Matthew 11:29

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Take my yoke on you and become like me, for I am gentle and without pride, and you will have rest for your souls;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἄρατε τὸν ζυγόν μου ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς, καὶ μάθετε ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ· ὅτι πρᾷός εἰμι καὶ ταπεινὸς τῇ καρδίᾳ: καὶ εὑρήσετε ἀνάπαυσιν ταῖς ψυχαῖς ὑμῶν.

Transliteration

Arate the zygon of me upon you, and mathete from me; because praos I am and tapeinos in the kardia: and you will heurēsete anapausin for the psychais of you.

Grammar Details

• *Arate*: aorist imperative, active, 2nd plural - take up
• *zygon*: accusative, masculine, singular - yoke
• *mathete*: aorist imperative, active, 2nd plural - learn
• *praos*: nominative, masculine, singular - gentle/meek
• *tapeinos*: nominative, masculine, singular - humble/lowly
• *kardia*: dative, feminine, singular - heart
• *heurēsete*: future, active, 2nd plural - you will find
• *anapausin*: accusative, feminine, singular - rest
• *psychais*: dative, feminine, plural - souls

Word Meanings

• *Arate*: take up/lift
• *zygon*: yoke/joining
• *mathete*: learn/be instructed
• *praos*: gentle/meek/mild
• *tapeinos*: humble/lowly/meek
• *kardia*: heart/inner self
• *heurēsete*: you will find/discover
• *anapausin*: rest/relief/refreshment
• *psychais*: souls/lives/selves

