Luke 24:47

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And that repentaunce and remission of sinnes shoulde be preached in his name among all nations, and must begyn at Hierusalem.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ κηρυχθῆναι ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ μετάνοιαν καὶ ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν εἰς πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, ἀρξάμενον ἀπὸ Ἰερουσαλήμ.

Transliteration

And kērychthēnai epi tō onomati of him metanoian and aphesin hamartiōn eis panta ta ethnē, arxamenon apo Ierousalēm.

Grammar Details

• *kērychthēnai*: aorist infinitive, passive - to be proclaimed/preached
• *epi*: preposition + dative - on/in
• *tō onomati*: dative, neuter, singular - the name
• *metanoian*: accusative, feminine, singular - repentance
• *aphesin*: accusative, feminine, singular - forgiveness/remission
• *hamartiōn*: genitive, feminine, plural - of sins
• *eis*: preposition + accusative - to/unto
• *panta*: accusative, neuter, plural - all
• *ta ethnē*: accusative, neuter, plural - the nations/Gentiles
• *arxamenon*: aorist participle, middle, accusative, neuter, singular - beginning
• *apo*: preposition + genitive - from
• *Ierousalēm*: genitive, feminine, singular - Jerusalem

Word Meanings

• *kērychthēnai*: to be proclaimed/preached/announced
• *epi tō onomati*: in/on the name
• *metanoian*: repentance/change of mind
• *aphesin*: forgiveness/remission/release
• *hamartiōn*: of sins/wrongdoings
• *ta ethnē*: the nations/Gentiles/peoples
• *arxamenon*: beginning/starting

