Matthew 25:37

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? or athirst, and gave thee drink?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Τότε ἀποκριθήσονται αὐτῷ οἱ δίκαιοι, λέγοντες, Κύριε, πότε σὲ εἴδομεν πεινῶντα, καὶ ἐθρέψαμεν; ἢ διψῶντα, καὶ ἐποτίσαμεν;

Transliteration

Then apokrithēsontai to him the dikaioi, legontes, Kyrie, when you eidomen peinōnta, and ethrepsamen? or dipsōnta, and epotisamen?

Grammar Details

*apokrithēsontai*: future passive indicative, 3rd person plural - will answer
*dikaioi*: nominative masculine plural - righteous
*legontes*: present active participle, nominative masculine plural - saying
*kyrie*: vocative masculine singular - lord
*eidomen*: aorist active indicative, 1st person plural - we saw
*peinōnta*: present active participle, accusative masculine singular - hungering
*ethrepsamen*: aorist active indicative, 1st person plural - we fed
*dipsōnta*: present active participle, accusative masculine singular - thirsting
*epotisamen*: aorist active indicative, 1st person plural - we gave drink

Word Meanings

*apokrithēsontai*: will answer/reply/respond
*dikaioi*: righteous/just/upright
*legontes*: saying/speaking/declaring
*kyrie*: lord/master/sir
*eidomen*: we saw/observed/perceived
*peinōnta*: hungering/being hungry
*ethrepsamen*: we fed/nourished/provided food
*dipsōnta*: thirsting/being thirsty
*epotisamen*: we gave drink/provided drink

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Pet 5:5-6 : 5 Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble. 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;
1 Chr 29:14 : 14 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
Prov 15:33 : 33 The fear of Jehovah is the instruction of wisdom; And before honor [goeth] humility.
Isa 64:6 : 6 For we are all become as one that is unclean, and all our righteousnesses are as a polluted garment: and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
Matt 6:3 : 3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
1 Cor 15:10 : 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not found vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

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