Matthew 23:39

American Standard Version (1901)

For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed [is] he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Λέγω γὰρ ὑμῖν, Οὐ μή με ἴδητε ἀπʼ ἄρτι, ἕως ἂν εἴπητε, Εὐλογημένος ὁ ἐρχόμενος ἐν ὀνόματι Κυρίου.

Transliteration

Legō gar to-you, Not not me idēte from arti, until an eipēte, Eulogēmenos the one erchomenos in onomati Kyriou.

Grammar Details

• *Legō*: present, active, indicative, 1st person singular - I say/tell
• *gar*: conjunction - for/because
• *hymin*: dative, plural - to you (indirect object)
• *Ou mē*: emphatic negation - by no means/certainly not
• *me*: accusative, singular - me (direct object)
• *idēte*: aorist, active, subjunctive, 2nd person plural - you might see
• *ap' arti*: prepositional phrase - from now
• *heōs an*: conjunction with conditional particle - until
• *eipēte*: aorist, active, subjunctive, 2nd person plural - you might say
• *Eulogēmenos*: perfect, passive, participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having been blessed
• *ho erchomenos*: present, middle, participle, nominative, masculine, singular with article - the one coming
• *en*: preposition with dative - in
• *onomati*: dative, neuter, singular - name
• *Kyriou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Lord

Word Meanings

• *Legō*: say/tell/speak
• *Ou mē*: certainly not/by no means (strongest form of negation)
• *idēte*: see/behold/perceive
• *arti*: now/at present
• *eipēte*: say/speak/declare
• *Eulogēmenos*: blessed/praised/favored
• *erchomenos*: coming/arriving/appearing
• *onomati*: name/title/authority
• *Kyriou*: Lord/YHWH/master

Referenced Verses

• Matt 21:9 : 9 And the multitudes that went before him, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed [is] he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
• Ps 118:26 : 26 Blessed be he that cometh in the name of Jehovah: We have blessed you out of the house of Jehovah.
• Rom 11:25 : 25 For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this mystery, lest ye be wise in your own conceits, that a hardening in part hath befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in;
• 2 Cor 3:14-18 : 14 but their minds were hardened: for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remaineth, it not being revealed [to them] that it is done away in Christ. 15 But unto this day, whensoever Moses is read, a veil lieth upon their heart. 16 But whensoever it shall turn to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, [there] is liberty. 18 But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit.
• Isa 40:9-9 : 9 O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up on a high mountain; O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold, your God! 10 Behold, the Lord Jehovah will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him: Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him. 11 He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom, [and] will gently lead those that have their young.
• Hos 3:4 : 4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without king, and without prince, and without sacrifice, and without pillar, and without ephod or teraphim:
• Zech 12:10 : 10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they shall look unto me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his first-born.
• Luke 2:26-30 : 26 And it had been revealed unto him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. 27 And he came in the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, that they might do concerning him after the custom of the law, 28 then he received him into his arms, and blessed God, and said, 29 Now lettest thou thy servant depart, Lord, According to thy word, in peace; 30 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
• Luke 10:22-23 : 22 All things have been delivered unto me of my Father: and no one knoweth who the Son is, save the Father; and who the Father is, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son willeth to reveal [him] . 23 And turning to the disciples, he said privately, Blessed [are] the eyes which see the things that ye see:
• Luke 17:22 : 22 And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.
• John 8:21 : 21 He said therefore again unto them, I go away, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sin: whither I go, ye cannot come.
• John 8:24 : 24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for except ye believe that I am [he], ye shall die in your sins.
• John 8:56 : 56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day; and he saw it, and was glad.
• John 14:9 : 9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and dost thou not know me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; how sayest thou, Show us the Father?
• John 14:19 : 19 Yet a little while, and the world beholdeth me no more; but ye behold me: because I live, ye shall live also.