Luke 10:29

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

But wishing to justify himself, he asked Jesus, 'And who is my neighbor?'

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ δὲ, θέλων δικαιοῦν ἑαυτὸν, εἶπεν πρὸς τὸν Ἰησοῦν, Καὶ τίς ἐστίν μου πλησίον;

Transliteration

He de, thelōn dikaioun heauton, eipen pros the Iēsoun, And who estin of me plēsion?

Grammar Details

• *de*: postpositive conjunction - and/but
• *thelōn*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - wanting/wishing
• *dikaioun*: present active infinitive - to justify
• *heauton*: reflexive pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular - himself
• *eipen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd singular - said/spoke
• *pros*: preposition + accusative - to/toward
• *Iēsoun*: accusative, masculine, singular - Jesus
• *estin*: present active indicative, 3rd singular - is
• *plēsion*: adverb used as substantive - neighbor

Word Meanings

• *thelōn*: wanting/wishing/desiring
• *dikaioun*: to justify/vindicate/prove right
• *heauton*: himself
• *eipen*: said/spoke/told
• *pros*: to/toward/with
• *Iēsoun*: Jesus
• *plēsion*: neighbor/fellow person

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor?

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  But he, desiring to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbor?

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  He willinge to iustifie him silfe sayde vnto Iesus: Who is then my neghbour?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But he wolde haue iustified himself, & sayde vnto Iesus: Who is then my neghboure?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But he willing to iustifie himselfe, said vnto Iesus, Who is then my neighbour?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But he, wyllyng to iustifie hym selfe, said vnto Iesus: and who is my neighbour?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But he, desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, "Who is my neighbor?"

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And he, willing to declare himself righteous, said unto Jesus, `And who is my neighbour?'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But he, desiring to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbor?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But he, desiring to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbor?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But he, desiring to put himself in the right, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbour?

• World English Bible (2000)

  But he, desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, "Who is my neighbor?"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But the expert, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus,“And who is my neighbor?”

Referenced Verses

• Luke 16:15 : 15 Jesus said to them, "You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight."
• Luke 18:9-9 : 9 Jesus also told this parable to some who trusted in their own righteousness and treated others with contempt: 10 'Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector.' 11 'The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, 'God, I thank you that I am not like other people: robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.'
• Rom 4:2 : 2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about—but not before God.
• Rom 10:3 : 3 For they are ignorant of the righteousness of God and seek to establish their own; they have not submitted to God’s righteousness.
• Gal 3:11 : 11 Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, 'The righteous will live by faith.'
• Jas 2:24 : 24 You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.
• Lev 19:34 : 34 Treat the foreigner residing among you as your native-born and love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
• Job 32:2 : 2 Then Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, from the family of Ram, became very angry. His anger burned against Job for justifying himself rather than God.
• Matt 5:43-44 : 43 You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
• Luke 10:36 : 36 Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?