Luke 22:37

American Standard Version (1901)

For I say unto you, that this which is written must be fulfilled in me, And he was reckoned with transgressors: for that which concerneth me hath fulfilment.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Λέγω γὰρ ὑμῖν, ὅτι ἔτι τοῦτο τὸ γεγραμμένον δεῖ τελεσθῆναι ἐν ἐμοί, τὸ Καὶ μετὰ ἀνόμων ἐλογίσθη: καὶ γὰρ τὰ περὶ ἐμοῦ τέλος ἔχει.

Transliteration

For I legō to you, that still this the gegrammenon dei telesthēnai in me, the 'And with anomōn he was elogisthē': for indeed the things concerning me telos echei.

Grammar Details

• *Legō*: present, active, indicative, 1st person singular - I say/tell
• *gar*: postpositive explanatory particle - for
• *hymin*: dative, plural, second person pronoun - to you
• *hoti*: conjunction - that
• *eti*: adverb - still/yet
• *touto*: nominative, neuter, singular, demonstrative pronoun - this
• *to gegrammenon*: perfect, passive, participle, nominative, neuter, singular with article - the having been written
• *dei*: present, active, indicative, impersonal verb - it is necessary
• *telesthēnai*: aorist, passive, infinitive - to be fulfilled/completed
• *en emoi*: preposition + dative, personal pronoun - in me
• *to*: accusative, neuter, singular, definite article - the [quotation]
• *meta anomōn*: preposition + genitive, masculine, plural - with lawless ones
• *elogisthē*: aorist, passive, indicative, 3rd person singular - was counted/reckoned
• *ta peri emou*: nominative, neuter, plural, article + preposition + genitive - the things concerning me
• *telos echei*: accusative, neuter, singular + present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - has an end

Word Meanings

• *gegrammenon*: having been written/scripture
• *telesthēnai*: to be fulfilled/to be completed/to be accomplished
• *anomōn*: lawless ones/transgressors/criminals
• *elogisthē*: was counted/was reckoned/was numbered
• *telos echei*: has an end/is being fulfilled/is reaching completion

Referenced Verses

• Isa 53:12 : 12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out his soul unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors: yet he bare the sin of many, and [ made intercession for the transgressors.
• John 10:35 : 35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came (and the scripture cannot be broken),
• John 17:4 : 4 I glorified thee on the earth, having accomplished the work which thou hast given me to do.
• John 19:28-30 : 28 After this Jesus, knowing that all things are now finished, that the scripture might be accomplished, saith, I thirst. 29 There was set there a vessel full of vinegar: so they put a sponge full of the vinegar upon hyssop, and brought it to his mouth. 30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.
• Acts 13:27-29 : 27 For they that dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath, fulfilled [them] by condemning [him] . 28 And though they found no cause of death [in him], yet asked they of Pilate that he should be slain. 29 And when they had fulfilled all things that were written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a tomb.
• 2 Cor 5:21 : 21 Him who knew no sin he made [to be] sin on our behalf; that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
• Gal 3:13 : 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us; for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
• Matt 26:54-56 : 54 How then should the scriptures be fulfilled that thus it must be? 55 In that hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a robber with swords and staves to seize me? I sat daily in the temple teaching, and ye took me not. 56 But all this is come to pass, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples left him, and fled.
• Mark 15:27 : 27 And with him they crucify two robbers; one on his right hand, and one on his left.
• Luke 18:31 : 31 And he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all the things that are written through the prophets shall be accomplished unto the Son of man.
• Luke 22:22 : 22 For the Son of man indeed goeth, as it hath been determined: but woe unto that man through whom he is betrayed!
• Luke 23:32 : 32 And there were also two others, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.
• Luke 24:44-46 : 44 And he said unto them, These are my words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must needs be fulfilled, which are written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me. 45 Then opened he their mind, that they might understand the scriptures; 46 and he said unto them, Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer, and rise again from the dead the third day;