Matthew 24:14

American Standard Version (1901)

And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a testimony unto all the nations; and then shall the end come.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ κηρυχθήσεται τοῦτο τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τῆς βασιλείας ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ οἰκουμένῃ εἰς μαρτύριον πᾶσιν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν· καὶ τότε ἥξει τὸ τέλος.

Transliteration

And kērychthēsetai this the euangelion of the basileias in whole the oikoumenē for martyrion to all the ethnesin; and then hēxei the telos.

Grammar Details

• *kērychthēsetai*: future passive, 3rd person singular - will be preached/proclaimed
• *euangelion*: nominative neuter singular - gospel/good news
• *basileias*: genitive feminine singular - of kingdom
• *oikoumenē*: dative feminine singular - inhabited world
• *martyrion*: accusative neuter singular - testimony/witness
• *ethnesin*: dative neuter plural - to nations/peoples
• *hēxei*: future active, 3rd person singular - will come
• *telos*: nominative neuter singular - end

Word Meanings

• *kērychthēsetai*: will be preached/proclaimed/announced
• *euangelion*: gospel/good news
• *basileias*: kingdom/reign/rule
• *oikoumenē*: inhabited world/earth/empire
• *martyrion*: testimony/witness/evidence
• *ethnesin*: nations/peoples/gentiles
• *hēxei*: will come/arrive/reach
• *telos*: end/conclusion/fulfillment

Referenced Verses

• Col 1:6 : 6 which is come unto you; even as it is also in all the world bearing fruit and increasing, as [it doth] in you also, since the day ye heard and knew the grace of God in truth;
• Rev 14:6 : 6 And I saw another angel flying in mid heaven, having eternal good tidings to proclaim unto them that dwell on the earth, and unto every nation and tribe and tongue and people;
• Rom 10:18 : 18 But I say, Did they not hear? Yea, verily, Their sound went out into all the earth, And their words unto the ends of the world.
• Rom 16:25-26 : 25 Now to him that is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which hath been kept in silence through times eternal, 26 but now is manifested, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal God, is made known unto all the nations unto obedience of faith:
• Matt 9:35 : 35 And Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of disease and all manner of sickness.
• Col 1:23 : 23 if so be that ye continue in the faith, grounded and stedfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under heaven; whereof I Paul was made a minister.
• Rev 3:10 : 10 Because thou didst keep the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of trial, that [hour] which is to come upon the whole world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
• Matt 10:7 : 7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
• Ezek 7:5-7 : 5 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: An evil, an only evil; behold, it cometh. 6 An end is come, the end is come; it awaketh against thee; behold, it cometh. 7 Thy doom is come unto thee, O inhabitant of the land: the time is come, the day is near, [a day of] tumult, and not [of] joyful shouting, upon the mountains.
• Ezek 7:10 : 10 Behold, the day, behold, it cometh: thy doom is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.
• Matt 4:23 : 23 And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of disease and all manner of sickness among the people.
• Matt 24:3 : 3 And as he sat on the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what [shall be] the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
• Matt 24:6 : 6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that ye be not troubled: for [these things] must needs come to pass; but the end is not yet.
• Mark 16:15-16 : 15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation. 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.
• Luke 24:47 : 47 and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name unto all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
• Luke 4:5 : 5 And he led him up, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
• Rom 15:18-21 : 18 For I will not dare to speak of any things save those which Christ wrought through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed, 19 in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem, and round about even unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ; 20 yea, making it my aim so to preach the gospel, not where Christ was [already] named, that I might not build upon another man's foundation; 21 but, as it is written, They shall see, to whom no tidings of him came, And they who have not heard shall understand.
• Acts 1:2 : 2 until the day in which he was received up, after that he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit unto the apostles whom he had chosen:
• Acts 11:28 : 28 And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be a great famine over all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius.
• Acts 17:6 : 6 And when they found them not, they dragged Jason and certain brethren before the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;
• Acts 20:25 : 25 And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I went about preaching the kingdom, shall see my face no more.
• Rev 16:14 : 14 for they are spirits of demons, working signs; which go forth unto the kings of the whole world, to gather them together unto the war of the great day of God, the Almighty.
• Matt 18:19 : 19 Again I say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father who is in heaven.
• Luke 2:1 : 1 Now it came to pass in those days, there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be enrolled.