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Andδὲheὁansweredἀποκριθεὶςand said,εἶπεν‘I do notΟὐwant to.’θέλωButδὲlaterὕστερονhe regretted itμεταμεληθεὶςandwent.ἀπῆλθεν
Matthew 21:29
Study it in the app“And he answered and said, ‘I do not want to.’ But later he regretted it and went.”
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 21:29, word by word
- answeredἀποκριθεὶςapokritheis
answer
To say something back to the one who spoke or asked.
Where else “apokritheis” appears- and saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- want to.’θέλωthelō
want
To have the desire or the resolve for something.
Where else “thelō” appears- laterὕστερονhysteron
later, last
Later, last; "afterward", "at last".
Where else “hysteron” appears- he regretted itμεταμεληθεὶςmetamelētheis
feel regret
Feel regret: be sorry for what one has done and change one's view. Different from "change one's mind".
Where else “metamelētheis” appears- wentἀπῆλθενapēlthen
go away
To leave where one is for another place, leaving something or someone behind.
Where else “apēlthen” appears
Translation note
“Regretted” translates here metamelomai, “to regret what one has done,” which is different from metanoeō, “to change one’s mind.”
The context
28But what do you think? A man had two children. He came to the first and said, ‘Child, go, work today in the vineyard.’
29 · This verse (above)
30And he came to the second and said the same. And he answered and said, ‘I will, sir,’ and did not go.
To study Matthew 21 in a group
1. What it says
What did the crowd shout when Jesus entered Jerusalem (vv. 8–9)?
2. What it means
Why did Jesus drive out those buying and selling in the temple, quoting “My house will be called a house of prayer” (vv. 12–13)?
3. How I live it
Jesus said whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive (v. 22). What would you like to ask for today with trust?