Luke 10:38

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Now {G1096} as they went on their way, he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Ἐγένετο δὲ, ἐν τῷ πορεύεσθαι αὐτούς, καὶ αὐτὸς εἰσῆλθεν εἰς κώμην τινά: γυνὴ δέ τις ὀνόματι Μάρθα ὑπεδέξατο αὐτόν εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὑτῆς.

Transliteration

Egeneto de, en tō poreuesthai autous, and he eisēlthen eis kōmēn tina: gynē de tis onomati Martha hypedexato him eis the oikon of herself.

Grammar Details

*Egeneto*: aorist middle indicative, 3rd singular - it happened/came to pass
*de*: postpositive conjunction - and/but
*en tō poreuesthai*: articular infinitive with preposition - in the going/traveling
*autous*: accusative, masculine, plural - them
*eisēlthen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd singular - entered/went into
*eis*: preposition + accusative - into
*kōmēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - village
*tina*: indefinite pronoun, accusative, feminine, singular - a certain/some
*gynē*: nominative, feminine, singular - woman
*onomati*: dative, neuter, singular - by name
*hypedexato*: aorist middle indicative, 3rd singular - received/welcomed
*oikon*: accusative, masculine, singular - house/home

Word Meanings

*Egeneto*: it happened/came to pass/came about
*poreuesthai*: going/traveling/journeying
*eisēlthen*: entered/went into/came into
*kōmēn*: village/small town
*gynē*: woman/wife
*onomati*: by name/named
*hypedexato*: received/welcomed/entertained
*oikon*: house/home/dwelling

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Referenced Verses

Luke 8:2-3 : 2 and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary that was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, 3 and Joanna the wife of Chuzas Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who ministered unto them of their substance.
John 11:1-5 : 1 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 And it was that Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. 3 The sisters therefore sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. 4 But when Jesus heard it, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified thereby. 5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
John 11:19-20 : 19 and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother. 20 Martha therefore, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary still sat in the house.
John 12:1-3 : 1 Jesus therefore six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus raised from the dead. 2 So they made him a supper there: and Martha served; but Lazarus was one of them that sat at meat with him. 3 Mary therefore took a pound of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment.
Acts 16:15 : 15 And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide [there]. And she constrained us.
2 John 1:10 : 10 If any one cometh unto you, and bringeth not this teaching, receive him not into [your] house, and give him no greeting:

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