Luke 10:39

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at the Lord's feet, and heard his word.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ τῇδε ἦν ἀδελφὴ καλουμένη Μαριά, ἣ καὶ παρακαθίσασα παρὰ τοὺς πόδας τοῦ Ἰησοῦ, ἤκουεν τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ.

Transliteration

And to her was adelphē kaloumenē Mary, who also parakathisasa para tous podas tou Iēsou, ēkouen ton logon of him.

Grammar Details

*adelphē*: nominative, feminine, singular - sister
*kaloumenē*: present passive participle, nominative, feminine, singular - being called
*parakathisasa*: aorist active participle, nominative, feminine, singular - having sat down beside
*para*: preposition + accusative - beside/at
*tous podas*: accusative, masculine, plural - the feet
*tou Iēsou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Jesus
*ēkouen*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd singular - was listening to
*ton logon*: accusative, masculine, singular - the word

Word Meanings

*adelphē*: sister
*kaloumenē*: being called/named
*parakathisasa*: having sat down beside/seated herself at
*tous podas*: the feet
*ēkouen*: was listening to/heard/paid attention to
*ton logon*: the word/message/teaching

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Referenced Verses

Luke 8:35 : 35 And they went out to see what had come to pass; and they came to Jesus, and found the man, from whom the demons were gone out, sitting, clothed and in his right mind, {G2521} at the feet of Jesus: and they were afraid.
John 12:3 : 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 22:3 : 3 I am {G3303} a {G435} Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as ye all are this day:
Prov 8:34 : 34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors.
Luke 2:46 : 46 And it came to pass, after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them, and asking them questions:
Deut 33:3 : 3 Yea, he loveth the people; All his saints are in thy hand: And they sat down at thy feet; [Every one] shall receive of thy words.
1 Cor 7:32-40 : 32 But I would have you to be free from cares. He that is unmarried is careful for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord: 33 but he that is married is careful for the things of the world, how he may please his wife, 34 and is divided. [So] also the woman that is unmarried and the virgin is careful for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married is careful for the things of the world, how she may please her husband. 35 And this I say for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is seemly, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction. 36 But if any man thinketh that he behaveth himself unseemly toward his virgin [daughter], if she be past the flower of her age, and if need so requireth, let him do what he will; he sinneth not; let them marry. 37 But he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power as touching in his own heart, to keep his own virgin [daughter], shall do well. 38 So then both he that giveth his own virgin [daughter] in marriage doeth well; and he that giveth her not in marriage shall do better. 39 A wife is bound for so long time as her husband liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is free to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord. 40 But she is happier if she abide as she is, after my judgment: and I think that I also have the Spirit of God.

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