Luke 19:46

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

saying unto them, It is written, And my house shall be a house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of robbers.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Λέγων αὐτοῖς, Γέγραπται, Ὁ οἶκός μου οἶκος προσευχῆς ἐστίν: ὑμεῖς δὲ αὐτὸν ἐποιήσατε σπήλαιον λῃστῶν.

Transliteration

Legōn to them, It has been gegraptai, The oikos of me oikos proseuchēs is: you but it you epoiēsate spēlaion lēstōn.

Grammar Details

*Legōn*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - saying
*gegraptai*: perfect passive, 3rd person singular - has been written
*oikos*: nominative, masculine, singular - house
*proseuchēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - of prayer
*epoiēsate*: aorist active, 2nd person plural - made
*spēlaion*: accusative, neuter, singular - cave/den
*lēstōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of robbers

Word Meanings

*gegraptai*: has been written/it is written
*oikos*: house/home/dwelling
*proseuchēs*: of prayer/for prayer
*epoiēsate*: made/turned into
*spēlaion*: cave/den/hideout
*lēstōn*: of robbers/thieves/bandits

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Referenced Verses

Isa 56:7 : 7 even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt-offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.
Jer 7:11 : 11 Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, saith Jehovah.
Ezek 43:12 : 12 This is the law of the house: upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.
Hos 12:7 : 7 [He is] a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
Matt 23:13 : 13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter.
Ps 93:5 : 5 Thy testimonies are very sure: Holiness becometh thy house, O Jehovah, for evermore.

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