Luke 6:23

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Rejoice in that day and leap for joy! For behold, your reward is great in heaven, for that is how their ancestors treated the prophets.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Χαίρετε ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ, καὶ σκιρτήσατε: ἰδοὺ, γάρ, ὁ μισθὸς ὑμῶν πολὺς ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ: κατὰ ταῦτα γὰρ ἐποίουν τοῖς προφήταις οἱ πατέρες αὐτῶν.

Transliteration

Chairete in ekeinē the hēmera, and skirtēsate: idou, gar, the misthos of you polys in the ouranō: kata tauta gar epoioun to the prophētais the pateres of them.

Grammar Details

• *Chairete*: verb, present active imperative, 2nd person plural - rejoice!/be glad!
• *ekeinē*: demonstrative pronoun, dative, feminine, singular - that
• *hēmera*: noun, dative, feminine, singular - day
• *skirtēsate*: verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person plural - leap/dance for joy!
• *idou*: interjection - behold/look/see!
• *gar*: conjunction - for/because
• *misthos*: noun, nominative, masculine, singular - reward/wage
• *polys*: adjective, nominative, masculine, singular - great/much/many
• *ouranō*: noun, dative, masculine, singular - heaven
• *kata*: preposition - according to/in the same way as
• *tauta*: demonstrative pronoun, accusative, neuter, plural - these things
• *epoioun*: verb, imperfect active, 3rd person plural - they were doing
• *prophētais*: noun, dative, masculine, plural - to prophets
• *pateres*: noun, nominative, masculine, plural - fathers/ancestors

Word Meanings

• *Chairete*: rejoice/be glad/delight
• *skirtēsate*: leap for joy/dance/skip
• *idou*: behold/look/see (emphatic particle)
• *misthos*: reward/wage/payment
• *polys*: great/much/abundant
• *ouranō*: heaven/sky
• *epoioun*: they were doing/practicing (continuous past action)
• *prophētais*: prophets/those who speak for God
• *pateres*: fathers/ancestors/forefathers

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in like manner did their fathers to the prophets.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Rejoice{G5463} in{G1722} that{G1565} day,{G2250} and{G2532} leap [for joy]:{G4640} for{G1063} behold,{G2400} your{G5216} reward{G3408} is great{G4183} in{G1722} heaven;{G3772} for{G1063} in{G2596} the same{G5023} manner{G5024} did{G4160} their{G846} fathers{G3962} unto the prophets.{G4396}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Rejoice ye{G5463}{(G5720)} in{G1722} that{G1565} day{G2250}, and{G2532} leap for joy{G4640}{(G5657)}: for{G1063}, behold{G2400}{(G5628)}, your{G5216} reward{G3408} is great{G4183} in{G1722} heaven{G3772}: for{G1063} in{G2596} the like manner{G5024} did{G4160}{(G5707)} their{G846} fathers{G3962} unto the prophets{G4396}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Reioyse ye then and be gladde: for beholde youre rewarde is greate in heven. After this manner their fathers entreated the Prophetes.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Reioyse ye then, and be glad: for beholde, youre rewarde is greate in heauen. Euen thus dyd their fathers vnto the prophetes also.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Reioyce ye in that day, and be glad: for beholde, your reward is great in heauen: for after this maner their fathers did to the Prophets.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Reioyce ye in that day, and be glad: For beholde, your rewarde is great in heauen: For thus dyd their fathers vnto the prophetes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward› [is] ‹great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven, for their fathers did the same thing to the prophets.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  rejoice in that day, and leap, for lo, your reward `is' great in the heaven, for according to these things were their fathers doing to the prophets.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Rejoice in that day, and leap `for joy': for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for in the same manner did their fathers unto the prophets.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Rejoice in that day, and leap [for joy] : for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for in the same manner did their fathers unto the prophets.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Be glad in that day, and be lifted up for joy, for your reward in heaven will be great: for their fathers did these same things to the prophets.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven, for their fathers did the same thing to the prophets.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Rejoice in that day, and jump for joy, because your reward is great in heaven. For their ancestors did the same things to the prophets.

