Luke 12:48

American Standard Version (1901)

but he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few [stripes] . And to whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required: and to whom they commit much, of him will they ask the more.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ δὲ μὴ γνούς, ποιήσας δὲ ἄξια πληγῶν, δαρήσεται ὀλίγας. Παντὶ δὲ ᾧ ἐδόθη πολύ, πολὺ ζητηθήσεται παρʼ αὐτοῦ: καὶ ᾧ παρέθεντο πολύ, περισσότερον αἰτήσουσιν αὐτόν.

Transliteration

The one de not having gnous, having poiēsas de axia plēgōn, darēsetai oligas. To panti de to whom edothē poly, poly zētēthēsetai par him: and to whom they parethento poly, perissoteron they will aitēsousin him.

Grammar Details

• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and/now
• *gnous*: aorist participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having known
• *poiēsas*: aorist participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having done
• *axia*: accusative, neuter, plural - things worthy of
• *plēgōn*: genitive, feminine, plural - of blows/stripes
• *darēsetai*: future passive, 3rd singular - will be beaten
• *oligas*: accusative, feminine, plural - few [stripes]
• *panti*: dative, masculine, singular - to everyone
• *edothē*: aorist passive, 3rd singular - was given
• *poly*: nominative/accusative, neuter, singular - much
• *zētēthēsetai*: future passive, 3rd singular - will be sought/required
• *par*: preposition + genitive - from
• *parethento*: aorist middle, 3rd plural - they entrusted/committed
• *perissoteron*: accusative, neuter, comparative - more abundantly
• *aitēsousin*: future active, 3rd plural - they will ask/demand

Word Meanings

• *axia*: worthy/deserving of
• *plēgōn*: blows/stripes/wounds
• *oligas*: few/a few [stripes]
• *zētēthēsetai*: will be sought/will be required/will be demanded
• *parethento*: entrusted/committed/deposited
• *perissoteron*: more abundantly/even more/more extensively
• *aitēsousin*: will ask/will demand/will require

Referenced Verses

• Lev 5:17 : 17 And if any one sin, and do any of the things which Jehovah hath commanded not to be done; though he knew it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.
• Jas 3:1 : 1 Be not many [of you] teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment.
• 1 Tim 1:13 : 13 though I was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: howbeit I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief;
• Matt 25:14-29 : 14 For [it is] as [when] a man, going into another country, called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. 15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each according to his several ability; and he went on his journey. 16 Straightway he that received the five talents went and traded with them, and made other five talents. 17 In like manner he also that [received] the two gained other two. 18 But he that received the one went away and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. 19 Now after a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and maketh a reckoning with them. 20 And he that received the five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: lo, I have gained other five talents. 21 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 22 And he also that [received] the two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: lo, I have gained other two talents. 23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 24 And he also that had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering where thou didst not scatter; 25 and I was afraid, and went away and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, thou hast thine own. 26 But his lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I did not scatter; 27 thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back mine own with interest. 28 Take ye away therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him that hath the ten talents. 29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken away.
• Luke 16:10-12 : 10 He that is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much: and he that is unrighteous in a very little is unrighteous also in much. 11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true [riches] ? 12 And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?
• John 15:22 : 22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no excuse for their sin.
• Rom 2:12-16 : 12 For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without the law: and as many as have sinned under the law shall be judged by the law; 13 for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified: 14 (for when Gentiles that have not the law do by nature the things of the law, these, not having the law, are the law unto themselves; 15 in that they show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness therewith, and their thoughts one with another accusing or else excusing [them] ); 16 in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men, according to my gospel, by Jesus Christ.
• Luke 16:2 : 2 And he called him, and said unto him, What is this that I hear of thee? render the account of thy stewardship; for thou canst be no longer steward.
• Num 15:29-30 : 29 Ye shall have one law for him that doeth aught unwittingly, for him that is home-born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them. 30 But the soul that doeth aught with a high hand, whether he be home-born or a sojourner, the same blasphemeth Jehovah; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
• Matt 13:12 : 12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he hath.
• 1 Tim 6:20 : 20 O Timothy, guard that which is committed unto [thee], turning away from the profane babblings and oppositions of the knowledge which is falsely so called;
• Titus 1:3 : 3 but in his own seasons manifested his word in the message, wherewith I was intrusted according to the commandment of God our Saviour;
• Gen 39:8-9 : 8 But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master knoweth not what is with me in the house, and he hath put all that he hath into my hand: 9 he is not greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back anything from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? 10 And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, [or] to be with her. 11 And it came to pass about this time, that he went into the house to do his work; and there was none of the men of the house there within. 12 And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out. 13 And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth, 14 that she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in a Hebrew unto us to mock us: he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice: 15 and it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and fled, and got him out. 16 And she laid up his garment by her, until his master came home. 17 And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, whom thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me: 18 and it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and fled out. 19 And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled. 20 And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison. 21 But Jehovah was with Joseph, and showed kindness unto him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. 22 And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it. 23 The keeper of the prison looked not to anything that was under his hand, because Jehovah was with him; and that which he did, Jehovah made it to prosper.
• 1 Cor 9:17-18 : 17 For if I do this of mine own will, I have a reward: but if not of mine own will, I have a stewardship intrusted to me. 18 What then is my reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel without charge, so as not to use to the full my right in the gospel.
• 1 Tim 1:11 : 11 according to the gospel of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
• Acts 17:30 : 30 The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent: