Galatians 3:1

Bishops' Bible (1568)

O foolishe Galathians, who hath bewitched you, that ye shoulde not obey ye trueth? To whom Iesus Christe was described before the eyes, & among you crucified.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Ὦ ἀνόητοι Γαλάται, τίς ὑμᾶς ἐβάσκανεν, τῇ ἀληθείᾳ μὴ πείθεσθαι, οἷς κατʼ ὀφθαλμοὺς Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς προεγράφη, ἐν ὑμῖν ἐσταυρωμένος;

Transliteration

O anoētoi Galatai, who you ebaskanen, the alētheia not to peithesthai, before whose ophthalmous Iēsous Christos was proegraphē, among you having been estaurōmenos?

Grammar Details

• *anoētoi*: vocative, masculine, plural - foolish/unthinking
• *Galatai*: vocative, masculine, plural - Galatians
• *ebaskanen*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person, singular - bewitched/fascinated/cast evil eye upon
• *alētheia*: dative, feminine, singular - truth
• *peithesthai*: present, middle/passive, infinitive - to obey/be persuaded
• *ophthalmous*: accusative, masculine, plural - eyes
• *Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
• *Christos*: nominative, masculine, singular - Christ/Messiah/Anointed One
• *proegraphē*: aorist, passive, indicative, 3rd person, singular - was portrayed/publicly displayed/written beforehand
• *estaurōmenos*: perfect, passive, participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having been crucified

Word Meanings

• *anoētoi*: foolish/senseless/unthinking
• *ebaskanen*: bewitched/cast an evil eye upon/charmed/fascinated
• *peithesthai*: to obey/be persuaded/trust/comply with
• *proegraphē*: was portrayed publicly/was placarded/was written beforehand
• *estaurōmenos*: crucified/executed on a cross