Referenced Verses

• Acts 5:31 : 31 Hym hath God lyft vp with his ryght hande, to be a prince and a sauiour, for to geue repentaunce to Israel, and forgeuenesse of sinnes.
• Matt 28:19 : 19 Go ye therfore, & teache all nations, baptizing them in the name of the father, and of the sonne, and of the holye ghost:
• 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.
• Mal 1:11 : 11 From the rysing of the sunne vnto the going downe of the same my name is great among the gentiles, and in euery place incense shalbe offred to my name, & a pure offering: for my name is great among the very heathen, saith the Lord of hoastes.
• Acts 11:18 : 18 When they hearde these thynges, they helde their peace, and glorified God, saying: Then hath God also to ye Gentiles, graunted repentaunce vnto lyfe.
• Acts 13:46 : 46 Then Paul and Barnabas wared bolde, and sayde: It was meete that the worde of God shoulde first haue ben spoken to you: but seeyng ye put it from you, and thynke your selues vnworthy of euerlastyng lyfe, loe, we turne to the Gentiles,
• Ps 22:27 : 27 All the endes of the worlde shall remember them selues and be turned vnto God: and all the kinredes of the nations shall worshyp before thy face.
• Isa 49:6 : 6 And he sayde: It is but a small thyng that thou art my seruaunt to set vp the kinredes of Iacob, and to restore the destruction of Israel: For I haue made thee the lyght of the gentiles, that thou mayest be my health vnto the ende of the worlde.
• Acts 20:21 : 21 Witnessyng both to the Iewes & also to the Grekes, the repentaunce that is towarde God, and the fayth whiche is towarde our Lorde Iesus.
• Acts 26:18 : 18 To open their eyes, that they may be turned from darknesse to lyght, & from the power of Satan vnto God, that they may receaue forgeuenes of sinnes, & inheritaunce among them which are sanctified by fayth that is towarde me.
• Rom 15:8-9 : 8 And I say, that Iesus Christe was a minister of the circumcisio for the trueth of God, to confirme the promise made vnto the fathers: 9 And that the gentiles myght prayse God for his mercie, as it is written: For this cause I wyll praise thee among the gentiles, and syng vnto thy name. 10 And againe he saith: Reioyce ye gentiles with his people. 11 And againe: praise the Lord al ye gentiles, & laude him al ye people together. 12 And againe Esaias saith: There shalbe the roote of Iesse, and he that shall rise to raigne ouer the gentiles, in hym shall the gentiles trust. 13 The God of hope, fyll you with al ioy and peace in beleuyng, that ye may be riche in hope, through the power of the holy ghost. 14 I my selfe am perswaded of you my brethre, that ye also are full of goodnes, and fylled with all knowledge, able also to exhort one another. 15 Neuerthelesse brethren, I haue somewhat more boldly written vnto you, to put you in remembraunce, through the grace that is geuen me of God, 16 That I should be the minister of Iesus Christe, to the gentiles, and shoulde minister the Gospell of God, that the offeryng of the gentiles might be acceptable, and sanctified by the holy ghost.
• Gen 12:3 : 3 I wyll also blesse them that blesse thee, and curse the that curseth thee: and in thee shall all kinredes of the earth be blessed.
• 1 John 2:12 : 12 Babes I write vnto you, because your sinnes are forgeuen you for his names sake.
• Dan 9:24 : 24 Seuetie weekes are determined ouer thy people, & ouer thy holy citie, to finish the wickednes, and to seale vp ye sinnes, and to reconcile the iniquitie, & to bring in euerlasting righteousnes, to seale vp the vision and prophecie, & to annoynt the most holy.
• Hos 2:23 : 23 And I wyll sowe her for my selfe in the earth, and wyll haue mercy vpon her that had not obtayned mercy: And to them whiche were not my people, I wyll say, Thou art my people: and they shall say, Thou art my God.
• Matt 3:2 : 2 Repent, for the kingdome of heauen is at hande.
• Matt 8:10-11 : 10 When Iesus hearde him, he marueyled, & sayde to them that folowed him: Ueryly I say vnto you, I haue not founde so great fayth in Israel. 11 I say vnto you, that many shall come from the east and west, and shall rest with Abraham, and Isaac, & Iacob, in the kyngdome of heauen.
• Matt 9:13 : 13 Go ye, and learne what that meaneth, I wyll haue mercie, and not sacrifice: for I am not come, to call the righteous, but sinners to repentaunce.
• Matt 10:5-6 : 5 Iesus sent foorth these twelue, who he comaunded, saying. Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into the citie of the Samaritanes enter ye not. 6 But go rather to the lost sheepe of the house of Israel.
• Acts 3:19 : 19 Repent ye therfore and conuert, that your sinnes may be done away, when the tyme of refreshyng shall come, in the presence of the Lorde.
• Acts 3:25-26 : 25 Ye are the chyldren of the prophetes, and of the couenaunt which God made vnto our fathers, saying to Abraham: Euen in thy seede shall all the kinredes of the earth be blessed. 26 Unto you first, God hath raysed vp his sonne Iesus, and hath sent hym to blesse you, in turnyng euery one of you from his iniquities.
• Acts 4:12 : 12 Neither is there saluation in any other. For among men vnder heauen, there is geuen none other name, wherin we must be saued.
• Acts 17:30-31 : 30 And the tyme of this ignoraunce God wyncked at: but nowe byddeth all men euery where to repent: 31 Because he hath appoynted a day in the which he wyll iudge the worlde in ryghteousnesse, by that man by whom he hath appoynted, and hath offered fayth to all men, in that he hath raysed hym from the dead.
• Acts 18:5-6 : 5 And when Silas and Timotheus were come fro Macedonia, Paul was constrayned by the spirite to testifie to the Iewes that Iesus was Christe. 6 And when they sayde contrary, and blasphemed, he shoke his rayment, & said vnto them: Your blood be vpon your owne heades. From hencefoorth wyll I go blamelesse vnto the gentiles.
• Acts 13:38-39 : 38 Be it knowen vnto you therfore, ye men & brethren, that through this man is preached vnto you the forgeuenesse of sinnes, 39 And that by hym, all that beleue, are iustified from all thynges, from which ye coulde not be iustified by the lawe of Moyses.
• Luke 13:34 : 34 O Hierusalem, Hierusalem, which kyllest prophetes, and stonest them that are sent vnto thee, howe often woulde I haue gathered thy children together, as a henne doth gather her young vnder her wynges, and ye woulde not?
• Acts 10:43 : 43 To hym geue all the prophetes witnesse, that through his name whosoeuer beleueth in hym, shall receaue remission of sinnes.
• Acts 10:46-48 : 46 For they hearde them speake with tounges, & magnifie God. Then aunswered Peter: 47 Can any man forbid water, that these shoulde not be baptized, which haue receaued the holy ghost aswell as we? 48 And he commaunded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tary certaine dayes.
