Luke 10:30

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

{G1161} Jesus made answer and said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho; and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὑπολαβὼν δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν, Ἄνθρωπός τις κατέβαινεν ἀπὸ Ἰερουσαλὴμ εἰς Ἰεριχώ, καὶ λῃσταῖς περιέπεσεν, οἳ καὶ ἐκδύσαντες αὐτὸν, καὶ πληγὰς ἐπιθέντες, ἀπῆλθον, ἀφέντες ἡμιθανῆ τυγχάνοντα.

Transliteration

Hypolabōn de the Iēsous eipen, Anthrōpos tis katebainen apo Ierousalēm eis Ierichō, and lēstais periepesen, who also ekdysantes him, and plēgas epithentes, apēlthon, aphentes hēmithanē tynchanonta.

Grammar Details

*Hypolabōn*: aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having answered/replied
*de*: postpositive conjunction - and/but
*Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
*eipen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd singular - said/spoke
*Anthrōpos*: nominative, masculine, singular - man/person
*tis*: indefinite pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular - a certain/someone
*katebainen*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd singular - was going down
*apo*: preposition + genitive - from
*eis*: preposition + accusative - to/into
*lēstais*: dative, masculine, plural - robbers/bandits
*periepesen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd singular - fell among/encountered
*ekdysantes*: aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having stripped
*plēgas*: accusative, feminine, plural - wounds/blows
*epithentes*: aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having laid on/inflicted
*apēlthon*: aorist active indicative, 3rd plural - they went away
*aphentes*: aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having left
*hēmithanē*: accusative, masculine, singular - half dead
*tynchanonta*: present active participle, accusative, masculine, singular - happening to be

Word Meanings

*Hypolabōn*: having answered/replied/responded/taken up
*Anthrōpos*: man/person/human being
*katebainen*: was going down/descending
*lēstais*: robbers/bandits/thieves
*periepesen*: fell among/encountered/came upon
*ekdysantes*: having stripped/disrobed/taken clothes off
*plēgas*: wounds/blows/stripes
*epithentes*: having laid on/inflicted/placed upon
*apēlthon*: they went away/departed/left
*aphentes*: having left/abandoned/departed from
*hēmithanē*: half dead/nearly dead
*tynchanonta*: happening to be/being in state of/actually being

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Referenced Verses

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 19:28 : 28 And when he had thus spoken, he went on before, going up to Jerusalem.
Ps 88:4 : 4 I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no help,
Jer 51:52 : 52 Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will execute judgment upon her graven images; and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
Lam 2:12 : 12 They say to their mothers, Where is grain and wine? When they swoon as the wounded in the streets of the city, When their soul is poured out into their mothers' bosom.
Ezek 30:24 : 24 And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.

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