Referenced Verses

• Matt 5:12 : 12 Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
• 2 Chr 36:16 : 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD rose against His people beyond remedy.
• Rev 2:7 : 7 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.
• Rev 21:7 : 7 The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be their God, and they will be My child.
• Rev 2:10-11 : 10 Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life. 11 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who is victorious will not be harmed by the second death.
• Rev 2:17 : 17 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give that person a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to the one who receives it.
• Rev 2:26 : 26 To the one who is victorious and does my works to the end, I will give authority over the nations—
• Rev 3:5 : 5 The one who conquers will be clothed in white garments, and I will never blot out their name from the book of life. I will confess their name before my Father and before His angels.
• Rev 3:12 : 12 The one who conquers I will make a pillar in the temple of my God, and they will never go out again. I will write on them the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem that comes down from heaven from my God, and my new name.
• Neh 9:26 : 26 But they were disobedient and rebelled against You. They cast Your law behind their backs and killed Your prophets who warned them to turn back to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.
• Isa 35:6 : 6 Then the lame will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute will sing for joy. For waters will break forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert.
• Jer 2:30 : 30 In vain I have struck your children; they accepted no discipline. Your sword has devoured your prophets like a ravenous lion.
• 2 Sam 6:16 : 16 As the ark of the LORD entered the City of David, Michal, daughter of Saul, looked out from the window. When she saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, she despised him in her heart.
• 1 Kgs 18:4 : 4 When Jezebel was killing the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets, hidden them in two caves in groups of fifty, and provided them with bread and water.
• 1 Kgs 19:2 : 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, 'May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I don’t make your life like the life of one of them.'
• 1 Kgs 19:10 : 10 He replied, 'I have been very zealous for the LORD God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to take my life.'
• 1 Kgs 19:14 : 14 Elijah replied, 'I have been very zealous for the LORD God of Hosts, because the Israelites have abandoned your covenant, torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to take my life.'
• 1 Kgs 21:20 : 20 Ahab said to Elijah, 'So, have you found me, my enemy?' 'I have found you,' he answered, 'because you have devoted yourself to doing evil in the eyes of the LORD.'
• 1 Kgs 22:8 : 8 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, 'There is still one man through whom we can inquire of the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good about me, only bad. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah.' Jehoshaphat replied, 'The king should not say such a thing.'
• 1 Kgs 22:27 : 27 And say, ‘This is what the king says: Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water of affliction until I return safely.’
• 2 Kgs 6:31 : 31 He said, "May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders today!"
• Matt 6:1-2 : 1 Be careful not to practice your acts of charity before others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. 2 So, when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly, I tell you, they have received their reward in full.
• Matt 21:35-36 : 35 But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. 36 Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group, but they treated them the same way.
• Matt 23:31-37 : 31 So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets. 32 Fill up, then, the measure of your forefathers' sins! 33 You serpents, you brood of vipers! How can you escape being sentenced to hell? 34 Therefore, look, I am sending you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town, 35 so that upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 36 Truly, I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation. 37 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you! How often I have wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
• Luke 1:41 : 41 When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
• Luke 1:44 : 44 For behold, when the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.
• Luke 6:35 : 35 But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend without expecting anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
• Acts 3:8 : 8 He jumped to his feet, stood, and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple, walking, leaping, and praising God.
• Acts 5:41 : 41 So they went out from the presence of the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy to suffer disgrace for the name.
• Acts 7:51-52 : 51 You stiff-necked people! Your hearts and ears are still uncircumcised. You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors did. 52 Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, and now you have betrayed and murdered him—
• Acts 14:10 : 10 Paul said loudly, 'Stand upright on your feet!' And the man jumped up and began to walk.
• Rom 5:3 : 3 Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance.
• 2 Cor 12:10 : 10 Therefore, I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
• Col 1:24 : 24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.
• 1 Thess 2:14-15 : 14 For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, because you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews. 15 They killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and they drove us out. They do not please God and are hostile to everyone.
• 2 Thess 1:5-7 : 5 This is evidence of God's righteous judgment, so that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering. 6 Since it is just for God to repay those who trouble you with affliction, 7 and to give relief to you who are troubled, along with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his powerful angels.
• 2 Tim 2:12 : 12 If we endure, we will also reign with Him. If we deny Him, He will also deny us.
• 2 Tim 4:7-8 : 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, and I have kept the faith. 8 Now there is reserved for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me but also to all who have loved His appearing.
• Heb 11:6 : 6 And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for whoever comes to God must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.
• Heb 11:26 : 26 He regarded the reproach for the sake of Christ as greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking forward to the reward.
• Heb 11:32-39 : 32 And what more shall I say? Time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets, 33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions, 34 quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, gained strength out of weakness, became mighty in battle, and routed foreign armies. 35 Women received their dead raised to life again. Others were tortured, refusing to accept release, so that they might gain a better resurrection. 36 Still others experienced mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. 37 They were stoned, they were sawed in two, and they were killed with the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted, and mistreated. 38 The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts, and on mountains, and in caves and holes in the ground. 39 And all of these, though they were commended for their faith, did not receive what was promised.
• Jas 1:2 : 2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of various kinds,
• 1 Pet 4:13 : 13 But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.