Luke 11:13

Bishops' Bible (1568)

If ye then, being euyll, can geue good gyftes vnto your chyldren, howe muche more shall your father of heauen geue the holy spirite, to them that desire it of hym.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἰ οὖν, ὑμεῖς πονηροὶ ὑπάρχοντες, οἴδατε δόματα ἀγαθὰ διδόναι τοῖς τέκνοις ὑμῶν: πόσῳ μᾶλλον ὁ Πατὴρ ὁ ἐξ οὐρανοῦ δώσει Πνεῦμα Ἅγιον τοῖς αἰτοῦσιν αὐτόν;

Transliteration

If oun, you ponēroi hyparchontes, oidate domata agatha didonai to the teknois of you: how much more the Patēr from ouranou dōsei Pneuma Hagion to the ones aitousin him?

Grammar Details

• *oun*: postpositive conjunction - therefore/then
• *ponēroi*: nominative, masculine, plural - evil/wicked
• *hyparchontes*: present participle, active, nominative, masculine, plural - being/existing
• *oidate*: perfect indicative, active, 2nd plural - you know
• *domata*: accusative, neuter, plural - gifts
• *agatha*: accusative, neuter, plural - good
• *didonai*: present infinitive, active - to give
• *teknois*: dative, neuter, plural - children
• *Patēr*: nominative, masculine, singular - Father
• *ouranou*: genitive, masculine, singular - heaven
• *dōsei*: future indicative, active, 3rd singular - will give
• *Pneuma*: accusative, neuter, singular - Spirit
• *Hagion*: accusative, neuter, singular - Holy
• *aitousin*: present participle, active, dative, masculine, plural - asking

Word Meanings

• *ponēroi*: evil/wicked/bad
• *hyparchontes*: being/existing/belonging
• *oidate*: know/understand/comprehend
• *domata*: gifts/presents
• *agatha*: good/beneficial/valuable
• *didonai*: to give/to grant/to bestow
• *teknois*: children/offspring/descendants
• *Patēr*: Father/progenitor
• *ouranou*: heaven/sky/celestial realm
• *dōsei*: will give/will grant/will bestow
• *Pneuma*: Spirit/breath/wind
• *Hagion*: Holy/set apart/sacred
• *aitousin*: asking/requesting

