Luke 7:27

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

This is he of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way before thee.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οὗτός ἐστιν, περὶ οὗ γέγραπται, Ἰδού, ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω τὸν ἄγγελόν μου πρὸ προσώπου σου, ὃς κατασκευάσει τὴν ὁδόν σου ἔμπροσθέν σου.

Transliteration

This estin, peri whom it-has-gegraptai, Idou, egō apostellō the angelon of-me pro prosōpou of-you, who kataskeuasei the hodon of-you emprosthen of-you.

Grammar Details

*estin*: present indicative, 3rd singular - is/exists
*peri*: preposition + genitive - concerning/about
*gegraptai*: perfect passive indicative, 3rd singular - it has been written
*idou*: imperative - behold/see/look
*egō*: personal pronoun, nominative, 1st singular - I
*apostellō*: present indicative, 1st singular - I send/commission
*angelon*: accusative, masculine, singular - messenger
*pro*: preposition + genitive - before
*prosōpou*: genitive, neuter, singular - face
*kataskeuasei*: future indicative, 3rd singular - will prepare
*hodon*: accusative, feminine, singular - way/road/path
*emprosthen*: preposition + genitive - before/in front of

Word Meanings

*angelon*: messenger/angel
*prosōpou*: face/presence/person
*kataskeuasei*: will prepare/will make ready
*hodon*: way/road/path

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Referenced Verses

Mal 3:1 : 1 Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom ye desire, behold, he cometh, saith Jehovah of hosts.
Mark 1:2 : 2 Even as it is written in Isaiah the prophet, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy {G3598} {G4675} way.
Luke 1:76 : 76 Yea and thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Most High: For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to make ready his ways;
John 1:23 : 23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.
Isa 40:3 : 3 The voice of one that crieth, Prepare ye in the wilderness the way of Jehovah; make level in the desert a highway for our God.
Luke 1:15-17 : 15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb. 16 And many of the children of Israel shall be turn unto the Lord their God. 17 And he shall go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient [to] [walk] in the wisdom of the just; to make ready for the Lord a people prepared [for him].
Mal 4:5-6 : 5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Jehovah come. 6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers; lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
Matt 11:10 : 10 This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way before thee.

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