When he had goneἐλθόντιintoεἰςthe house,τὴν οἰκίανthe blind menοἱ τυφλοίcameπροσῆλθονto him,αὐτῷandκαὶJesusὁ Ἰησοῦςsaysλέγειto them,αὐτοῖς“Do you believeΠιστεύετεthatὅτιI am ableδύναμαιto doποιῆσαιthis?”τοῦτοThey sayλέγουσινto him,αὐτῷ“Yes,ΝαίLord.”κύριε
Matthew 9:28
Study it in the app“When he had gone into the house, the blind men came to him, and Jesus says to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They say to him, “Yes, Lord.””
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 9:28, word by word
- When he had goneἐλθόντιelthonti
go
To set out toward a place.
Where else “elthonti” appears- the houseοἰκίανoikian
house
The building where a family lives.
Where else “oikian” appears- the blind menτυφλοίtyphloi
blind
Someone who cannot see.
Where else “typhloi” appears- cameπροσῆλθονprosēlthon
come near
To come up close to someone, go toward them.
Where else “prosēlthon” appears- 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- “Do you believeΠιστεύετεPisteuete
trust
To trust in God or in Jesus.
Where else “Pisteuete” appears- I am ableδύναμαιdynamai
can, be able
Can, be able.
Where else “dynamai” appears- to doποιῆσαιpoiēsai
do
To carry out an action or cause an effect.
Where else “poiēsai” appears- “YesΝαίNai
yes
Yes.
Where else “Nai” appears- Lordκύριεkyrie
Lord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyrie” appears
The context
27And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed him, crying out and saying, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”
28 · This verse (above)
29Then he touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith let it be done for you.”
To study Matthew 9 in a group
1. What it says
What did Jesus say to the paralyzed man before healing him, and how did some scribes react (vv. 2–3)?
2. What it means
What did Jesus mean by “I did not come to call the righteous but sinners” as he sat with them (vv. 10–13)?
3. How I live it
Jesus saw the crowds with compassion (v. 36). Whom around you could you look at with more compassion today?