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AndκαὶJesusὁ Ἰησοῦςsaysλέγειto him,αὐτῷ“The foxesΑἱ ἀλώπεκεςhaveἔχουσινholes,φωλεοὺςandκαὶthe birdsτὰ πετεινὰof the skyτοῦ οὐρανοῦhavenests,κατασκηνώσειςbutδὲthe Sonὁ υἱὸςof Manτοῦ ἀνθρώπουhasἔχειnowhereοὐκ ποῦto layκλίνῃhis head.”τὴν κεφαλὴν
Matthew 8:20
Study it in the app“And Jesus says to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.””
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 8:20, word by word
- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous
Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsous” appears- saysλέγειlegei
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legei” appears- “The foxesἀλώπεκεςalōpekes
fox
A sly wild animal that lives in dens.
Where else “alōpekes” appears- haveἔχουσινechousin
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echousin” appears- holesφωλεοὺςphōleous
den, hole
Den, hole, lair.
Where else “phōleous” appears- the birdsπετεινὰpeteina
bird
Bird.
Where else “peteina” appears- of the skyοὐρανοῦouranou
sky
The vault we see above the earth, where birds fly and the stars are.
Where else “ouranou” appears- nestsκατασκηνώσειςkataskēnōseis
nest, dwelling
Nest, a place where a bird settles and lives.
Where else “kataskēnōseis” appears- the Sonυἱὸςhuios
Son
Jesus, the Son of God.
Where else “huios” appears- of Manἀνθρώπουanthrōpou
Son of Man
"The Son of Man": what Jesus calls himself.
Where else “anthrōpou” appears- nowhereποῦpou
where?
Where?
Where else “pou” appears- to layκλίνῃklinēi
bow
To lower the head or face; rest the head to sleep.
Where else “klinēi” appears- his headκεφαλὴνkephalēn
head
The top part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “kephalēn” appears
Translation note
“The Son of Man” is the way Jesus names himself; it recalls the vision of Daniel 7:13.
Parallel passages
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
Following Jesus
A similar saying; scholars discuss whether it is the same saying in another setting or a repeated one.
See them side by side
Matthew 8:18-22
18Now seeing large crowds around him, Jesus gave orders to go away to the other side. 19And a scribe came up and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” 20And Jesus says to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” 21Another of the disciples said to him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” 22But Jesus says to him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
57And as they were going along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” 58And Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” 59And he said to another, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.” 60But he said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead; but you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.” 61And another also said, “I will follow you, Lord; but first allow me to say goodbye to those at my home.” 62But Jesus said, “No one who puts his hand to a plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
The context
19And a scribe came up and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”
20 · This verse (above)
21Another of the disciples said to him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”
To study Matthew 8 in a group
1. What it says
What did the centurion say to Jesus about his servant, and how did Jesus respond (vv. 8–10)?
2. What it means
What do these healings and the calming of the sea show about who Jesus is (v. 27)?
3. How I live it
The centurion asked for help for his servant (vv. 5–6). Whom could you stand with today in a need that isn't yours?