Luke 18:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

I say to you that he will quickly do right in their cause. But when the Son of man comes, will there be any faith on earth?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ποιήσει τὴν ἐκδίκησιν αὐτῶν ἐν τάχει. Πλὴν ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐλθὼν, ἆρα εὑρήσει τὴν πίστιν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς;

Transliteration

Legō to-you that poiēsei the ekdikēsin of-them in tachei. Plēn the Hyios of-the anthrōpou elthōn, ara heurēsei the pistin upon the gēs?

Grammar Details

• *Legō*: present active indicative, 1st person singular - I say/tell
• *poiēsei*: future active indicative, 3rd person singular - will do/make
• *ekdikēsin*: accusative feminine singular - vindication/justice
• *tachei*: dative neuter singular - speed/quickness
• *Plēn*: adverb/conjunction - however/nevertheless
• *Hyios*: nominative masculine singular - Son
• *anthrōpou*: genitive masculine singular - man/human
• *elthōn*: aorist active participle, nominative masculine singular - having come
• *ara*: interrogative particle - indeed/then [question]
• *heurēsei*: future active indicative, 3rd person singular - will find
• *pistin*: accusative feminine singular - faith/belief
• *gēs*: genitive feminine singular - earth/land

Word Meanings

• *poiēsei*: will do/will make/will execute
• *ekdikēsin*: vindication/justice/vengeance
• *tachei*: speed/quickness/swiftly/soon
• *Plēn*: however/nevertheless/yet/but
• *Hyios* *anthrōpou*: Son of Man [Messianic title]
• *elthōn*: having come/when he comes
• *heurēsei*: will find/will discover
• *pistin*: faith/belief/trust/faithfulness

Referenced Verses

• Heb 10:23-26 : 23 Let us keep the witness of our hope strong and unshaking, for he is true who has given his word: 24 And let us be moving one another at all times to love and good works; 25 Not giving up our meetings, as is the way of some, but keeping one another strong in faith; and all the more because you see the day coming near. 26 For if we do evil on purpose after we have had the knowledge of what is true, there is no more offering for sins,
• Matt 24:9-9 : 9 Then they will be cruel to you, and will put you to death: and you will be hated by all nations because of my name. 10 And numbers of people will be turned from the right way, and will give one another up and have hate for one another. 11 And a number of false prophets will come, causing error. 12 And because wrongdoing will be increased, the love of most people will become cold. 13 But he who goes through to the end will get salvation.
• 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 And in their desire for profit they will come to you with words of deceit, like traders doing business in souls: whose punishment has been ready for a long time and their destruction is watching for them.
• 2 Pet 3:8-9 : 8 But, my loved ones, keep in mind this one thing, that with the Lord one day is the same as a thousand years, and a thousand years are no more than one day. 9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his word, as he seems to some, but he is waiting in mercy for you, not desiring the destruction of any, but that all may be turned from their evil ways.
• Matt 24:24 : 24 For there will come up false Christs, and false prophets, who will do great signs and wonders; so that if possible even the saints might be tricked.
• Luke 17:26-30 : 26 And as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the day of the Son of man. 27 They were feasting and taking wives and getting married, till the day of the overflowing of the waters, when Noah went into the ark, and they all came to destruction. 28 In the same way, in the days of Lot; they were feasting and trading, they were planting and building; 29 But on the day when Lot went out of Sodom, fire came down from heaven and destruction came on them all. 30 So will it be in the day of the revelation of the Son of man.
• 1 Thess 5:1-3 : 1 But about the times and their order, my brothers, there is no need for me to say anything to you. 2 For you yourselves have the knowledge that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 3 When they say, There is peace and no danger, then sudden destruction will come on them, as birth-pains on a woman with child; and they will not be able to get away from it.
• Jas 5:1-8 : 1 Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you. 2 Your wealth is unclean and insects have made holes in your clothing. 3 Your gold and your silver are wasted and their waste will be a witness against you, burning into your flesh. You have put by your store in the last days. 4 See, the money which you falsely kept back from the workers cutting the grass in your field, is crying out against you; and the cries of those who took in your grain have come to the ears of the Lord of armies. 5 You have been living delicately on earth and have taken your pleasure; you have made your hearts fat for a day of destruction. 6 You have given your decision against the upright man and have put him to death. He puts up no fight against you. 7 Go on waiting calmly, my brothers, till the coming of the Lord, like the farmer waiting for the good fruit of the earth till the early and late rains have come. 8 Be as calm in your waiting; let your hearts be strong: because the coming of the Lord is near.
• Ps 46:5 : 5 God has taken his place in her; she will not be moved: he will come to her help at the dawn of morning.
• Ps 143:7-9 : 7 Be quick in answering me, O Lord, for the strength of my spirit is gone: let me see your face, so that I may not be like those who go down into the underworld. 8 Let the story of your mercy come to me in the morning, for my hope is in you: give me knowledge of the way in which I am to go; for my soul is lifted up to you. 9 O Lord, take me out of the hands of my haters; my soul is waiting for you.