Verse 29

{ "verseID": "Luke.14.29", "source": "Ἵνα μήποτε, θέντος αὐτοῦ θεμέλιον, καὶ μὴ ἰσχύοντος ἐκτελέσαι, πάντες οἱ θεωροῦντες ἄρξωνται ἐμπαίζειν αὐτῷ,", "text": "So that lest, *thentos autou themelion*, and not *ischyontos ektelesai*, all those *theōrountes arxōntai empaizein* him,", "grammar": { "*hina*": "conjunction - so that/in order that", "*mēpote*": "conjunction - lest/in case", "*thentos*": "aorist participle, active, genitive, masculine, singular - having laid", "*autou*": "personal pronoun, genitive, masculine, singular - he/him", "*themelion*": "accusative, masculine/neuter, singular - foundation", "*mē*": "negative particle - not", "*ischyontos*": "present participle, active, genitive, masculine, singular - being able/having strength", "*ektelesai*": "aorist infinitive, active - to finish/complete", "*pantes*": "adjective, nominative, masculine, plural - all", "*theōrountes*": "present participle, active, nominative, masculine, plural - observing/seeing", "*arxōntai*": "aorist subjunctive, middle, 3rd plural - might begin", "*empaizein*": "present infinitive, active - to mock/ridicule", "*autō*": "personal pronoun, dative, masculine, singular - him" }, "variants": { "*thentos*": "having laid/after laying/when he has laid", "*themelion*": "foundation/base", "*ischyontos*": "being able/having strength/being capable", "*ektelesai*": "to finish/to complete/to carry through", "*theōrountes*": "observing/seeing/watching", "*arxōntai*": "might begin/should start", "*empaizein*": "to mock/to ridicule/to make fun of" } }

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