1 Corinthians 1:23

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

But we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the Gentiles,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἡμεῖς δὲ κηρύσσομεν Χριστὸν ἐσταυρωμένον, Ἰουδαίοις μὲν σκάνδαλον, Ἕλλησιν δὲ μωρίαν·

Transliteration

We de kēryssomen Christon estaurōmenon, to Ioudaiois men skandalon, to Hellēsin de mōrian;

Grammar Details

• *de*: conjunction - but/and/on the other hand
• *kēryssomen*: verb, present, active, indicative, 1st person, plural - we preach/proclaim
• *Christon*: noun, accusative, masculine, singular - Christ
• *estaurōmenon*: participle, perfect, passive, accusative, masculine, singular - having been crucified
• *Ioudaiois*: noun, dative, masculine, plural - to Jews
• *men*: particle - on the one hand (correlative with *de*)
• *skandalon*: noun, accusative, neuter, singular - stumbling block/offense
• *Hellēsin*: noun, dative, masculine, plural - to Greeks
• *mōrian*: noun, accusative, feminine, singular - foolishness

Word Meanings

• *kēryssomen*: preach/proclaim/announce
• *estaurōmenon*: having been crucified/executed on a cross
• *Ioudaiois*: Jews/Jewish people
• *skandalon*: stumbling block/offense/obstacle
• *Hellēsin*: Greeks/Gentiles/non-Jews
• *mōrian*: foolishness/absurdity/folly

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  But we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block, and to the Greeks foolishness;

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  but{G1161} we{G2249} preach{G2784} Christ{G5547} crucified,{G4717} unto Jews{G2453} {G3303} a stumblingblock,{G4625} and{G1161} unto Gentiles{G1672} foolishness;{G3472}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  But{G1161} we{G2249} preach{G2784}{(G5719)} Christ{G5547} crucified{G4717}{(G5772)}, unto the Jews{G2453} a stumblingblock{G3303}{G4625}, and{G1161} unto the Greeks{G1672} foolishness{G3472};

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  But we preache Christ crucified vnto the Iewes an occasion of fallinge and vnto the Grekes folisshnes:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But we preach Christ the crucified: to the Iewes an occasion off fallinge, and vnto the Grekes foolishnes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But wee preach Christ crucified: vnto the Iewes, euen a stumbling blocke, and vnto the Grecians, foolishnesse:

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But we preache Christe crucified, vnto the Iewes a stumblyng blocke, and vnto the Grekes foolyshnesse:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  but we preach Christ crucified; a stumbling block to Jews, and foolishness to Greeks,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  also we -- we preach Christ crucified, to Jews, indeed, a stumbling-block, and to Greeks foolishness,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  but we preach Christ crucified, unto Jews a stumblingblock, and unto Gentiles foolishness;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  but we preach Christ crucified, unto Jews a stumblingblock, and unto Gentiles foolishness;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But we give the good news of Christ on the cross, a hard thing to the Jews, and a foolish thing to the Gentiles;

• World English Bible (2000)

  but we preach Christ crucified; a stumbling block to Jews, and foolishness to Greeks,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  but we preach about a crucified Christ, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 But the natural person does not accept the things of God's Spirit, because they are foolishness to him. He cannot understand them because they are spiritually discerned.
• 1 Pet 2:8 : 8 and, 'a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.' They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were determined to do.
• 1 Cor 2:2 : 2 For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.
• Gal 5:11 : 11 Brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? If that were the case, the offense of the cross would be eliminated.
• Luke 2:34 : 34 Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother: "This child is destined to cause the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be opposed.
• Isa 8:14-15 : 14 He will be a sanctuary, but for both houses of Israel he will be a stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall. And for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, he will be a trap and a snare. 15 Many will stumble over it; they will fall and be broken, they will be ensnared and captured.
• Gal 3:1 : 1 You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes, Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.
• 1 Cor 1:18 : 18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
• 1 Cor 1:28 : 28 God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are,
• 2 Cor 4:5 : 5 For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
• Gal 6:14 : 14 But as for me, may I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
• Eph 3:8 : 8 To me, the very least of all the saints, this grace was given: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
• Matt 11:6 : 6 Blessed is the one who does not stumble on account of Me."
• Matt 13:57 : 57 And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household."
• Acts 10:39-43 : 39 We are witnesses of everything He did in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They killed Him by hanging Him on a tree, 40 but God raised Him up on the third day and allowed Him to be seen— 41 not by all the people, but by witnesses whom God had chosen beforehand, by us who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead. 42 He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that He is the one appointed by God to be the judge of the living and the dead. 43 All the prophets testify about Him, that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name.
• Rom 9:32-33 : 32 Why not? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as though it were by works. They stumbled over the stone of stumbling, 33 Just as it is written: 'Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in him will not be put to shame.'
• Luke 24:46-47 : 46 He told them, "This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day. 47 And repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
• John 6:53-66 : 53 Jesus said to them, 'Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.' 54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day. 55 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. 56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them. 57 As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so the one who eats me will live because of me. 58 This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and died, the one who eats this bread will live forever. 59 He said these things while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum. 60 On hearing this, many of his disciples said, 'This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?' 61 Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, 'Does this offend you?' 62 Then what if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before? 63 The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are Spirit and they are life. 64 But there are some of you who do not believe.' For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him. 65 He went on to say, 'This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted to them by the Father.' 66 From that time, many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.
• Acts 7:32-35 : 32 'I am the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.' Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look closely. 33 Then the Lord said to him, 'Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.' 34 'I have surely seen the oppression of my people in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning. I have come down to rescue them. Now come, I will send you to Egypt.' 35 This same Moses, whom they had rejected by saying, 'Who made you ruler and judge?'—this is the one God sent as ruler and deliverer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.