• Hos 11:8 : 8 Howe shall I geue thee vp Ephraim? howe shal I deliuer thee Israel? howe shall I make thee as Adama? howe shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentinges are kindled within me.
• Mic 4:2 : 2 Yea, the multitude of the Gentiles shall haste them thither, saying: Come, let vs go vp the to hill of the Lorde, and to the house of the God of Iacob, and he shall teache vs his wayes, and we wyll walke in his pathes: for the lawe shall come out of Sion, and the word of God from Hierusalem.
• Isa 49:22 : 22 And therfore thus saith the Lorde God: Beholde, I wyll stretch out my hande vnto the gentiles, and set vp my token to the people, they shall bryng thee thy sonnes in their lappes, and cary thy daughters vnto thee vpon their shoulders.
• Isa 52:10 : 10 The Lorde hath made bare his holy arme, and shewed it foorth in the syght of all the gentiles, and all the endes of the earth hath seene the sauyng health of our God.
• Isa 52:15 : 15 Euen so shall the multitude of the gentiles speake of him, and kynges shall shut their mouthes before hym: for they haue seene that which was not tolde to them, and haue vnderstande that wherof they had not hearde.
• Isa 60:1-3 : 1 Get thee vp betymes, and be bright O Hierusalem for thy light commeth, and the glorie of the Lord is risen vp vpon thee. 2 For lo, whyle the darknesse & cloude couereth the earth and the people, the Lorde shall shewe thee light, and his glory shalbe seene in thee. 3 The gentiles shall come to thy light, & kinges to the brightnesse that springeth foorth vpon thee.
• Isa 66:18-21 : 18 For I do knowe their workes and thoughtes, and I wyll come to gather all people and tongues: then they shall come and see my glorie. 19 Unto them shall I geue a token, and sende certayne of the that be deliuered among the gentiles, into Cilicia, Affrica, and Lydia, where men can handle bowes, into Italie, and also Greeke lande: The Isles farre of that haue not hearde speake of me, and haue not seene my glorie, shall preache my prayse among the gentiles. 20 And shall bryng all your brethren for an offeryng vnto the Lorde out of all the people, vpon horses, charettes, and horslitters, vpon mules and cartes, to Hierusalem my holy hil saith the Lord: lyke as the children of Israel bryng the offeryng in cleane vessels to the house of the Lorde. 21 And I shal take out certayne of them for to be priestes and Leuites, saith the Lorde.
• Jer 31:34 : 34 And from thencefoorth shall no man teache his neighbour or his brother, and say, Knowe the Lorde: but they shal all knowe me from the lowest vnto the hyest, saith the Lorde: for I wyll forgeue their misdeedes, and wyll neuer remember their sinnes any more.
• Ps 67:2-4 : 2 That thy way may be knowen vpon the earth: thy saluation among all nations. 3 Then wyll the people prayse thee O Lorde: yea all the people wyll prayse thee. 4 The Gentiles will reioyce & triumph: for thou wylt iudge the people, and gouerne the gentiles vpon the earth, according to equitie. Selah.
• Ps 67:7 : 7 The Lorde will blesse vs: and all the endes of the worlde shall feare him.
• Ps 86:9 : 9 All nations whom thou hast made, shall come and worship thee O Lorde: and shall glorifie thy name.
• Ps 98:1-3 : 1 A psalme. Syng vnto God a newe song: for he hath done marueylous thynges. With his owne right hande and with his holy arme: he hath gotten to hym selfe the victorie. 2 God hath declared his saluation: he hath openly shewed his iustice in the syght of the heathen. 3 He hath remembred his mercie and trueth towarde the house of Israel: and all the endes of the worlde haue seene the saluation of our Lorde.
• Ps 117:1-2 : 1 O prayse God all ye heathen: prayse hym all ye nations. 2 For his mercifull kyndnesse is euer more and more towarde vs: and the trueth of God endureth for euer. Prayse ye the Lorde.
• Isa 2:1-3 : 1 The selfe same worde that Esai the sonne of Amos sawe vpon Iuda and Hierusalem. 2 And this shall come to passe in the latter dayes: the hyll of the Lordes house shalbe prepared in the heyght of the mountaynes, and shalbe hygher then the hylles, and all nations shall preasse vnto hym. 3 And a multitude of people shall go, speakyng thus one to another come, let vs ascende to the hyll of the Lorde, to the house of the God of Iacob, and he wyll instruct vs of his wayes, and we wyll walke in his pathes: for out of Sion shall come a lawe, and the worde of the Lorde from Hierusalem:
• Isa 5:4 : 4 What more coulde haue ben done for it, that I haue not done? Wherfore then hath it geuen wylde grapes, where I loked to haue had grapes of it?
• Isa 11:10 : 10 And in that day shall the gentiles enquire after the roote of Iesse, whiche shalbe set vp for a token vnto the people, and his rest shalbe glorious.
• Eph 1:6 : 6 To the prayse of the glorie of his grace, wherein he hath made vs accepted in the beloued.
• 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,
• Col 1:27 : 27 To whom God woulde make knowe what is the riches of the glorie of this misterie among the gentiles, which is Christe in you, the hope of glorie:
• Acts 26:20 : 20 But shewed first vnto them of Damascus, & at Hierusalem, and throughout all the coastes of Iurie, and then to the gentiles, that they shoulde repent, and turne to God, and do such workes as become them that repent.
• Acts 28:28 : 28 Be it knowen therfore vnto you, that this saluation of God is sent to the gentiles, and they shall heare it.
• Rom 5:20 : 20 But the lawe in the meane tyme entred in, that sinne shoulde encrease. But where sinne was plenteous, grace was more plenteous.
• Rom 10:12-18 : 12 There is no difference betwene the Iewe & the Greke: for the same Lorde ouer al, is riche vnto al yt call vpon him. 13 For whosoeuer shall call on the name of the Lorde, shalbe saued. 14 Howe then shall they call on hym, on whom they haue not beleued? Howe shall they beleue on hym of whom they haue not hearde? Howe shal they heare, without a preacher? 15 And howe shall they preache, except they be sent? As it is written: Howe beautifull are the feete of them whiche bryng good tydynges of peace, & bryng good tydynges of good thynges. 16 But they haue not all obeyed ye Gospel. For Esaias sayth: Lorde, who hath beleued our sayinges? 17 So then fayth commeth by hearyng, and hearyng commeth by the worde of God. 18 But I aske: Haue they not hearde? No doubt, their sounde went out into all landes, and their wordes into the endes of the worlde.
• Rom 11:26-27 : 26 And so all Israel shalbe saued, as it is written: There shall come out of Sion he that doth delyuer, and shall turne away vngodlynesse from Iacob. 27 And this is my couenaunt vnto them, when I shall take away their sinnes.