Mark 12:29

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Jesus said in answer, The first is, Give ear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ, ὅτι Πρώτη πασῶν τῶν ἐντολῶν, Ἄκουε, Ἰσραήλ· Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν Κύριος εἷς ἐστίν:

Transliteration

The but Iēsous apekrithē to him, that Prōtē of all the entolōn, Akoue, Israēl; Kyrios the Theos of us Kyrios heis estin:

Grammar Details

• *Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
• *apekrithē*: aorist passive indicative, 3rd singular - he answered [completed action]
• *Prōtē*: nominative, feminine, singular - first
• *entolōn*: genitive, feminine, plural - of commandments
• *Akoue*: present active imperative, 2nd singular - hear/listen!
• *Israēl*: vocative, masculine, singular - Israel
• *Kyrios*: nominative, masculine, singular - Lord
• *Theos*: nominative, masculine, singular - God
• *heis*: nominative, masculine, singular - one
• *estin*: present active indicative, 3rd singular - is

Word Meanings

• *Iēsous*: Jesus
• *apekrithē*: he answered/responded
• *Prōtē*: first/foremost/chief
• *entolōn*: commandments/precepts/instructions
• *Akoue*: hear!/listen!/pay attention!
• *Kyrios*: Lord/Master
• *Theos*: God/deity
• *heis*: one/a single one
• *estin*: is/exists

Referenced Verses

• Deut 6:4 : 4 Give ear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord:
• Rom 3:30 : 30 If God is one; and he will give righteousness because of faith to those who have circumcision, and through faith to those who have not circumcision.
• 1 Cor 8:4 : 4 So, then, as to the question of taking food offered to images, we are certain that an image is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but one.
• Gal 3:20 : 20 Now a go-between is not a go-between of one; but God is one.
• Jas 2:19 : 19 You have the belief that God is one, and you do well: the evil spirits have the same belief, shaking with fear.
• Jude 1:25 : 25 To the only God our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, let us give glory and honour and authority and power, before all time and now and for ever. So be it.
• Matt 23:9 : 9 And give no man the name of father on earth: because one is your Father, who is in heaven.
• Mark 12:32-33 : 32 And the scribe said to him, Truly, Master, you have well said that he is one, and there is no other but he: 33 And to have love for him with all the heart, and with all the mind, and with all the strength, and to have the same love for his neighbour as for himself, is much more than all forms of offerings.
• Luke 10:27 : 27 And he, answering, said, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and for your neighbour as for yourself.
• 1 Tim 2:5 : 5 For there is one God and one peacemaker between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
• 1 Tim 1:5 : 5 But the effect of the order is love coming from a clean heart, and a knowledge of what is right, and true faith:
• Deut 10:12 : 12 And now, Israel, what would the Lord your God have you do, but to go in the fear of the Lord your God, walking in all his ways and loving him and doing his pleasure with all your heart and all your soul,
• Deut 30:6 : 6 And the Lord your God will give to you and to your seed a circumcision of the heart, so that, loving him with all your heart and all your soul, you may have life.
• Prov 23:26 : 26 My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes take delight in my ways.
• Matt 10:37 : 37 He who has more love for his father or mother than for me is not good enough for me; he who has more love for son or daughter than for me is not good enough for me.