Matthew 20:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And when they came that [were hired] about the eleventh hour, they received every man a shilling.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἐλθόντες οἱ περὶ τὴν ἑνδεκάτην ὥραν, ἔλαβον ἀνὰ δηνάριον.

Transliteration

And having elthontes those about the hendekatēn hōran, they elabon each ana dēnarion.

Grammar Details

• *elthontes*: aorist participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having come
• *hendekatēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - eleventh
• *hōran*: accusative, feminine, singular - hour
• *elabon*: aorist, 3rd plural - received/took
• *ana*: distributive preposition - each/apiece
• *dēnarion*: accusative, neuter, singular - denarius

Word Meanings

• *hoi peri tēn hendekatēn hōran*: those hired about the eleventh hour
• *ana dēnarion*: each a denarius/a denarius apiece

Referenced Verses

• Matt 20:2 : 2 And when he had agreed with the laborers for a shilling a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
• Matt 20:6-7 : 6 And about the eleventh [hour] he went out, and found others standing; and he saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? 7 They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard.
• Luke 23:40-43 : 40 But the other answered, and rebuking him said, Dost thou not even fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? 41 And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss. 42 And he said, Jesus, {G2962} remember me when thou comest in thy kingdom. 43 And he said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To-day shalt thou be with me in Paradise.
• Rom 4:3-6 : 3 For what saith the scripture? And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness. 4 Now to him that worketh, the reward is not reckoned as of grace, but as of debt. 5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is reckoned for righteousness. 6 Even as David also pronounceth blessing upon the man, unto whom God reckoneth righteousness apart from works,
• Rom 5:20-21 : 20 And the law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace did abound more exceedingly: 21 that, as sin reigned in death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
• Eph 1:6-8 : 6 to the praise of the glory of his grace, {G1722} which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved: 7 in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, 8 which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
• Eph 2:8-9 : 8 for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, [it is] the gift of God; 9 not of works, that no man should glory. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.
• 1 Tim 1:14-16 : 14 and the grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. 15 Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief: 16 but for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me as chief might Jesus Christ show forth all his longsuffering, for a ensample of them that should thereafter believe on him unto eternal life.