Luke 12:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Ἄνθρωπε, τίς με κατέστησεν δικαστὴν ἢ μεριστὴν ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς;

Transliteration

He de eipen to him, Anthrōpe, who me katestēsen dikastēn ē meristēn eph' you?

Grammar Details

• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and
• *eipen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd singular - said
• *Anthrōpe*: vocative singular masculine - Man
• *katestēsen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd singular - appointed/established
• *dikastēn*: accusative singular masculine - judge
• *ē*: disjunctive particle - or
• *meristēn*: accusative singular masculine - divider/arbitrator
• *eph'*: preposition + accusative - over

Word Meanings

• *Anthrōpe*: Man/Fellow (address form)
• *katestēsen*: appointed/established/made
• *dikastēn*: judge/justice
• *meristēn*: divider/arbitrator/one who divides inheritance

Referenced Verses

• Rom 2:1 : 1 Wherefore thou art without excuse, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein {G3739} thou judges another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest dost practise the same things.
• Rom 2:3 : 3 And reckonest thou this, O man, who judgest them that practise such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?
• Rom 9:20 : 20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why didst thou make me thus?
• Exod 2:14 : 14 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? Thinkest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely the thing is known.
• Mic 6:8 : 8 He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God?
• Luke 5:20 : 20 And seeing their faith, he said, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.
• Luke 22:58 : 58 And after a little while another saw him, and said, Thou also art [one] of them. But Peter said, Man, I am not.
• John 6:15 : 15 {G3767} Jesus therefore perceiving that they were about to come and take him by force, to make him king, withdrew again into the mountain himself alone.
• John 8:11 : 11 And she said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said, {G846} Neither do I condemn thee: go thy way; from henceforth sin no more.}}
• John 18:35-36 : 35 Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done? 36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.