Matthew 23:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then Jesus said to the people and to his disciples:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Τότε ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐλάλησεν τοῖς ὄχλοις, καὶ τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ,

Transliteration

Then the Iēsous elalēsen to-the ochlois, and to-the mathētais of-him,

Grammar Details

• *Tote*: adverb - temporal marker indicating sequence
• *Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - subject
• *elalēsen*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - completed action
• *ochlois*: dative, masculine, plural - indirect object, recipient of speech
• *mathētais*: dative, masculine, plural - indirect object, recipient of speech
• *autou*: genitive, masculine, singular - possessive

Word Meanings

• *elalēsen*: spoke/addressed/said
• *ochlois*: crowds/multitudes/common people
• *mathētais*: disciples/students/followers

Referenced Verses

• Matt 15:10-20 : 10 And he got the people together and said to them, Give ear, and let my words be clear to you: 11 Not that which goes into the mouth makes a man unclean, but that which comes out of the mouth. 12 Then the disciples came and said to him, Did you see that the Pharisees were troubled when these words came to their ears? 13 But he said in answer, Every plant which my Father in heaven has not put in the earth, will be taken up by the roots. 14 Let them be: they are blind guides. And if a blind man is guiding a blind man, the two will go falling into a hole together. 15 Then Peter said to him, Make the story clear to us. 16 And he said, Are you, like them, still without wisdom? 17 Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth goes on into the stomach, and is sent out as waste? 18 But the things which come out of the mouth come from the heart; and they make a man unclean. 19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, the taking of life, broken faith between the married, unclean desires of the flesh, taking of property, false witness, bitter words: 20 These are the things which make a man unclean; but to take food with unwashed hands does not make a man unclean.
• Luke 12:1 : 1 At that time, when thousands of the people had come together, in such numbers that they were crushing one another, he said first to his disciples, Have nothing to do with the leaven of the Pharisees, which is deceit.
• Luke 12:57 : 57 And why are you, in your hearts, unable to be judges of what is right?
• Luke 20:45-46 : 45 And in the hearing of all the people he said to his disciples, 46 Keep away from the scribes, whose pleasure it is to go about in long robes, and to have words of respect said to them in the market-places, and to take the chief seats in the Synagogues and the first places at feasts;
• Mark 7:14 : 14 And turning to the people again, he said to them, Give ear to me all of you, and let my words be clear to you:
• Mark 12:38-39 : 38 And in his teaching he said, Be on your watch against the scribes, whose pleasure it is to go about in long robes and be respected in the market-places, 39 And to have the chief seats in the Synagogues and the first places at feasts;