else “idōn” appears- he saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- “GoΠορευθέντεςPoreuthentes
go
To go somewhere, set out.
Where else “Poreuthentes” appears- and showἐπιδείξατεepideixate
show, point out
Show, point out, display; also prove.
Where else “epideixate” appears- to the priestsἱερεῦσινhiereusin
priest
Priest: one who offered the sacrifices in the temple.
Where else “hiereusin” appears- it happenedἐγένετοegeneto
happen
For an event to occur, for something to take place in history.
Where else “egeneto” appears- were goingὑπάγεινhypagein
go away
Go away, leave; "go!".
Where else “hypagein” appears- they were cleansedἐκαθαρίσθησανekatharisthēsan
heal leper
To heal a leper.
Where else “ekatharisthēsan” appears
The context
13And they raised their voice, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”
14 · This verse (above)
15And one of them, seeing that he had been healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice;
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?