Andκαὶtheirαὐτῶνeyesοἱ ὀφθαλμοίwere opened.ἠνεῴχθησανAndκαὶJesusὁ Ἰησοῦςsternly warnedἐνεβριμήθηthem,αὐτοῖςsaying,λέγων“See thatὉρᾶτεno oneμηδεὶςknows about it.”γινωσκέτω
Matthew 9:30
Study it in the app“And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly warned them, saying, “See that no one knows about it.””
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 9:30, word by word
- eyesὀφθαλμοίophthalmoi
eye
The organ of sight, in the face.
Where else “ophthalmoi” appears- were openedἠνεῴχθησανēneōichthēsan
open
Open.
Where else “ēneōichthēsan” 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- sternly warnedἐνεβριμήθηenebrimēthē
warn sternly
Order harshly; rebuke strongly.
Where else “enebrimēthē” appears- sayingλέγωνlegōn
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legōn” appears- “See thatὉρᾶτεHorate
watch out
"Be careful!", "make sure that…".
Where else “Horate” appears- no oneμηδεὶςmēdeis
no one, nothing
No one, nothing.
Where else “mēdeis” appears- knows about itγινωσκέτωginōsketō
find out
To find out something, to realize.
Where else “ginōsketō” appears
The context
29Then he touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith let it be done for you.”
30 · This verse (above)
31But they went out and spread the news about him in all that land.
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?