Matthew 15:24

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But he answered and said, I was not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν, Οὐκ ἀπεστάλην εἰ μὴ εἰς τὰ πρόβατα τὰ ἀπολωλότα οἴκου Ἰσραήλ.

Transliteration

He de apokritheis eipen, Not apestalēn if not to the probata the apolōlota of house of Israēl.

Grammar Details

*Ho de*: but he
*apokritheis*: aorist participle, passive, nominative, masculine, singular - having answered
*eipen*: aorist, indicative, active, 3rd person singular - he said
*Ouk*: negative particle - not
*apestalēn*: aorist, indicative, passive, 1st person singular - I was sent
*ei mē*: conditional negation - except/if not
*eis*: preposition + accusative - to
*ta probata*: accusative, neuter, plural - the sheep
*ta apolōlota*: perfect participle, active, accusative, neuter, plural - the ones having been lost
*oikou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of house
*Israēl*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Israel

Word Meanings

*apokritheis*: having answered/responded
*eipen*: said/spoke/told
*apestalēn*: was sent/dispatched/appointed
*probata*: sheep/flock
*apolōlota*: having been lost/perished/destroyed
*oikou*: house/household/family

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Referenced Verses

Matt 10:5-6 : 5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and charged them, saying, Go not into [any] way of the Gentiles, and enter not into any city of the Samaritans: 6 but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Rom 15:8 : 8 For I say that Christ hath been made a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises [given] unto the fathers,
Acts 3:25-26 : 25 Ye are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. 26 Unto you first God, having raised up his Servant, {G2424} sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.
Acts 13:46 : 46 And Paul and Barnabas spake out boldly, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you. {G1161} Seeing ye thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy {G3756} of eternal life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
Luke 15:4-6 : 4 What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? 5 And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And when he cometh {G1519} home, he calleth together his friends and his neighbors, saying unto them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.
Isa 53:6 : 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and Jehovah hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Jer 50:6-7 : 6 My people have been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray; they have turned them away on the mountains; they have gone from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting-place. 7 All that found them have devoured them; and their adversaries said, We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Jehovah, the habitation of righteousness, even Jehovah, the hope of their fathers.
Ezek 34:5-6 : 5 And they were scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became food to all the beasts of the field, and were scattered. 6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my sheep were scattered upon all the face of the earth; and there was none that did search or seek [after them].
Ezek 34:16 : 16 I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice.
Ezek 34:23 : 23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
Matt 9:36 : 36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were distressed and scattered, as sheep not having a shepherd.

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