Referenced Verses

• Heb 5:9 : 9 And being perfect, was made the aucthour of eternall saluation vnto al them that obey hym:
• Heb 11:8 : 8 By fayth Abraham when he was called, obeyed, to go out into a place whiche he shoulde afterwarde receaue to inheritaunce: and he went out, not knowyng whyther he shoulde go.
• 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 Euen ye which haue purified your soules through the spirite in obeying the trueth, with brotherly loue vnfayned, see that ye loue one another with a pure heart feruentlye:
• 1 Pet 4:17 : 17 For the tyme is come that iudgement must begin at the house of God. Yf it first begin at vs, what shall the ende be of them whiche beleue not the Gospell of God?
• 2 Pet 2:18 : 18 For when they haue spoken the great swellyng wordes of vanitie, they entice through lustes in the voluptuousnesse of the fleshe, them that were cleane escaped, from them whiche are wrapped in errour,
• Rev 2:20 : 20 Notwithstandyng, I haue a fewe thynges agaynst thee, because thou sufferest that woman Iesabel, which called her selfe a prophetisse, to teache, and to deceaue my seruauntes, to make them commit fornication, and to eate meates offred vp vnto idols.
• Rev 13:13-14 : 13 And he dyd great wonders, so that he made fyre come downe from heauen on the earth in the syght of men. 14 And deceaued them that dwelt on the earth, by the meanes of those signes which he had power to do in the syght of the beast, saying to them that dwelt on the earth, that they shoulde make the image of the beast which had the wounde of a sworde, and dyd lyue.
• Rev 18:3 : 3 For all nations haue dronken of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, & the kinges of the earth haue committed fornication with her, & the marchauntes of the earth are waxed riche of the aboundaunce of her pleasures.
• Deut 32:6 : 6 Do ye so rewarde the Lord, O foolishe nation and vnwise? Is not he thy father that hath bought thee? Hath he nat made thee, and ordeyned thee?
• 1 Sam 13:13 : 13 And Samuel sayd to Saul: Thou art become a foole, thou hast not kept the commaundemet of the Lord thy God which he commauded thee: For at this time woulde the Lorde haue stablished thy kingdome vpon Israel for euer.
• Matt 7:26 : 26 And euery one that heareth of me these sayinges, and doeth them not, shalbe lykened vnto a foolyshe man, which buylt his house vpon the sande:
• Matt 24:24 : 24 For there shall aryse false Christes, and false prophetes, and shall shewe great signes, and wonders: In so much, that yf it were possible, the very elect, shoulde be deceaued.
• Luke 24:25 : 25 And he sayde vnto them: O fooles and slowe of heart, to beleue all that the prophetes haue spoken.
• Acts 6:7 : 7 And the worde of God encreased, & the number of ye disciples multiplied in Hierusalem greatly, and a great companie of the priestes were obedient to ye fayth.
• Acts 8:9-9 : 9 But there was a certayne man called Simon, which beforetyme in the same citie vsed witchcraft, and bewitched the people of Samaria, saying that he was a man that coulde do great thynges: 10 Whom they regarded from the least to the greatest, saying: This man is the great power of God. 11 And hym they sette much by, because that of long tyme he had bewitched the with sorseries.
• Rom 2:8 : 8 But vnto them that are contentious, & that do not obey the trueth, but obey vnrighteousnes shall come indignation, and wrath.
• Rom 6:17 : 17 But God be thanked, that ye were the seruautes of sinne: but ye haue obeyed with heart the fourme of doctrine, into the which ye were brought vnto.
• Rom 10:16 : 16 But they haue not all obeyed ye Gospel. For Esaias sayth: Lorde, who hath beleued our sayinges?
• 1 Cor 1:23-24 : 23 But we preache Christe crucified, vnto the Iewes a stumblyng blocke, and vnto the Grekes foolyshnesse: 24 But vnto them which are called both of the Iewes and Grekes we preache Christe the power of God, and the wisedome of God.
• 1 Cor 2:2 : 2 For I esteemed not to knowe any thyng among you saue Iesus Christe, and hym crucified.
• 1 Cor 11:26 : 26 For as often as ye shal eate this bread, and drynke this cup, ye shall shewe the Lordes death tyll he come.
• 2 Cor 10:5 : 5 Wherwith we ouerthrowe counsels, and euery hye thyng, that is exalted agaynst the knowledge of God, & bryng into captiuitie all imagination, to the obedience of Christe,
• 2 Cor 11:3 : 3 But I feare lest by any meanes, that as the serpent begyled Eue through his subtiltie, euen so your myndes shoulde be corrupted fro the singlenesse that is towarde Christe.
• 2 Cor 11:13-15 : 13 For such false Apostles are disceiptfull workers, transfourmed into ye Apostles of Christe. 14 And no maruayle, for Satan himselfe is transfourmed into an angel of lyght. 15 Therfore it is no great thyng though his ministers be transfourmed as the ministers of righteousnesse, whose ende shalbe accordyng to their workes.
• Gal 1:6 : 6 I maruayle, that ye are so soone turned from him that had called you in the grace of Christe, vnto another Gospell:
• Gal 2:14 : 14 But when I sawe that they went not the ryght way to the trueth of the Gospel, I saide vnto Peter before them all: If thou beyng a Iewe, lyuest after the maner of the gentiles, and not as do the Iewes: Why causest thou the gentiles to lyue as do the Iewes?
• Gal 3:3 : 3 Are ye such fooles, that after ye haue begun in the spirite, ye woulde nowe ende in the fleshe?
• Gal 4:9 : 9 But nowe after that ye haue knowen God, yea, rather are knowen of God, howe turne ye agayne vnto the weake and beggarly rudimentes, whervnto againe ye desire a freshe to be in bondage?
• Gal 5:7-8 : 7 Ye dyd runne well, who was a let vnto you, that ye should not obey ye trueth? 8 Not the perfection of hym that called you.
• Eph 3:8 : 8 Unto me the least of all saintes is this grace geuen, that I shoulde preache among the gentiles the vnsearchable ryches of Christe,
• Eph 4:14 : 14 That we hencefoorth be no more children, wauering and caryed about with euery wynde of doctrine, in the wylynesse of men, in craftynesse, to the laying wayte of deceyte.
• Eph 5:15 : 15 Take heede therfore howe ye walke circumspectlye: not as vnwyse, but as wyse,
• 2 Thess 1:8 : 8 In flamyng fire, rendryng vengeance vnto them that knowe not God, and that obey not the Gospell of our Lorde Iesus Christe.
• 2 Thess 2:9-9 : 9 Euen hym whose commyng is after the workyng of Satan, in all power & signes, and wonders, of lying, 10 And in all deceauablenesse of vnryghteousnesse, in them that peryshe: because they receaued not the loue of the trueth, that they myght be saued. 11 And therefore God shall sende them strong delusion, that they should beleue lyes: 12 That all they myght be dampned whiche beleued not the trueth, but had pleasure in vnryghteousnes.
• 1 Tim 6:4 : 4 He is puft vp, knowyng nothing, but dotyng about questions and strifes of wordes, wherof commeth enuie, stryfe, raylynges, euyll surmysynges,