Luke 5:12

American Standard Version (1901)

And it came to pass, while he was in one of the cities, behold, a man full of leprosy: and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Καὶ ἐγένετο, ἐν τῷ εἶναι αὐτὸν ἐν μιᾷ τῶν πόλεων, καὶ ἰδού ἀνὴρ πλήρης λέπρας: καὶ ἰδὼν τὸν Ἰησοῦν πεσὼν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον, ἐδεήθη αὐτοῦ, λέγων, Κύριε, ἐὰν θέλῃς, δύνασαί με καθαρίσαι.

Transliteration

And egeneto, in the einai auton en mia tōn poleōn, and idou anēr plērēs lepras: and idōn ton Iēsoun pesōn epi prosōpon, edeēthē autou, legōn, Kyrie, if thelēs, dynasai me katharisai.

Grammar Details

• *egeneto*: aorist, 3rd singular, middle - it happened
• *einai*: present infinitive - to be
• *auton*: accusative, masculine, singular - him
• *en*: preposition + dative - in
• *mia*: dative, feminine, singular - one
• *tōn poleōn*: genitive, feminine, plural - of the cities
• *idou*: interjection - behold/look
• *anēr*: nominative, masculine, singular - man
• *plērēs*: nominative, masculine, singular - full
• *lepras*: genitive, feminine, singular - of leprosy
• *idōn*: aorist participle, active, nominative, masculine, singular - having seen
• *ton Iēsoun*: accusative, masculine, singular - Jesus
• *pesōn*: aorist participle, active, nominative, masculine, singular - having fallen
• *epi*: preposition + accusative - on/upon
• *prosōpon*: accusative, neuter, singular - face
• *edeēthē*: aorist, 3rd singular, passive - besought/begged
• *autou*: genitive, masculine, singular - him
• *legōn*: present participle, active, nominative, masculine, singular - saying
• *Kyrie*: vocative, masculine, singular - Lord
• *thelēs*: present subjunctive, 2nd singular, active - you might will/wish
• *dynasai*: present, 2nd singular, middle or passive - you are able
• *me*: accusative, 1st singular - me
• *katharisai*: aorist infinitive, active - to cleanse

Word Meanings

• *egeneto*: it happened/came to pass/occurred
• *idou*: behold/look/see
• *plērēs*: full/covered with/full of
• *lepras*: leprosy/skin disease
• *pesōn*: having fallen/prostrated
• *edeēthē*: besought/begged/entreated
• *Kyrie*: Lord/Master/Sir
• *thelēs*: you might will/wish/desire
• *dynasai*: you are able/can
• *katharisai*: to cleanse/purify/make clean

Referenced Verses

• Matt 8:2-4 : 2 And behold, there came to him a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 3 And he stretched forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou made clean. And straightway his leprosy was cleansed. 4 And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go, show thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
• Ps 50:15 : 15 And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
• Luke 17:12-13 : 12 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, who stood afar off: 13 and they lifted up their voices, saying, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.
• Luke 17:16 : 16 and he fell upon his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.
• Heb 7:25 : 25 Wherefore also he is able to save to the uttermost them that draw near unto God through him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
• Mark 1:40-45 : 40 And there cometh to him a leper, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 41 And being moved with compassion, he stretched forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou made clean. 42 And straightway the leprosy departed from him, and he was made clean. 43 And he strictly charged him, and straightway sent him out, 44 and saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go show thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing the things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. 45 But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to spread abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into a city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from every quarter.
• Mark 9:22-24 : 22 And oft-times it hath cast him both into the fire and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do anything, have compassion on us, and help us. 23 And Jesus said unto him, If thou canst! All things are possible to him that believeth. 24 Straightway the father of the child cried out, and said, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
• Ps 91:15 : 15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble: I will deliver him, and honor him.
• 1 Chr 21:16 : 16 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of Jehovah standing between earth and heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
• Matt 8:8-9 : 8 And the centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant shall be healed. 9 For I also am a man under authority, having under myself soldiers: and I say to this one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
• Matt 9:28 : 28 And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.
• Matt 26:6 : 6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
• Gen 18:14 : 14 Is anything too hard for Jehovah? At the set time I will return unto thee, when the season cometh round, and Sarah shall have a son.
• Exod 4:6 : 6 And Jehovah said furthermore unto him, Put now thy hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as [white as] snow.
• Lev 9:24 : 24 And there came forth fire from before Jehovah, and consumed upon the altar the burnt-offering and the fat: and when all the people saw it, they shouted, and fell on their faces.
• Num 12:10-12 : 10 And the cloud removed from over the Tent; and, behold, Miriam was leprous, as [white as] snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous. 11 And Aaron said unto Moses, Oh, my lord, lay not, I pray thee, sin upon us, for that we have done foolishly, and for that we have sinned. 12 Let her not, I pray, be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb.
• Deut 24:8 : 8 Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do.
• Josh 5:14 : 14 And he said, Nay; but [as] prince of the host of Jehovah am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?
• 1 Kgs 18:39 : 39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, Jehovah, he is God; Jehovah, he is God.
• 2 Kgs 5:1 : 1 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him Jehovah had given victory unto Syria: he was also a mighty man of valor, [but he was] a leper.
• 2 Kgs 5:27 : 27 The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper [as white] as snow.
• 2 Kgs 7:3 : 3 Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?
• Lev 13:1-9 : 1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 2 When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, or a scab, or a bright spot, and it become in the skin of his flesh the plague of leprosy, then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests: 3 and the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and if the hair in the plague be turned white, and the appearance of the plague be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is the plague of leprosy; and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean. 4 And if the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and the appearance thereof be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white, then the priest shall shut up [him that hath] the plague seven days: 5 and the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, if in his eyes the plague be at a stay, and the plague be not spread in the skin, then the priest shall shut him up seven days more: 6 and the priest shall look on him again the seventh day; and, behold, if the plague be dim, and the plague be not spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. 7 But if the scab spread abroad in the skin, after that he hath showed himself to the priest for his cleansing, he shall show himself to the priest again: 8 and the priest shall look; and, behold, if the scab be spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is leprosy. 9 When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest; 10 and the priest shall look; and, behold, if there be a white rising in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be quick raw flesh in the rising, 11 it is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean: he shall not shut him up, for he is unclean. 12 And if the leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of [him that hath] the plague from his head even to his feet, as far as appeareth to the priest; 13 then the priest shall look; and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce [him] clean [that hath] the plague: it is all turned white: he is clean. 14 But whensoever raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean.
• 2 Chr 26:19-20 : 19 Then Uzziah was wroth; and he had a censer in his hand to burn incense; and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy brake forth in his forehead before the priests in the house of Jehovah, beside the altar of incense. 20 And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out quickly from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because Jehovah had smitten him.
• Mark 5:23 : 23 and beseecheth him much, saying, My little daughter is at the point of death: [I pray thee], that thou come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be made whole, and live.