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Nowδὲit happened,Ἐγένετοasἐν τῷthe daysτὰς ἡμέραςof his being taken upτῆς ἀναλήμψεως αὐτοῦwere being fulfilled,συμπληροῦσθαιthatheαὐτὸςsetἐστήρισενhis faceτὸ πρόσωπονto goτοῦ πορεύεσθαιtoεἰςJerusalem.Ἰερουσαλήμ
Luke 9:51
Study it in the app“Now it happened, as the days of his being taken up were being fulfilled, that he set his face to go to Jerusalem.”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 9:51, word by word
- it happenedἘγένετοEgeneto
happen
For an event to occur, for something to take place in history.
Where else “Egeneto” appears- the daysἡμέραςhēmeras
lifetime
The time or the years of someone's life.
Where else “hēmeras” appears- of his being taken upἀναλήμψεωςanalēmpseōs
being taken up
Being taken up, ascension.
Where else “analēmpseōs” appears- were being fulfilledσυμπληροῦσθαιsymplērousthai
be fulfilled
For the appointed time to arrive.
Where else “symplērousthai” appears- setἐστήρισενestērisen
set
To fix something firmly, or resolve firmly.
Where else “estērisen” appears- his faceπρόσωπονprosōpon
face
The front of the head, where the eyes and the expression are seen.
Where else “prosōpon” appears- to goπορεύεσθαιporeuesthai
go
To go somewhere, set out.
Where else “poreuesthai” appears- JerusalemἸερουσαλήμIerousalēm
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “Ierousalēm” appears
Translation note
The word means “to be taken up”: it alludes to his ascent to heaven (Acts 1:2, 11).
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
50But Jesus said to him, “Do not stop him; for whoever is not against you is for you.”
51 · This verse (above)
52And he sent messengers ahead of him. And they went and entered into a village of Samaritans to prepare for him.
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?