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Forὅτιdaysἡμέραιwill comeἥξουσινuponἐπὶyouσὲwhenκαὶyourσουenemiesοἱ ἐχθροίwill set upπαρεμβαλοῦσινa barricadeχάρακάagainst youσοιandκαὶsurroundπερικυκλώσουσίνyouσεandκαὶhemσυνέξουσίνyouσεinσυνέξουσίνon every side,πάντοθεν
Luke 19:43
Study it in the app“For days will come upon you when your enemies will set up a barricade against you and surround you and hem you in on every side,”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 19:43, word by word
- daysἡμέραιhēmerai
lifetime
The time or the years of someone's life.
Where else “hēmerai” appears- will comeἥξουσινhēxousin
have come
Come, arrive, be here.
Where else “hēxousin” appears- enemiesἐχθροίechthroi
enemy
Someone who hates another or wars against them.
Where else “echthroi” appears- a barricadeχάρακάcharaka
siege wall
Siege wall, palisade of stakes.
Where else “charaka” appears- surroundπερικυκλώσουσίνperikyklōsousin
surround
Surround, encircle.
Where else “perikyklōsousin” appears- hemσυνέξουσίνsynexousin
hem in
To close in on every side.
Where else “synexousin” appears- on every sideπάντοθενpantothen
from everywhere
From every side.
Where else “pantothen” appears
The context
42saying, “If you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
43 · This verse (above)
44and they will dash you to the ground, and your children within you, and they will not leave stone upon stone in you, because you did not know the time of your visitation.”
To study Luke 19 in a group
1. What it says
What does Zacchaeus do to see Jesus, what does Jesus say to him, and what does Zacchaeus promise afterward? (vv. 2-8)
2. What it means
The people grumble because Jesus is staying with a sinner. What does Jesus answer about why he came? (vv. 7-10)
3. How I live it
Zacchaeus welcomed Jesus with joy and changed how he used his money. What could you change in how you use what you have?