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Andδὲa reasoningδιαλογισμὸςaroseΕἰσῆλθενamongἐνthemαὐτοῖςas towhichτὸ τίςof themαὐτῶνmight beἂν εἴηthe greatest.μείζων
Luke 9:46
Study it in the app“And a reasoning arose among them as to which of them might be the greatest.”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 9:46, word by word
- a reasoningδιαλογισμὸςdialogismos
thought
What one thinks or wonders inside.
Where else “dialogismos” appears- aroseΕἰσῆλθενEisēlthen
enter
To go into a house, a town or a place.
Where else “Eisēlthen” appears- might beεἴηeiē
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “eiē” appears- the greatestμείζωνmeizōn
greater
Of greater importance or rank than the rest.
Where else “meizōn” appears
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Luke 9:46-48
46And a reasoning arose among them as to which of them might be the greatest. 47But Jesus, knowing the reasoning of their heart, took a child and set it beside himself, 48and said to them, “Whoever receives this child in my name receives me; and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me. For the one who is least among you all, this one is great.”
1At that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” 2And calling to him a child, he set him in their midst 3and said, “Truly I tell you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter into the kingdom of heaven. 4Whoever then humbles himself like this child, this one is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 5And whoever receives one such child in my name receives me.
33And they came to Capernaum. And when he was in the house, he was asking them, “What were you discussing on the way?” 34But they were silent; for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest. 35And sitting down, he called the Twelve and says to them, “If anyone wants to be first, he will be last of all and servant of all.” 36And taking a child, he set it in the middle of them; and taking it in his arms, he said to them, 37“Whoever receives one of such children in my name receives me; and whoever receives me receives not me but the one who sent me.”
The context
45But they did not understand this saying, and it was concealed from them so that they would not perceive it; and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.
46 · This verse (above)
47But Jesus, knowing the reasoning of their heart, took a child and set it beside himself,
To study Luke 9 in a group
1. What it says
When Jesus asks, “Who do you say that I am?”, what do the crowds say, and what does Peter answer? (vv. 18-20)
2. What it means
Jesus says anyone who wants to follow him must deny themselves and take up their cross daily. What reason does he give? (vv. 23-25)
3. How I live it
The disciples argued about who was greatest, and Jesus stood a child beside him (vv. 46-48). Whom could you give more attention to today?