Matthew 21:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And the multitudes said, This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οἱ δὲ ὄχλοι ἔλεγον, Οὗτός ἐστιν Ἰησοῦς ὁ προφήτης ὁ ἀπὸ Ναζαρὲτ τῆς Γαλιλαίας.

Transliteration

The de ochloi elegon, This estin Iēsous the prophētēs the one from Nazaret of Galilaias.

Grammar Details

• *de*: conjunction - but/and/now
• *ochloi*: nominative, masculine, plural - crowds/multitudes
• *elegon*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd plural - were saying
• *estin*: present active indicative, 3rd singular - is
• *Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
• *prophētēs*: nominative, masculine, singular - prophet
• *Nazaret*: genitive, feminine, singular - Nazareth
• *Galilaias*: genitive, feminine, singular - of Galilee

Word Meanings

• *elegon*: were saying/kept saying/continued saying
• *prophētēs*: prophet/one who speaks for God

Referenced Verses

• John 6:14 : 14 When therefore the people saw the sign which he did, they said, This is of a truth the prophet that cometh into the world.
• John 7:40 : 40 [ Some] of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, This is of a truth the prophet.
• John 9:17 : 17 They say therefore unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, in that he opened thine eyes? And he said, He is a prophet.
• Matt 2:23 : 23 and came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets, that he should be called a Nazarene.
• Luke 7:16 : 16 And fear took hold on all: and they glorified God, saying, A great prophet is arisen among us: and, {G3754} God hath visited his people.
• John 1:21 : 21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elijah? And he saith, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No.
• Luke 24:19 : 19 And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:
• Acts 7:37 : 37 This is that Moses, who said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall God {G5216} {G2316} raise up unto you from among your brethren, like unto me.
• Deut 18:15-19 : 15 Jehovah thy God will raise up unto thee a prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken; 16 according to all that thou desiredst of Jehovah thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of Jehovah my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not. 17 And Jehovah said unto me, They have well said that which they have spoken. 18 I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. 19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
• Acts 3:22-23 : 22 {G1063} Moses indeed said, {G3754} {G4314} {G3962} A prophet shall the Lord God raise up unto you from among your brethren, like unto me. To him shall ye hearken in all things whatsoever {G302} he shall speak unto you. 23 And it shall be, that every {G302} soul that shall not hearken to that prophet, shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.
• John 1:25 : 25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why then baptizest thou, if thou art not the Christ, neither Elijah, neither the prophet?
• John 1:45-46 : 45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. 46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
• John 4:19 : 19 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.
• Luke 7:39 : 39 Now when the Pharisee that had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him, that she is a sinner.
• Luke 13:33 : 33 Nevertheless I must go on my way to-day and to-morrow and the [day] following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.
• Matt 16:13-14 : 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? 14 And they said, Some [say] John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.
• Mark 6:15 : 15 But others said, It is Elijah. And others said, [It] [is] a prophet, [even] as one of the prophets.