Luke 6:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Happy are you, when men have hate for you, and put you away from among them and say angry words to you, turning away in disgust at your name, because of the Son of man.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Μακάριοί ἐστε, ὅταν μισήσωσιν ὑμᾶς οἱ ἄνθρωποι, καὶ ὅταν ἀφορίσωσιν ὑμᾶς, καὶ ὀνειδίσωσιν, καὶ ἐκβάλωσιν τὸ ὄνομα ὑμῶν ὡς πονηρόν, ἕνεκα τοῦ Υἱοῦ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου.

Transliteration

Makarioi este, hotan misēsōsin you the anthrōpoi, and hotan aphorisōsin you, and oneidisōsin, and ekbalōsin the onoma of you as ponēron, heneka of the Huiou of the anthrōpou.

Grammar Details

• *Makarioi*: adjective, nominative, masculine, plural - blessed/happy
• *este*: verb, present active, 2nd person plural - you are
• *hotan*: conjunction - when/whenever
• *misēsōsin*: verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural - they might hate/despise
• *anthrōpoi*: noun, nominative, masculine, plural - men/people
• *aphorisōsin*: verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural - they might separate/exclude
• *oneidisōsin*: verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural - they might reproach/revile
• *ekbalōsin*: verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural - they might cast out/expel
• *onoma*: noun, accusative, neuter, singular - name
• *ponēron*: adjective, accusative, neuter, singular - evil/bad
• *heneka*: preposition - because of/for the sake of
• *Huiou*: noun, genitive, masculine, singular - Son
• *anthrōpou*: noun, genitive, masculine, singular - of man/human

Word Meanings

• *Makarioi*: blessed/happy/fortunate
• *misēsōsin*: hate/despise/detest
• *anthrōpoi*: men/people/humankind
• *aphorisōsin*: separate/exclude/ostracize
• *oneidisōsin*: reproach/revile/insult
• *ekbalōsin*: cast out/expel/reject
• *onoma*: name/reputation/character
• *ponēron*: evil/bad/malicious
• *Huiou*: Son (with definite article, indicates specific son)
• *anthrōpou*: of man/of human (with definite article, may indicate 'Son of Man' as title)

