Luke 21:37

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And every day he was teaching in the temple; and every night he went out, and lodged in the mount that is called Olivet.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἦν δὲ τὰς ἡμέρας ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ διδάσκων· τὰς δὲ νύκτας ἐξερχόμενος, ηὐλίζετο εἰς τὸ ὄρος τὸ καλούμενον Ἐλαιῶν.

Transliteration

He was ēn de during the hēmeras in the hierō didaskōn· during the de nyktas exerchomenos, he ēulizeto at the oros the one kaloumenon Elaiōn.

Grammar Details

*ēn*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - he was
*de*: postpositive particle - but/and
*hēmeras*: accusative feminine plural - days
*hierō*: dative neuter singular - temple
*didaskōn*: present active participle, nominative masculine singular - teaching
*nyktas*: accusative feminine plural - nights
*exerchomenos*: present middle participle, nominative masculine singular - going out
*ēulizeto*: imperfect middle indicative, 3rd person singular - he was lodging
*oros*: accusative neuter singular - mountain/hill
*kaloumenon*: present passive participle, accusative neuter singular - being called
*Elaiōn*: genitive masculine plural - of Olives

Word Meanings

*ēn*: was/existed
*de*: and/but/now
*hēmeras*: days/daytime
*hierō*: temple/sanctuary
*didaskōn*: teaching/instructing
*nyktas*: nights/nighttime
*exerchomenos*: going out/departing
*ēulizeto*: was lodging/was spending the night/was staying
*oros*: mountain/hill/mount
*kaloumenon*: being called/named
*Elaiōn*: of Olives/Olivet

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Referenced Verses

Matt 21:1 : 1 And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and came unto Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
Matt 21:17 : 17 And he left them, and went forth out of the city to Bethany, and lodged there.
Matt 26:55 : 55 In that hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a robber with swords and staves to seize me? I sat daily in the temple teaching, and ye took me not.
Mark 11:19 : 19 And every evening he went forth out of the city.
Luke 22:39 : 39 And he came out, and went, as his custom was, unto the mount of Olives; and the disciples also followed him.
John 12:1 : 1 Jesus therefore six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus raised from the dead.
Acts 1:12 : 12 Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is nigh unto Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey off.
Luke 19:37 : 37 And as he was now drawing nigh, [even] at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works which they had seen;
Mark 11:12 : 12 And on the morrow, when they were come out from Bethany, he hungered.
Matt 26:30 : 30 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out unto the mount of Olives.
Zech 14:4 : 4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east; and the mount of Olives shall be cleft in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, [and there shall be] a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

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