Andκαὶhe sentἀπέστειλενmessengersἀγγέλουςahead ofπρὸhim.αὐτοῦAndκαὶthey wentπορευθέντεςand enteredεἰσῆλθονintoεἰςa villageκώμηνof SamaritansΣαμαριτῶνtoὡςprepareἑτοιμάσαιfor him.αὐτῷ
Luke 9:52
Study it in the app“And he sent messengers ahead of him. And they went and entered into a village of Samaritans to prepare for him.”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 9:52, word by word
- he sentἀπέστειλενapesteilen
send
To send someone somewhere on an errand, on behalf of the sender.
Where else “apesteilen” appears- messengersἀγγέλουςangelous
messenger
Someone sent with a message.
Where else “angelous” appears- they wentπορευθέντεςporeuthentes
go
To go somewhere, set out.
Where else “poreuthentes” appears- and enteredεἰσῆλθονeisēlthon
enter
To go into a house, a town or a place.
Where else “eisēlthon” appears- a villageκώμηνkōmēn
village
Village, small town.
Where else “kōmēn” appears- of SamaritansΣαμαριτῶνSamaritōn
Samaritan
Samaritan: an inhabitant of Samaria, at odds with the Jews.
Where else “Samaritōn” appears- prepareἑτοιμάσαιhetoimasai
prepare
Prepare, make ready.
Where else “hetoimasai” appears
The context
51Now it happened, as the days of his being taken up were being fulfilled, that he set his face to go to Jerusalem.
52 · This verse (above)
53And they did not receive him, because his face was going toward Jerusalem.
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?