Matthew 10:28

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And feare ye not them, which kyll the body, but are not able to kyll the soule. But rather feare hym, which is able to destroy both soule and body in hell.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ μὴ φοβηθῆτε ἀπὸ τῶν ἀποκτεννόντων τὸ σῶμα, τὴν δὲ ψυχὴν μὴ δυναμένων ἀποκτεῖναι: φοβηθήτε δὲ μᾶλλον τὸν δυνάμενον καὶ ψυχὴν καὶ σῶμα ἀπολέσαι ἐν γεέννῃ.

Transliteration

And mē phobēthēte from the ones apoktennontōn the sōma, the de psychēn mē dynamenōn apokteinai: phobēthēte de mallon the one dynamenon both psychēn and sōma apolesai in geennē.

Grammar Details

• *mē*: negative particle - not
• *phobēthēte*: aorist passive subjunctive, 2nd plural - fear/be afraid
• *apoktennontōn*: present active participle, genitive masculine plural - killing
• *sōma*: accusative neuter singular - body
• *de*: postpositive particle - but/and
• *psychēn*: accusative feminine singular - soul/life
• *dynamenōn*: present middle participle, genitive masculine plural - being able
• *apokteinai*: aorist active infinitive - to kill
• *mallon*: comparative adverb - rather/more
• *dynamenon*: present middle participle, accusative masculine singular - being able
• *apolesai*: aorist active infinitive - to destroy
• *geennē*: dative feminine singular - hell/Gehenna

Word Meanings

• *phobēthēte*: fear/be afraid of/be frightened by
• *apoktennontōn*: killing/slaying/murdering
• *sōma*: body/physical form
• *psychēn*: soul/life/inner self
• *dynamenōn*: being able/having power
• *apokteinai*: to kill/slay/put to death
• *mallon*: rather/more/instead
• *dynamenon*: being able/having power
• *apolesai*: to destroy/ruin/cause to perish
• *geennē*: hell/Gehenna/place of punishment

