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ButδὲJesus,ὁ Ἰησοῦςknowingεἰδὼςthe reasoningτὸν διαλογισμὸνof their heart,τῆς καρδίας αὐτῶνtookἐπιλαβόμενοςa childπαιδίονandsetἔστησενitαὐτὸbesideπαρ’himself,ἑαυτῷ
Luke 9:47
Study it in the app“But Jesus, knowing the reasoning of their heart, took a child and set it beside himself,”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 9:47, word by word
- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous
Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsous” appears- knowingεἰδὼςeidōs
perceive
To realize, understand.
Where else “eidōs” appears- the reasoningδιαλογισμὸνdialogismon
thought
What one thinks or wonders inside.
Where else “dialogismon” appears- of their heartκαρδίαςkardias
heart
Heart: the center of the person, where one thinks, feels and decides.
Where else “kardias” appears- tookἐπιλαβόμενοςepilabomenos
seize
To grip someone, or arrest them.
Where else “epilabomenos” appears- a childπαιδίονpaidion
child
A child of few years, boy or girl.
Where else “paidion” appears- setἔστησενestēsen
set
To place someone somewhere, or fix something.
Where else “estēsen” appears
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Who is the greatest?
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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
46And a reasoning arose among them as to which of them might be the greatest.
47 · This verse (above)
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.”
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?