Referenced Verses

• Matt 10:22 : 22 And you will be hated by all men because of my name: but he who is strong to the end will have salvation.
• John 16:2 : 2 They will put you out of the Synagogues: yes, the time is coming when whoever puts you to death will have the belief that he is doing God's pleasure.
• Matt 5:10-12 : 10 Happy are those who are attacked on account of righteousness: for the kingdom of heaven will be theirs. 11 Happy are you when men give you a bad name, and are cruel to you, and say all evil things against you falsely, because of me. 12 Be glad and full of joy; for great is your reward in heaven: for so were the prophets attacked who were before you.
• John 12:42 : 42 However, a number even of the rulers had belief in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not say so openly for fear that they might be shut out from the Synagogue:
• 1 Thess 2:14-15 : 14 For you, my brothers, took as your examples the churches of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus; because you underwent the same things from your countrymen as they did from the Jews; 15 Who put to death the Lord Jesus and the prophets, violently driving us out; who are unpleasing to God and against all men;
• 1 Pet 2:19-20 : 19 For it is a sign of grace if a man, desiring to do right in the eyes of God, undergoes pain as punishment for something which he has not done. 20 What credit is it if, when you have done evil, you take your punishment quietly? but if you are given punishment for doing right, and take it quietly, this is pleasing to God.
• 1 Pet 3:14 : 14 But you are happy if you undergo pain because of righteousness; have no part in their fear and do not be troubled;
• 1 Pet 4:12-16 : 12 Dear brothers, do not be surprised, as if it was something strange, if your faith is tested as by fire: 13 But be glad that you are given a part in the pains of Christ; so that at the revelation of his glory you may have great joy. 14 If men say evil things of you because of the name of Christ, happy are you; for the Spirit of glory and of God is resting on you. 15 Let no one among you undergo punishment as a taker of life, or as a thief, or as an evil-doer, or as one who is over-interested in other men's business; 16 But if he undergoes punishment as a Christian, that is no shame to him; let him give glory to God in this name.
• 2 Tim 3:11-12 : 11 My punishments and pain; the things which came to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; the cruel attacks made on me: and the Lord made me free from them all. 12 Yes, and all whose purpose is to be living in the knowledge of God in Christ Jesus, will be cruelly attacked.
• John 15:18-21 : 18 If you are hated by the world, keep in mind that I was hated by the world before you. 19 If you were of the world, you would be loved by the world: but because you are not of the world, but I have taken you out of the world, you are hated by the world. 20 Keep in mind the words I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they were cruel to me, they will be cruel to you; if they kept my words, they will keep yours. 21 They will do all this to you because of my name--because they have no knowledge of him who sent me.
• Matt 10:18 : 18 And you will come before rulers and kings because of me, for a witness to them and to the Gentiles.
• Isa 65:5 : 5 Who say, Keep away, do not come near me, for fear that I make you holy: these are a smoke in my nose, a fire burning all day.
• Isa 66:5 : 5 Give ear to the word of the Lord, you who are in fear at his word: your countrymen, hating you, and driving you out because of my name, have said, Let the Lord's glory be made clear, so that we may see your joy; but they will be put to shame.
• John 17:14 : 14 I have given your word to them; and they are hated by the world, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
• Acts 9:16 : 16 For I will make clear to him what troubles he will have to undergo for me.
• Acts 22:22 : 22 And they gave him a hearing as far as this word; then with loud voices they said, Away with this man from the earth; it is not right for him to be living.
• Acts 24:5 : 5 For this man, in our opinion, is a cause of trouble, a maker of attacks on the government among Jews through all the empire, and a chief mover in the society of the Nazarenes:
• 1 Cor 4:10-11 : 10 We are made to seem foolish for Christ, but you are wise in Christ; we are feeble, but you are strong; you have glory, but we have shame. 11 Even to this hour we are without food, drink, and clothing, we are given blows and have no certain resting-place;
• 2 Cor 11:23-26 : 23 Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking foolishly) I am more so; I have had more experience of hard work, of prisons, of blows more than measure, of death. 24 Five times the Jews gave me forty blows but one. 25 Three times I was whipped with rods, once I was stoned, three times the ship I was in came to destruction at sea, a night and a day I have been in the water; 26 In frequent travels, in dangers on rivers, in dangers from outlaws, in dangers from my countrymen, in dangers from the Gentiles, in dangers in the town, in dangers in the waste land, in dangers at sea, in dangers among false brothers;
• Phil 1:28-30 : 28 Having no fear of those who are against you; which is a clear sign of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God; 29 Because to you it has been given in the cause of Christ not only to have faith in him, but to undergo pain on his account: 30 Fighting the same fight which you saw in me, and now have word of in me.
• Matt 10:39 : 39 He who has the desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, and he who gives up his life because of me will have it given back to him.
• Mark 13:9-9 : 9 But take care: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins; and in Synagogues you will be whipped; and you will be taken before rulers and kings because of me, for a sign to them. 10 And the good news has first to be given to all the nations. 11 And when you are taken and given up to be judged, do not be troubled about what to say: but whatever is given to you in that hour, say: because it is not you who say it, but the Holy Spirit. 12 And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child; and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death. 13 And you will be hated by all men, because of my name; but he who goes through to the end will have salvation.
• Luke 20:15 : 15 And driving him out of the garden they put him to death. Now what will the lord do to these workmen?
• Luke 21:17 : 17 And you will be hated by all men, because of me.
• John 7:7 : 7 It is not possible for you to be hated by the world; but I am hated by it, because I give witness that what it does is evil.
• John 9:22-28 : 22 They said this because of their fear of the Jews: for the Jews had come to an agreement that if any man said that Jesus was the Christ he would be put out of the Synagogue. 23 That was the reason why they said, He is old enough; put the question to him. 24 So they sent a second time for the man who had been blind and they said to him, Give glory to God: it is clear to us that this man is a sinner. 25 He said in answer, I have no knowledge if he is a sinner or not, but one thing I am certain about; I was blind, and now I see. 26 Then they said to him, What did he do to you? how did he give you the use of your eyes? 27 His answer was: I have said it before, but your ears were shut: why would you have me say it again? is it your desire to become his disciples? 28 And they were angry with him and said, You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.
• John 9:34 : 34 Their answer was: You came to birth through sin; do you make yourself our teacher? And they put him out of the Synagogue.