Referenced Verses

• 1 John 2:6 : 6 He who says that he is living in him, will do as he did.
• Phil 2:7-8 : 7 But he made himself as nothing, taking the form of a servant, being made like men; 8 And being seen in form as a man, he took the lowest place, and let himself be put to death, even the death of the cross.
• Jer 6:16 : 16 This is what the Lord has said: Take your place looking out on the ways; make search for the old roads, saying, Where is the good way? and go in it that you may have rest for your souls. But they said, We will not go in it.
• John 13:15 : 15 I have given you an example, so that you may do what I have done to you.
• Phil 2:5 : 5 Let this mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus,
• 1 Pet 2:21-23 : 21 This is God's purpose for you: because Jesus himself underwent punishment for you, giving you an example, so that you might go in his footsteps: 22 Who did no evil, and there was no deceit in his mouth: 23 To sharp words he gave no sharp answer; when he was undergoing pain, no angry word came from his lips; but he put himself into the hands of the judge of righteousness:
• 2 Cor 10:1 : 1 Now I, Paul, myself make request to you by the quiet and gentle behaviour of Christ, I who am poor in spirit when with you, but who say what is in my mind to you without fear when I am away from you:
• John 15:10-14 : 10 If you keep my laws, you will be ever in my love, even as I have kept my Father's laws, and am ever in his love. 11 I have said these things to you so that I may have joy in you and so that your joy may be complete. 12 This is the law I give you: Have love one for another, even as I have love for you. 13 Greater love has no man than this, that a man gives up his life for his friends. 14 You are my friends, if you do what I give you orders to do.
• Zech 9:9 : 9 Be full of joy, O daughter of Zion; give a glad cry, O daughter of Jerusalem: see, your king comes to you: he is upright and has overcome; gentle and seated on an ass, on a young ass.
• Matt 7:24 : 24 Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock;
• Heb 5:9 : 9 And when he had been made complete, he became the giver of eternal salvation to all those who are under his orders;
• Heb 4:3-9 : 3 For those of us who have belief come into his rest; even as he has said, As I said in my oath when I was angry, They may not come into my rest: though the works were done from the time of the making of the world. 4 For in one place he has said of the seventh day, And God had rest from all his works on the seventh day; 5 And in the same place he says again, They will not come into my rest. 6 So that as it is clear that some have to go in, and that the first hearers of the good news were not able to go in because they went against God's orders, 7 After a long time, again naming a certain day, he says in David, Today (as he had said before), Today if you will let his voice come to your ears, be not hard of heart, 8 For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have said anything about another day. 9 So that there is still a Sabbath-keeping for the people of God. 10 For the man who comes into his rest has had rest from his works, as God did from his. 11 Because of this, let us have a strong desire to come into that rest, and let no one go after the example of those who went against God's orders.
• Matt 21:5 : 5 Say to the daughter of Zion, See, your King comes to you, gentle and seated on an ass, and on a young ass.
• Num 12:3 : 3 Now the man Moses was more gentle than any other man on earth.
• Ps 131:1 : 1 <A Song of the going up. Of David.> Lord, there is no pride in my heart and my eyes are not lifted up; and I have not taken part in great undertakings, or in things over-hard for me.
• Isa 42:1-4 : 1 See my servant, whom I am supporting, my loved one, in whom I take delight: I have put my spirit on him; he will give the knowledge of the true God to the nations. 2 He will make no cry, his voice will not be loud: his words will not come to men's ears in the streets. 3 He will not let a crushed stem be quite broken, and he will not let a feebly burning light be put out: he will go on sending out the true word to the peoples. 4 His light will not be put out, and he will not be crushed, till he has given the knowledge of the true God to the earth, and the sea-lands will be waiting for his teaching.
• John 13:17 : 17 If these things are clear to you, happy are you if you do them.
• John 14:21-24 : 21 He who has my laws and keeps them, he it is who has love for me: and he who has love for me will be loved by my Father, and I will have love for him and will let myself be seen clearly by him. 22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, How is it that you will let yourself be seen clearly by us and not by the world? 23 Jesus said to him in answer, If anyone has love for me, he will keep my words: and he will be dear to my Father; and we will come to him and make our living-place with him. 24 He who has no love for me does not keep my words; and the word which you are hearing is not my word but the Father's who sent me.
• Acts 3:22-23 : 22 For Moses said, The Lord will give you a prophet from among your people, like me; you will give ear to everything which he will say to you. 23 And every soul who does not give attention to that prophet, will be cut off from among the people.
• Acts 7:37 : 37 This is the same Moses, who said to the children of Israel, God will give you a prophet from among your brothers, like me.
• Matt 28:20 : 20 Teaching them to keep all the rules which I have given you: and see, I am ever with you, even to the end of the world.
• Luke 6:46-48 : 46 Why do you say to me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? 47 Everyone who comes to me and gives ear to my words and does them, I will make clear to you what he is like: 48 He is like a man building a house, who went deep and put the base of it on a rock; and when the water came up and the river was driving against that house, it was not moved, because the building was good.
• Luke 8:35 : 35 And they went out to see what had taken place, and they came to Jesus and saw the man out of whom the evil spirits had gone, seated, clothed and with full use of his senses, at the feet of Jesus; and fear came on them.
• Luke 9:51-56 : 51 And it came about that when the days were near for him to be taken up, his face was turned to go to Jerusalem, 52 And he sent men before: and they came to a small town of Samaria to make ready for him. 53 But they would not have him there, because he was clearly going to Jerusalem. 54 And when his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, Lord, may we send fire from heaven and put an end to them? 55 But turning round he said sharp words to them. 56 And they went to another small town.
• Luke 10:39-42 : 39 And she had a sister, by name Mary, who took her seat at the Lord's feet and gave attention to his words. 40 But Martha had her hands full of the work of the house, and she came to him and said, Lord, is it nothing to you that my sister has let me do all the work? Say to her that she is to give me some help. 41 But the Lord, answering, said to her, Martha, Martha, you are full of care and troubled about such a number of things: 42 Little is needed, or even one thing only: for Mary has taken that good part, which will not be taken away from her.
• Matt 11:27-28 : 27 All things have been given to me by my Father; and no one has knowledge of the Son, but the Father; and no one has knowledge of the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will make it clear. 28 Come to me, all you who are troubled and weighted down with care, and I will give you rest.
• Matt 12:19-20 : 19 His coming will not be with fighting or loud cries; and his voice will not be lifted up in the streets. 20 The crushed stem will not be broken by him; and the feebly burning light will he not put out, till he has made righteousness overcome all.
• Matt 17:5 : 5 While he was still talking, a bright cloud came over them: and a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased; give ear to him.
• 2 Cor 10:5 : 5 Putting an end to reasonings, and every high thing which is lifted up against the knowledge of God, and causing every thought to come under the authority of Christ;
• Eph 4:20-21 : 20 For this was not the teaching of Christ which was given to you; 21 If in fact you gave ear to him, and were given teaching in him, even as what is true is made clear in Jesus:
• 1 Thess 4:2 : 2 Because you have in mind the orders we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
• 2 Thess 1:8 : 8 To give punishment to those who have no knowledge of God, and to those who do not give ear to the good news of our Lord Jesus:
• 1 Cor 9:21 : 21 To those without the law I was as one without the law, not as being without law to God, but as under law to Christ, so that I might give the good news to those without the law.