Luke 5:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And it came to pass on one of those days, that he was teaching; and there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, who were come out of every village of Galilee and Judaea and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was with him to heal.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν μιᾷ τῶν ἡμερῶν, καὶ αὐτὸς ἦν διδάσκων, καὶ ἦσαν καθήμενοι Φαρισαῖοι καὶ νομοδιδάσκαλοι, οἳ ἦσαν ἐληλυθότες ἐκ πάσης κώμης τῆς Γαλιλαίας, καὶ Ἰουδαίας, καὶ Ἰερουσαλήμ: καὶ δύναμις Κυρίου ἦν εἰς τὸ ἰᾶσθαι αὐτούς.

Transliteration

And egeneto en mia tōn hēmerōn, and he ēn didaskōn, and ēsan kathēmenoi Pharisaioi kai nomodidaskaloi, who ēsan elēlythotes ek pasēs kōmēs tēs Galilaias, and Ioudaias, and Ierousalēm: and dynamis Kyriou ēn eis to iasthai autous.

Grammar Details

*egeneto*: aorist, 3rd singular, middle - it happened
*en mia*: dative, feminine, singular - on one
*tōn hēmerōn*: genitive, feminine, plural - of the days
*ēn*: imperfect, 3rd singular - was
*didaskōn*: present participle, active, nominative, masculine, singular - teaching
*ēsan*: imperfect, 3rd plural - were
*kathēmenoi*: present participle, middle or passive, nominative, masculine, plural - sitting
*Pharisaioi*: nominative, masculine, plural - Pharisees
*kai*: conjunction - and
*nomodidaskaloi*: nominative, masculine, plural - teachers of the law
*elēlythotes*: perfect participle, active, nominative, masculine, plural - having come
*ek*: preposition + genitive - from/out of
*pasēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - every
*kōmēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - village
*tēs Galilaias*: genitive, feminine, singular - of Galilee
*Ioudaias*: genitive, feminine, singular - of Judea
*Ierousalēm*: genitive, feminine, indeclinable - of Jerusalem
*dynamis*: nominative, feminine, singular - power
*Kyriou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of the Lord
*eis*: preposition + accusative - for
*to iasthai*: articular infinitive, present, middle - the healing
*autous*: accusative, masculine, plural - them

Word Meanings

*egeneto*: it happened/came to pass/occurred
*didaskōn*: teaching/instructing
*kathēmenoi*: sitting/seated
*nomodidaskaloi*: teachers of the law/doctors of the law
*elēlythotes*: having come/arrived/traveled
*kōmēs*: village/town/settlement
*dynamis*: power/might/strength
*iasthai*: healing/curing

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Luke 6:19 : 19 And all the multitude sought to touch him; for power came forth from him, and healed [them] all.
Luke 8:46 : 46 But Jesus said, Some one did touch me; for I perceived that power had gone forth from me.
Matt 15:1 : 1 Then there come to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying,
Mark 3:22 : 22 And the scribes that came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and, By the prince of the demons casteth he out the demons.
Mark 5:30 : 30 And straightway Jesus, perceiving in himself that the power [proceeding] from him had gone forth, turned him about in the crowd, and said, Who touched my garments?
Mark 7:1 : 1 And there are gathered together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem,
Mark 16:18 : 18 they shall take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall in no wise hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Luke 2:46 : 46 And it came to pass, after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them, and asking them questions:
Luke 5:21 : 21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this that speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?
Luke 5:30 : 30 And the Pharisees and their scribes murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with the publicans and sinners?
Luke 11:52-54 : 52 Woe unto you lawyers! for ye took away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered. 53 And when he {G3004} was come out from thence, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press upon [him] vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things; 54 laying wait for him, to catch something out of his mouth.
Luke 15:2 : 2 And both the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
John 3:21 : 21 But he that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his works may be made manifest, that they have been wrought in God.
Acts 4:30 : 30 while thy stretchest forth thy {G4571} hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of thy holy Servant Jesus.
Acts 19:11 : 11 And God wrought {G3756} special miracles by the hands of Paul:
Luke 7:30 : 30 But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected for themselves the counsel of God, being not baptized of him.
Matt 11:5 : 5 the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good tidings preached to them.

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