Luke 24:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And it came to pass, while they communed and questioned together, that Jesus {G2532} himself drew near, and went with them.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἐγένετο, ἐν τῷ ὁμιλεῖν αὐτοὺς καὶ συζητεῖν, καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐγγίσας, συνεπορεύετο αὐτοῖς.

Transliteration

And it egeneto, in the homilein autous kai suzētein, and himself the Iēsous engisas, suneporeueto autois.

Grammar Details

*egeneto*: aorist, middle, indicative, 3rd singular - it happened/came to pass
*homilein*: present, active, infinitive - to converse
*autous*: accusative, masculine, plural - them
*kai*: conjunction - and
*suzētein*: present, active, infinitive - to discuss/debate
*Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
*engisas*: aorist, active, participle, masculine, singular, nominative - having drawn near
*suneporeueto*: imperfect, middle, indicative, 3rd singular - was going along with
*autois*: dative, masculine, plural - them

Word Meanings

*egeneto*: it happened/came to pass/occurred
*homilein*: to converse/talk/speak
*suzētein*: to discuss/debate/reason together
*engisas*: having drawn near/approached/come close
*suneporeueto*: was going along with/journeying together with/accompanying

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Luke 24:36 : 36 And as they spake these things, he himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace [be] unto you.
John 14:18-19 : 18 I will not leave you desolate: I come unto you. 19 Yet a little while, and the world beholdeth me no more; but ye behold me: because I live, ye shall live also.
Matt 18:20 : 20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the middle of them.

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