Matthew 20:23

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He saith unto them, My cup indeed ye shall drink: but to sit on my right hand, and on [my] left hand, is not mine to give; but [it is] [for them] for whom it hath been prepared of my Father.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς, Τὸ μὲν ποτήριόν μου πίεσθε, καὶ τὸ βάπτισμα ὃ ἐγὼ βαπτίζομαι βαπτισθήσεσθε: τὸ δὲ καθίσαι ἐκ δεξιῶν μου, καὶ ἐξ εὐωνύμων μου, οὐκ ἔστιν ἐμὸν δοῦναι, ἀλλʼ οἷς ἡτοίμασται ὑπὸ τοῦ Πατρός μου.

Transliteration

And he legei to them, The men potērion of me you will piesthe, and the baptisma which I baptizomai you will be baptisthēsesthe: but the to kathisai on dexiōn of me, and on euōnymōn of me, not estin mine to dounai, but to whom it has been hētoimastai by the Patros of me.

Grammar Details

*legei*: present, 3rd singular - says
*men*: particle - indeed/on the one hand
*potērion*: accusative, neuter, singular - cup
*piesthe*: future, 2nd plural, middle - you will drink
*baptisma*: accusative, neuter, singular - baptism
*baptizomai*: present, 1st singular, passive - I am baptized
*baptisthēsesthe*: future, 2nd plural, passive - you will be baptized
*de*: particle - but/on the other hand
*kathisai*: aorist infinitive - to sit
*dexiōn*: genitive, feminine, plural - right hand/side
*euōnymōn*: genitive, feminine, plural - left hand/side
*estin*: present, 3rd singular - is
*emon*: nominative, neuter, singular - mine
*dounai*: aorist infinitive - to give
*hētoimastai*: perfect, 3rd singular, passive - has been prepared
*Patros*: genitive, masculine, singular - Father

Word Meanings

*men... de*: on one hand... on the other hand (contrast)
*potērion*: cup (metaphor for suffering)
*kathisai*: to sit/to be seated

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Rev 1:9 : 9 I John, {G2532} your brother and partaker with you in the tribulation and {G1722} kingdom and patience [which are] in {G5547} Jesus, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God and {G1223} the testimony of {G5547} Jesus.
Acts 12:2 : 2 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
Matt 25:34 : 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
Mark 10:40 : 40 but to sit on my right hand or on [my] left hand is not mine to give; but [it is for them] for whom it hath been prepared.
2 Tim 2:11-12 : 11 Faithful is the saying: For if we died with him, we shall also live with him: 12 if we endure, we shall also reign with him: if we shall deny him, he also will deny us:
Rom 8:17 : 17 and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with [him], that we may be also glorified with [him].
1 Cor 2:9 : 9 but as it is written, Things which {G3739} eye saw not, and {G3756} ear heard not, And [which] entered not into the heart of man, Whatsoever things God prepared for them that love him.
2 Cor 1:7 : 7 and our hope for you is stedfast; knowing that, as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so also are ye of the comfort.
Col 1:24 : 24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church;
Heb 11:16 : 16 But now they desire a better [country], that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God; for he hath prepared for them a city.

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