Luke 4:24

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is acceptable in his own country.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἶπεν δέ, Ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ὅτι Οὐδεὶς προφήτης δεκτός ἐστιν ἐν τῇ πατρίδι αὐτοῦ.

Transliteration

Eipen de, Amēn legō to you, hoti Oudeis prophētēs dektos estin in the patridi of him.

Grammar Details

*Eipen*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd singular - said
*de*: postpositive conjunction - and/but/now
*Amēn*: Hebrew transliteration - truly/verily
*legō*: present, active, indicative, 1st singular - I say/tell
*hoti*: conjunction - that
*Oudeis*: nominative, masculine, singular, adjective - no one
*prophētēs*: nominative, masculine, singular - prophet
*dektos*: nominative, masculine, singular, adjective - acceptable/welcome
*estin*: present, active, indicative, 3rd singular - is
*patridi*: dative, feminine, singular - hometown/native place

Word Meanings

*Amēn*: truly/verily/certainly
*dektos*: acceptable/welcome/received favorably
*patridi*: hometown/native place/country

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Referenced Verses

Matt 13:57 : 57 And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, and in his own house.
John 4:44 : 44 For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honor in his own country.
Mark 6:4-5 : 4 And Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house. 5 And he could {G3756} there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.
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:

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