Referenced Verses

• Isa 8:12-13 : 12 Ye shall not speake wordes of conspiracie in all thinges, when this people shall say conspiracie: feare them not, neither be afraide of them. 13 But sanctifie the Lorde of hoastes, let him be your feare and dread.
• Luke 12:4-5 : 4 And I say vnto you my friendes, be not afrayde of them that kyll the body, and after that, haue no more that they can do. 5 But I wyll forewarne you who you shall feare: Feare hym, which after he hath killed, hath power to cast into hell, yea I say vnto you, feare hym.
• Isa 51:12 : 12 Yea I, euen I am he that in all thynges geueth you consolation: What art thou then that fearest a mortall man & the childe of man, which goeth away as doth the floure?
• 2 Thess 1:8-9 : 8 In flamyng fire, rendryng vengeance vnto them that knowe not God, and that obey not the Gospell of our Lorde Iesus Christe. 9 Which shalbe punisshed with euerlastyng dampnation, from the presence of the Lorde, & fro the glorie of his power: 10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saintes, and to be made marueylous in all them that beleue (because our testimonie toward you was beleued) in that day.
• Rom 8:35-39 : 35 Who shall seperate vs from the loue of God? Shall tribulation or anguishe, or persecution, either hunger, either nakednesse, either peryll, either sworde? 36 As it is written: For thy sake are we kylled all daye long, and are counted as sheepe for the slaughter. 37 Neuerthelesse, in all these thinges we ouercome, through hym that loued vs. 38 For I am sure, that neither death, neither lyfe, neither angels, nor rule, neither power, neither thynges present, neither thynges to come, 39 Neither heygth nor deapth, neither any other creature, shalbe able to seperate vs from the loue of God, which is in Christe Iesu our Lorde.
• Heb 10:31 : 31 It is a fearefull thyng to fall into the handes of the lyuyng God.
• Heb 12:28-29 : 28 Wherfore, we receauyng a kingdome which can not be moued, let vs haue grace, wherby we may so serue God acceptablie, with reuerence & godly feare. 29 For our God is a consumyng fyre.
• Jas 4:12 : 12 There is one lawe geuer, which is able to saue and to destroy. What art thou that iudgest another?
• Rev 2:10 : 10 Feare none of those thynges, which thou shalt suffer: Beholde, the deuyll shall caste some of you into prison, to tempt you, and ye shall haue tribulation ten dayes. Be faythfull vnto the death, and I wyll geue thee a crowne of lyfe.
• Luke 16:22-26 : 22 And it came to passe, that the begger dyed, and was caryed by the Angels into Abrahams bosome. The riche man also dyed, and was buryed. 23 And beyng in hell in tormentes, he lyft vp his eyes, and sawe Abraham a farre of, and Lazarus in his bosome, 24 And he cryed and sayde: father Abraham, haue mercie on me, and sende Lazarus that he may dippe the tippe of his fynger in water, and coole my tongue: for I am tormented in this flambe. 25 But Abraham sayde: Sonne, remember that thou in thy lyfe tyme, receauedst thy pleasure, and lykewyse Lazarus paynes: But nowe is he comforted, and thou art tormented. 26 Beyonde all this, betweene vs & you there is a great gulfe set, so that they which woulde go from hence to you, can not, neither may come from thence to vs.
• Eccl 5:7 : 7 And why? wheras are many dreames and many wordes, there are also diuers vanities: but loke that thou feare God.
• Jer 5:22 : 22 Feare ye not me, saith the Lorde? will ye not tremble at my presence? which bynde the sea with the sande by a continuall decree, so that it can not passe his boundes: for though it rage, yet can it do nothing, and though the waues therof do swell, yet may they not go ouer.
• Eccl 8:12-13 : 12 Because an euyll person offendeth an hundred tymes, and God deferreth, geuing hym long life, therefore am I sure that it shall go well with them that feare God, whiche haue hym before their eyes. 13 Againe, as for the vngodly it shall not be well with him, neither shall he prolong his dayes: but euen as a shadowe, so shall he be that feareth not God.
• Isa 51:7 : 7 Hearken vnto me ye that haue knowledge in ryghteousnesse, thou people that bearest my lawe in thyne heart: feare not the reuilynges of men, be not afrayde of their blasphemies.
• Isa 66:2 : 2 As for these thynges, my hande hath made them all, and they are all created saith the Lorde: which of them shall I then regarde? Euen hym that is poore and of a lowly troubled spirite, and standeth in awe of my wordes.
• Matt 25:46 : 46 And these shall go into euerlastyng payne: the ryghteous into lyfe eternall.
• 1 Pet 3:14 : 14 Yea, happy are ye if any trouble happen vnto you for ryghteousnes sake: Be not ye afrayde for any terrour of them, neither be ye troubled:
• Heb 11:35 : 35 The women receaued their dead, raysed to lyfe agayne: Other were racked, not lokyng for deliueraunce, that they might receaue a better resurrectio.
