Luke 19:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Zacchaeus, waiting before him, said to the Lord, See, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have taken anything from anyone wrongly, I give him back four times as much.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Σταθεὶς δὲ Ζακχαῖος, εἶπεν πρὸς τὸν Κύριον· Ἰδού, τὰ ἡμίση τῶν ὑπαρχόντων μου Κύριε, δίδωμι τοῖς πτωχοῖς· καὶ εἴ τινός τι ἐσυκοφάντησα, ἀποδίδωμι τετραπλοῦν.

Transliteration

Statheis but Zakchaios, eipen pros the Kyrion; Idou, the hēmisē of the hyparchontōn of me Kyrie, I didōmi to the ptōchois; and if anyone anything I esykophantēsa, I apodidōmi tetraploun.

Grammar Details

• *Statheis*: aorist passive participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having stood
• *Zakchaios*: nominative, masculine, singular - Zacchaeus
• *eipen*: aorist active, 3rd person singular - said
• *pros*: preposition with accusative - to/toward
• *Kyrion*: accusative, masculine, singular - Lord
• *Idou*: imperative used as interjection - behold/look
• *hēmisē*: accusative, neuter, plural - half
• *hyparchontōn*: present active participle, genitive, neuter, plural - possessions/belongings
• *Kyrie*: vocative, masculine, singular - Lord
• *didōmi*: present active, 1st person singular - I give
• *ptōchois*: dative, masculine, plural - poor
• *esykophantēsa*: aorist active, 1st person singular - I defrauded/extorted
• *apodidōmi*: present active, 1st person singular - I give back/restore
• *tetraploun*: accusative, neuter, singular - fourfold

Word Meanings

• *Statheis*: having stood/standing up
• *hēmisē*: half/half portion
• *hyparchontōn*: possessions/belongings/property
• *didōmi*: I give/donate
• *ptōchois*: poor/needy ones
• *esykophantēsa*: I defrauded/extorted/falsely accused
• *apodidōmi*: I give back/restore/repay
• *tetraploun*: fourfold/four times the amount

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 12:6 : 6 And he will have to give back four times the value of the lamb, because he has done this and because he had no pity.
• Luke 12:33 : 33 Give what property you have in exchange for money, and give the money to the poor; make for yourselves money-bags which will not get old, wealth stored up in heaven which will be yours for ever, where thieves will not come nor worms put it to destruction.
• Luke 16:9 : 9 And I say to you, Make friends for yourselves through the wealth of this life, so that when it comes to an end, you may be taken into the eternal resting-places.
• Luke 18:22-23 : 22 And Jesus, hearing it, said to him, One thing you still have need of; get money for your goods, and give it away to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven; and come after me. 23 But at these words he became very sad, for he had great wealth.
• Exod 22:1-4 : 1 If a man takes without right another man's ox or his sheep, and puts it to death or gets a price for it, he is to give five oxen for an ox, or four sheep for a sheep, in payment: the thief will have to make payment for what he has taken; if he has no money, he himself will have to be exchanged for money, so that payment may be made. 2 If a thief is taken in the act of forcing his way into a house, and his death is caused by a blow, the owner of the house is not responsible for his blood. 3 But if it is after dawn, he will be responsible. 4 If he still has what he had taken, whatever it is, ox or ass or sheep, he is to give twice its value.
• Lev 6:1-6 : 1 And the Lord said to Moses, 2 Give orders to Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law for the burned offering: the offering is to be on the fire-wood on the altar all night till the morning; and the fire of the altar is to be kept burning. 3 And the priest is to put on his linen robes and his linen trousers, and take up what is over of the offering after it has been burned on the altar, and put it by the side of the altar. 4 Then having taken off his linen robes and put on other clothing, he is to take it away into a clean place, outside the tent-circle. 5 The fire on the altar is to be kept burning; it is never to go out; every morning the priest is to put wood on it, placing the burned offering in order on it, and there the fat of the peace-offering is to be burned. 6 Let the fire be kept burning on the altar at all times; it is never to go out.
• Num 5:7 : 7 Let them say openly what they have done; and make payment for the wrong done, with the addition of a fifth part, and give it to him to whom the wrong was done.
• Prov 6:31 : 31 But if he is taken in the act he will have to give back seven times as much, giving up all his property which is in his house.
• 1 Tim 6:17-18 : 17 Give orders to those who have money and goods in this life, not to be lifted up in their minds, or to put their hope in the uncertain chances of wealth, but in God who gives us in full measure all things for our use; 18 And to do good, having wealth in good works, being quick to give, taking part with one another;
• Jas 1:10-11 : 10 But the man of wealth, that he is made low; because like the flower of the grass he will come to his end. 11 For when the sun comes up with its burning heat, the grass gets dry and the grace of its form is gone with the falling flower; so the man of wealth comes to nothing in his ways.
• Acts 4:34-35 : 34 And no one among them was in need; for everyone who had land or houses, exchanging them for money, took the price of them, 35 And put it at the feet of the Apostles for distribution to everyone as he had need.
• 2 Cor 8:7-8 : 7 And that as you are full of every good thing, of faith, of the word, of knowledge, of a ready mind, and of love to us, so you may be full of this grace in the same way. 8 I am not giving you an order, but using the ready mind of others as a test of the quality of your love.
• Ps 41:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> Happy is the man who gives thought to the poor; the Lord will be his saviour in the time of trouble.
• Acts 2:44-46 : 44 And all those who were of the faith kept together, and had all things in common; 45 And exchanging their goods and property for money, they made division of it among them all, as they had need. 46 And day by day, going in agreement together regularly to the Temple and, taking broken bread together in their houses, they took their food with joy and with true hearts,
• Luke 3:8-9 : 8 Make clear by your acts that your hearts have been changed; and do not say to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father: for I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children of Abraham. 9 And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; and every tree which does not have good fruit will be cut down and put into the fire. 10 And the people put questions to him, saying, What have we to do? 11 And he made answer and said to them, He who has two coats, let him give to him who has not even one; and he who has food, let him do the same. 12 Then tax-farmers came to him for baptism and said to him, Master, what have we to do? 13 And he said to them, Do not make an attempt to get more money than the right amount. 14 And men of the army put questions to him, saying, And what have we to do? And he said to them, Do no violent acts to any man, and do not take anything without right, and let your payment be enough for you.
• Luke 7:13 : 13 And when the Lord saw her, he had pity on her and said to her, Be not sad.
• Luke 11:41 : 41 But if you give to the poor such things as you are able, then all things are clean to you.
• 1 Sam 12:3 : 3 Here I am: give witness against me before the Lord and before the man on whom he has put the holy oil: whose ox or ass have I taken? to whom have I been untrue? who has been crushed down by me? from whose hand have I taken a price for the blinding of my eyes? I will give it all back to you.
• Exod 20:16 : 16 Do not give false witness against your neighbour.