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andκαὶthey will killἀποκτενοῦσινhim,αὐτόνandκαὶon the thirdτῇ τρίτῃdayἡμέρᾳhe will be raised.”ἐγερθήσεταιAndκαὶthey wereἐλυπήθησανdeeplyσφόδραgrieved.ἐλυπήθησαν
Matthew 17:23
Study it in the app“and they will kill him, and on the third day he will be raised.” And they were deeply grieved.”
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 17:23, word by word
- they will killἀποκτενοῦσινapoktenousin
kill
Kill.
Where else “apoktenousin” appears- on the thirdτρίτῃtritēi
third
The one after the second; above all, the third day.
Where else “tritēi” appears- dayἡμέρᾳhēmerai
day
A span counted on the calendar: “on the third day,” “forty days.”
Where else “hēmerai” appears- he will be raisedἐγερθήσεταιegerthēsetai
raise
To come back to life after death.
Where else “egerthēsetai” appears- they wereἐλυπήθησανelypēthēsan
grieve
Make sad; be sad, grieve.
Where else “elypēthēsan” appears- deeplyσφόδραsphodra
greatly, very
Very, greatly, exceedingly.
Where else “sphodra” appears
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Matthew 17:22-23
22And as they were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be handed over into the hands of men, 23and they will kill him, and on the third day he will be raised.” And they were deeply grieved.
30And going out from there, they were passing through Galilee, and he did not want anyone to know it; 31for he was teaching his disciples and saying to them, “The Son of Man is being handed over into the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he has been killed, after three days he will rise.” 32But they did not understand the saying, and they were afraid to ask him.
43And all were astonished at the majesty of God. But while all were marveling at all that he was doing, he said to his disciples, 44“You, put these words into your ears: for the Son of Man is about to be handed over into the hands of people.” 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.
The context
22And as they were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be handed over into the hands of men,
23 · This verse (above)
24Now when they came to Capernaum, those who collected the two-drachma tax came to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay the two-drachma tax?”
To study Matthew 17 in a group
1. What it says
What did Peter, James, and John see on the mountain, and what did the voice from the cloud say (vv. 1–5)?
2. What it means
What did Jesus command the three disciples as they came down the mountain, and until when (v. 9)?
3. How I live it
The voice said, “Listen to him” (v. 5). How can you make a quiet moment today to listen?