Matthew 20:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples apart, and on the way he said unto them,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Καὶ ἀναβαίνων ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα παρέλαβεν τοὺς δώδεκα μαθητὰς κατʼ ἰδίαν ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς,

Transliteration

And anabainōn the Iēsous into Hierosolyma parelaben the twelve mathētas according to idian in the hodō, and eipen to them,

Grammar Details

*anabainōn*: present participle, nominative, masculine, singular - going up
*Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
*Hierosolyma*: accusative, neuter, plural - Jerusalem
*parelaben*: aorist, 3rd singular - took with him
*mathētas*: accusative, masculine, plural - disciples
*kat' idian*: prepositional phrase - privately/aside
*hodō*: dative, feminine, singular - way/road
*eipen*: aorist, 3rd singular - said

Word Meanings

*anabainōn*: going up/ascending
*parelaben*: took aside/took with him
*kat' idian*: privately/aside/by themselves

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Mark 10:32-34 : 32 And they were on the way, going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus was going before them: and they were amazed; and they that followed were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them the things that were to happen unto him, 33 [ saying], Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests and the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him unto the Gentiles: 34 and they shall mock him, and shall spit upon him, and shall scourge him, and shall kill him; and after three days he shall rise again.
Luke 18:31-34 : 31 And he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all the things that are written through the prophets shall be accomplished unto the Son of man. 32 For he shall be delivered up unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and shamefully treated, and spit upon: 33 and they shall scourge and kill him: and the third day he shall rise again. 34 And they understood none of these things; and this saying was hid from them, and they perceived not the things that were said.
John 12:12 : 12 On the morrow a great multitude that had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
John 15:15 : 15 No longer do I call you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I heard from my Father, I have made known unto you.
Acts 10:41 : 41 not to all the people, but unto witnesses that were chosen before of God, [even] to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.
Gen 18:17 : 17 And Jehovah said, Shall I hide from Abraham that which I do;
Matt 13:11 : 11 And he answered and said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
Matt 16:13 : 13 Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Who do men say that the Son of man is?

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