Referenced Verses

• Matt 7:11 : 11 If ye then, beyng euyll, knowe to geue your chyldren good gyftes: howe much more shall your father, which is in heauen, geue good thynges, to them that aske hym?
• John 4:10 : 10 Iesus aunswered, and sayde vnto her: yf thou knewest the gyft of God, & who it is that sayeth to thee geue me drynke, thou wouldest haue asked of hym, and he woulde haue geuen thee water of lyfe.
• Ezek 36:27 : 27 I wyll geue my spirite among you, and cause you to walke in my comaundementes, and ye shall kepe my iudgementes and do them.
• Rom 7:18 : 18 For I knowe, that in me, that is to say in my fleshe, dwelleth no good thyng. For to wyll, is present with me: but I fynde no meanes to perfourme that which is good.
• Rom 8:32 : 32 Which spared not his owne sonne, but gaue hym for vs all: Howe shall he not with hym also geue vs all thynges?
• Heb 12:9-9 : 9 Furthermore, we haue had fathers of our fleshe, which corrected vs, and we gaue them reuerence: Shall we not then much rather be in subiection vnto the father of spirites, and lyue? 10 For they veryly, for a fewe dayes, chastened vs after their owne pleasure: but he, for our profite, that we myght be partakers of his holynesse.
• 2 Cor 3:9-9 : 9 For yf the ministration of condempnation be glorie: much more doth the ministration of ryghteousnes exceede in glorie. 10 For euen that which was glorified, is not glorified in respect of this exceedyng glorie. 11 For yf that whiche is destroyed was glorious, much more that which remayneth is glorious.
• Prov 1:23 : 23 O turne you at my correction: lo I wyll expresse my mynde vnto you, and make you vnderstande my wordes.
• Isa 44:3-4 : 3 For I shall powre water vpon the drye grounde, and riuers vpon the thirstie: I shall powre my spirite vpon thy seede, and my blessing vpon thy stocke: 4 They shall growe together lyke as the grasse, and as the willowes by the waters side.
• John 7:37-39 : 37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Iesus stoode and cryed, saying: Yf any man thirste, let him come vnto me and drynke: 38 He that beleueth on me, as saith the scripture, out of his belly shall flowe ryuers of water of lyfe. 39 (But this spake he of the spirite, which they yt beleue on hym, should receaue. For the holy ghost was not yet there because Iesus was not yet glorified.)
• Rom 5:9-9 : 9 Muche more then nowe, we that are iustified by his blood, shalbe saued from wrath through hym. 10 For, yf when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his sonne: much more, seyng we are reconciled, we shalbe saued by his lyfe.
• Rom 5:17 : 17 For yf by the sinne of one, death raigned by the meanes of one: much more they, whiche receaue aboundaunce of grace, and of the gyfte of ryghteousnes, shall raigne in life by the meanes of one, Iesus Christe.
• Acts 2:38 : 38 Then Peter sayde vnto them: Repent, and be baptized euery one of you in the name of Iesus Christe, for the remission of sinnes, and ye shall receaue the gyft of the holy ghost.
• Luke 11:2 : 2 And he said vnto them, When ye pray, say: O our father which art in heauen, halowed be thy name, thy kyngdome come, thy wyll be fulfylled, euen in earth also, as it is in heauen.
• Luke 15:30-32 : 30 But assoone as this thy sonne was come, which hath deuoured thy goodes with harlottes, thou hast for his pleasure kylled that fat calfe. 31 And he sayde vnto hym: Sonne, thou art euer with me, and all that I haue, is thyne, 32 It was meete that we shoulde make mery and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alyue agayne: and was lost, and is founde.
• John 3:5-6 : 5 Iesus aunswered: Ueryly, veryly, I say vnto thee, except a man be borne of water and of the spirite, he can not enter into the kyngdome of God. 6 That which is borne of the fleshe, is fleshe: and that which is borne of the spirite, is spirite.
• Isa 49:15 : 15 Will a woman forget her owne infant, and not pitie the sonne of her owne wombe? And though they do forget, yet wyll I not forget thee.
• Gen 8:21 : 21 And the Lorde smelled a sweete or quiet sauour, and the Lord sayde in his heart: I wyll not hencefoorth curse the grounde any more for mans sake, for the imagination of mans heart is euyll euen from his youth: neyther wyll I smyte any more euery thyng lyuyng, as I haue done.
• Job 15:14-16 : 14 What is man, that he should be cleane? and he which is borne of a woman, whereby he might be righteous? 15 Beholde he doth not trust his sainctes, yea, the very heauens are not cleane in his sight: 16 How much more then an abhominable and vyle man, which drincketh wickednesse like water.
• Ps 51:5 : 5 Beholde, I was ingendred in iniquitie: and in sinne my mother conceaued me.
• Joel 2:28 : 28 And it shall come to passe after this: I wyll powre out my spirite vpon all fleshe, and your sonnes and your daughters shall prophecie, your olde men shall dreame dreames, your young men shall see visions.
• Matt 5:16 : 16 Let your lyght so shyne before men, that they may see your good workes, and glorifie your father, whiche is in heauen.
• Matt 5:45 : 45 That ye may be the chyldren of your father, which is in heauen. For he maketh his sonne to aryse on the euyll, and on the good, and sendeth rayne on the iust, and on the vniust.
• Matt 6:14 : 14 For, yf ye forgeue men theyr trespasses, your heauenly father shall also forgeue you.
• Matt 6:30 : 30 Wherfore, yf God so clothe the grasse of the fielde, which though it stande to day, is to morowe cast into the ouen: shall he not much more do the same for you, O ye of litle fayth?
• Matt 6:32 : 32 (For after all these thynges, do the Gentiles seke:) for your heauenly father knoweth, that ye haue nede of all these thynges.
• Titus 3:3 : 3 For we our selues also were some tyme foolyshe, disobedient, deceaued, seruyng diuers lustes & voluptuousnes, lyuyng in maliciousnesse and enuie, full of hate, hatyng one another.
• Gen 6:5-6 : 5 But God sawe that the malice of man was great in the earth, and all the imagination of the thoughtes of his heart was only euyll euery day. 6 And it repented the Lord that he had made man vpon the earth, & he was touched with sorowe in his heart.