• Ps 119:120 : 120 My fleshe trembleth for feare of thee: and I am afrayde of thy iudgementes.
• 2 Tim 4:6-8 : 6 For I am nowe redie to be offered, & the tyme of my dissolution is at hande. 7 I haue fought a good fyght, I haue fulfylled my course, I haue kept ye faith. 8 Hencefoorth there is layde vp for me a crowne of ryghteousnesse, which the Lorde, the ryghteous iudge, shall geue me at that day: not to me only, but vnto the also yt haue loued his appearyng.
• Rev 20:10-15 : 10 And the deuyll that deceaued them, was cast into a lake of fire & brymstone, where the beast and the false prophete shalbe tormented day & nyght for euermore. 11 And I sawe a great whyte throne, and him that sate on it, fro whose face fledde away both the earth and heauen, and their place was no more founde. 12 And I sawe the dead both great and small stand before God, and the bookes were opened: and another booke was opened, which is the booke of lyfe, and the dead were iudged of those thynges whiche were written in the bookes, accordyng to their deedes. 13 And the sea gaue vp her dead whiche were in her, and death and hell delyuered vp the dead whiche were in them: and they were iudged euery man accordyng to his deedes. 14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fyre. This is the seconde death. 15 And whosoeuer was not founde written in the booke of lyfe, was cast into the lake of fire.
• Mark 9:43-48 : 43 And yf thy hande offende thee, cut it of: It is better for thee to enter into lyfe maymed, then hauyng two handes, to go into hell, into fire that neuer shalbe quenched: 44 Where their worme dyeth not, & the fire goeth not out. 45 And yf thy foote offende thee, cut it of: It is better for thee to go halt into lyfe, then hauyng two feete, to be cast into hell, into fire that neuer shalbe queched: 46 Where their worme dyeth not, and the fire goeth not out. 47 And if thine eye offend thee, plucke it out: It is better for thee to go into the kyngdome of God with one eye, then hauing two eyes, to be cast into hell fire: 48 Where their worme dyeth not, and the fire goeth not out.
• John 5:29 : 29 And shall come foorth, they that haue done good, vnto the resurrection of lyfe, and they that haue done euyll, vnto the resurrection of dampnation.
• Acts 20:23-24 : 23 But that the holy ghost witnesseth in euery citie, saying that bondes & trouble abyde me. 24 But none of these thynges moue me, neither is my lyfe deare vnto my selfe, so that I myght fulfyll my course with ioy, and the ministerie whiche I haue receaued of the Lorde Iesu, to testifie the Gospell of the grace of God.
• Acts 21:13 : 13 Then Paule aunswered: What do ye weepyng and vexyng myne heart? For I am redy, not to be bounde only, but also to dye at Hierusalem for the name of the Lorde Iesu.
• Dan 3:10-18 : 10 Thou O king, hast made a decree, that euery man that shall heare the sound of the cornet, trumpet, harpe, shawme, psaltries, dulcimer, & all instrumentes of musicke, shall fall downe and worship the golden image: 11 And who so then fel not downe, & worshipped not, that he shoulde be cast into the mids of an hot firie fornace. 12 Now are there certayne Iewes, whom thou hast set ouer the charge of the prouince of Babylon: namely Sidrach, Misach, and Abednego: these men, O king, regarded not thy commaundement: yea they will not serue thy gods, nor worship the golden image that thou hast set vp. 13 Then Nabuchodonozor in his anger and wrath commaunded that Sidrach, Misach, & Abednego should be brought vnto hym: so these men were brought before the king. 14 Then Nabuchodonozor spake vnto them, and sayde: Is it true, O Sidrach, Misach, & Abednego, will not you serue my gods, nor worship the golden image that I haue set vp? 15 Nowe therfore be redy when ye heare the sound of the cornet, trumpet, harpe, shawme, psaltries, dulcimers, and al instrumentes of musicke, to fal downe and worship the image whiche I haue made: for if ye worship it not, ye shalbe cast immediatly into the mids of a hot firie fornace: for who is that God that can deliuer you out of my handes? 16 Sidrach, Misach, and Abednego aunswered the king, and sayd: O Nabuchodonozor, we are not carefull to aunswere thee in this matter: 17 Beholde, our God whom we serue, is able to deliuer vs from the hot firie fornace: and he wil deliuer vs out of thy hande O king. 18 And though he will not, yet shalt thou knowe O king, that we will not serue thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set vp.
• Matt 5:22 : 22 But I say vnto you, that who so euer is angry with his brother, vnaduisedly, shalbe in daunger of iudgement. And who so euer shall say vnto his brother, racha, shalbe in daunger of a councell: But, whosoeuer shall saye (thou) foole, shalbe in daunger of hell fire.
• Matt 10:26 : 26 Feare them not therfore. For there is nothing close, that shal not be opened: & nothing hyd, that shall not be knowen.