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andδὲthe enemyὁ ἐχθρὸςwhoὁsowedσπείραςthemαὐτάisἐστινthe devil;ὁ διάβολοςandδὲthe harvestὁ θερισμὸςisἐστινthe endσυντέλειαof the age;αἰῶνόςandδὲthe reapersοἱ θερισταὶareεἰσινangels.ἄγγελοί
Matthew 13:39
Study it in the app“and the enemy who sowed them is the devil; and the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are angels.”
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 13:39, word by word
- the enemyἐχθρὸςechthros
archenemy
The great enemy: the devil, or death.
Where else “echthros” appears- sowedσπείραςspeiras
sow
Sow.
Where else “speiras” appears- isἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- the devilδιάβολοςdiabolos
devil
The enemy of God and of people, who accuses, tempts and deceives.
Where else “diabolos” appears- the harvestθερισμὸςtherismos
harvest
Harvest.
Where else “therismos” appears- the endσυντέλειαsynteleia
end, consummation
End, completion; "the end of the age".
Where else “synteleia” appears- of the ageαἰῶνόςaiōnos
age
This present world, or the one to come.
Where else “aiōnos” appears- the reapersθερισταὶtheristai
reaper
Reaper, harvester.
Where else “theristai” appears- angelsἄγγελοίangeloi
angel
A messenger from heaven who serves God.
Where else “angeloi” appears
The context
38and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the darnel are the sons of the evil one;
39 · This verse (above)
40So just as the darnel is gathered and burned with fire, so it will be at the end of the age.
To study Matthew 13 in a group
1. What it says
On which four kinds of ground did the sower's seed fall (vv. 4–8)?
2. What it means
Why did Jesus teach the crowds in parables (vv. 10–13)?
3. How I live it
In the sower's parable, worry can choke the word (v. 22). What chokes it most in your day?