Mark 7:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he called to him the multitude again, and said unto them, Hear me all of you, and understand:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Καὶ προσκαλεσάμενος πάντα τὸν ὄχλον, ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς, Ἀκούετέ μου πάντες, καὶ συνίετε:

Transliteration

And proskalesamenos all the ochlon, he elegen to them, Akouete me all, and syniete:

Grammar Details

• *proskalesamenos*: aorist middle participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having called to himself
• *ochlon*: accusative, masculine, singular - crowd
• *elegen*: imperfect active, 3rd singular - he was saying
• *Akouete*: present active imperative, 2nd plural - hear/listen to
• *syniete*: present active imperative, 2nd plural - understand/comprehend

Word Meanings

• *proskalesamenos*: having called to himself/summoned
• *ochlon*: crowd/multitude/mass of people
• *elegen*: was saying/continued to say
• *syniete*: understand/comprehend/perceive

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 18:21 : 21 And Elijah came near unto all the people, and said, How long go ye limping between the two sides? if Jehovah be God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
• 1 Kgs 22:28 : 28 And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, Jehovah hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hear, ye peoples, all of you.
• Ps 49:1-2 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Hear this, all ye peoples; Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world, 2 Both low and high, Rich and poor together.
• Ps 94:8 : 8 Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye be wise?
• Prov 8:5 : 5 O ye simple, understand prudence; And, ye fools, be of an understanding heart.
• Isa 6:9 : 9 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
• Matt 15:10 : 10 And he called to him the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:
• Luke 12:54-57 : 54 And he said to the multitudes also, When ye see a cloud rising in the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it cometh to pass. 55 And when [ye see] a south wind blowing, ye say, There will be a scorching heat; and it cometh to pass. 56 Ye hypocrites, ye know how to interpret the face of the earth and the heaven; but how is it that ye know not how to interpret this time? 57 And why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
• Acts 8:30 : 30 And Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
• Luke 20:45-47 : 45 And in the hearing of all the people he said unto his disciples, 46 Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes, and love salutations in the marketplaces, and chief seats in the synagogues, and chief places at feasts; 47 who devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater condemnation.
• Luke 12:1 : 1 In the mean time, when the many thousands of the multitude were gathered together, insomuch that they trod one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.