Matthew 23:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your teacher, and all ye are brethren.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὑμεῖς δὲ μὴ κληθῆτε Ῥαββί: εἷς γάρ ἐστιν ὑμῶν ὁ Καθηγητής, ὁ Χριστός· πάντες δὲ ὑμεῖς ἀδελφοί ἐστε.

Transliteration

You de mē klēthēte Rabbi: one gar estin of-you the Kathēgētēs, the Christos; all de you adelphoi este.

Grammar Details

• *Hymeis*: nominative, plural - emphatic you (subject)
• *de*: adversative particle - but/yet/however
• *mē klēthēte*: aorist, passive, subjunctive, 2nd person plural - do not be called/named
• *Rabbi*: vocative - title of honor, teacher
• *heis*: nominative, masculine, singular - one/single
• *gar*: conjunction - for/because
• *estin*: present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - is/exists
• *hymōn*: genitive, plural - of you (possessive)
• *Kathēgētēs*: nominative, masculine, singular - teacher/instructor/guide
• *Christos*: nominative, masculine, singular - title/designation
• *pantes*: nominative, masculine, plural - all
• *adelphoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - brothers
• *este*: present, active, indicative, 2nd person plural - you are

Word Meanings

• *klēthēte*: be called/named/addressed as
• *Kathēgētēs*: teacher/guide/instructor/master
• *Christos*: Christ/Messiah/Anointed One
• *adelphoi*: brothers/siblings/fellow believers

Referenced Verses

• Jas 3:1 : 1 Be not many [of you] teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment.
• Matt 23:10 : 10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your master, [even] the Christ.
• Matt 26:49 : 49 And straightway he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, Rabbi; and kissed him.
• Luke 22:32 : 32 but I made supplication for thee, that thy faith fail not; and do thou, when once thou hast turned again, establish thy brethren.
• John 13:13-14 : 13 Ye call me, Teacher, and, Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. 14 If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another's feet.
• Rom 14:9-9 : 9 For to this end Christ {G2532} died and {G450} {G2532} lived [again], that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living. 10 But thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? or {G2532} thou again, why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment-seat of God.
• 1 Cor 1:12-13 : 12 Now this I mean, that each one of you saith, I {G3303} am of Paul; and I of Apollos: and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. 13 Is Christ divided? {G3361} was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized into the name of Paul?
• 1 Cor 3:3-5 : 3 for ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you jealousy and strife, are ye not carnal, and do ye not walk after the manner of men? 4 For when one saith, I {G3303} am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not men? 5 What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? {G235} {G2228} Ministers through whom ye believed; and each as the Lord gave to him.
• 2 Cor 1:24 : 24 Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for in faith ye stand fast.
• 2 Cor 4:5 : 5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
• Eph 3:15 : 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,
• Col 1:1-2 : 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, 2 To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ [that are] at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.
• 1 Pet 5:3 : 3 neither as lording it over the charge allotted to you, but making yourselves ensamples to the flock.
• 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.
• Rev 19:10 : 10 And I fell down before his feet to worship him. And he saith unto me, See thou do it not: I am a fellow-servant with thee and with thy brethren that hold the testimony of Jesus: worship God; for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
• Rev 22:9 : 9 And he saith unto me, See thou do it not: {G1063} I am a {G4675} fellow-servant with thee and with thy brethren the prophets, and with them that keep the words of this book: worship God.
• Matt 10:25 : 25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more them of his household!
• Matt 17:5 : 5 While he was yet speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold, a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.