Matthew 15:1

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Then came to Iesus Scribes and Pharisees, which were come from Hierusalem, saying:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Τότε προσέρχονται τῷ Ἰησοῦ οἱ ἀπὸ Ἱεροσολύμων, γραμματεῖς καὶ Φαρισαῖοι, λέγοντες,

Transliteration

Then proserchomai to the Iēsous the [ones] from Hierosoluma, grammateis and Pharisaioi, legontes,

Grammar Details

• *Τότε*: adverb of time - then
• *proserchomai*: present, indicative, 3rd person plural - they come to/approach
• *tō Iēsous*: dative, masculine, singular - to Jesus
• *apo*: preposition + genitive - from
• *Hierosoluma*: genitive, neuter, plural - Jerusalem
• *grammateis*: nominative, masculine, plural - scribes
• *Pharisaioi*: nominative, masculine, plural - Pharisees
• *legontes*: present participle, nominative, masculine, plural - saying

Word Meanings

• *proserchomai*: approach/come to/draw near
• *grammateis*: scribes/experts in the law
• *legontes*: saying/speaking/declaring

Referenced Verses

• Matt 5:20 : 20 For I say vnto you: except your righteousnes, excede the righteousnes of the Scribes and Pharisees, ye shall not enter into the kyngdome of heauen.
• Matt 23:2 : 2 Saying: The Scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moyses seate.
• Matt 23:15-28 : 15 Wo vnto you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye compasse sea and lande, to make one proselite: & when he is become one, ye make hym two folde more the chylde of hell, then ye your selues are. 16 Wo be vnto you ye blynde guides: for ye say, whosoeuer doth sweare by the temple, it is nothyng: but whosoeuer sweareth by the golde of the temple, he is a detter. 17 Ye fooles and blynde. For whether is greater, the golde, or the temple that sanctifieth the golde? 18 And whosoeuer sweareth by the aulter, it is nothyng: but whosoeuer sweareth by the gyft that is vpon it, he is a detter. 19 Ye fooles and blynde, for whether is greater, the gyft: or the aulter that sanctifieth the gyft? 20 Who so therfore sweareth by the aulter, sweareth by it, and by all thynges theron. 21 And who so sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by hym that dwelleth therin. 22 And he that sweareth by heauen, sweareth by the seate of God, and by hym that sitteth theron. 23 Wo vnto you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye tythe mynt, and annise, and cummyn: and haue left the wayghtier matters of the lawe, iudgement, mercy, and fayth. These ought ye to haue done, and not to leaue the other vndone. 24 Ye blynde guides, which strayne out a gnat, and swalowe a Camel. 25 Wo vnto you Scribes and Pharisees hypocrites: for ye make cleane the vtter syde of the cup, & of the platter: but within they are full of brybery & excesse. 26 Thou blynde Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outsyde of them may be cleane also. 27 Wo vnto you Scribes and Pharisees hypocrites: for ye are lyke vnto paynted sepulchres, which in dede appeare beautifull outwarde, but are within full of dead mens bones, and of all fylthynes. 28 Euen so, ye also, outwardly appeare ryghteous vnto men: But within, ye are full of hypocrisie and iniquitie.
• Mark 3:22 : 22 And the scribes whiche came downe from Hierusalem, sayde: He hath Beelzebub, and by the chiefe deuyll, casteth he out deuyls.
• Mark 7:1-9 : 1 And the pharisees came together vnto hym, & certayne of the scribes which came from Hierusalem. 2 And whe they sawe some of his disciples eate bread with common that is to say, with vnwasshen hands, they founde fault. 3 For the pharisees and all the Iewes, except they wasshe their handes oft, eate not, obseruing the traditions of ye elders. 4 And when they come from the market, except they wasshe, they eate not. And many other things there be, which they haue taken vpon them to obserue as the wasshyng of cuppes and pottes, and brasen vessels, and of tables. 5 Then asked hym the pharisees and scribes: Why walke not thy disciples accordyng to the traditio of the elders, but eate bread with vnwasshen handes? 6 He aunswered, and sayde vnto them, that Esaias hath prophesied well of you hypocrites, as it is written: This people honoreth me with their lippes, but their heart is farre from me. 7 Howebeit, in vayne do they worship me, teachyng doctrines, the commaundementes of men. 8 For ye laye the commaundement of God apart, and obserue the tradition of me: as the wasshing of pottes & cuppes. And many other such like thinges ye do. 9 And he sayde vnto them: Well, ye cast asyde the commaundement of God, to mayntayne your owne tradition. 10 For Moyses sayde, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, who so curseth father or mother, let him dye the death. 11 But ye say, yf a man shall say to father or mother Corban (that is, by the gyft) that is offred of me, thou shalt be helped. 12 And so ye suffer hym no more to do ought for his father or his mother. 13 And make the worde of God of none effect, through your tradition, which ye haue ordeyned. And many such thinges do ye. 14 And when he had called all the people vnto hym, he saide vnto them: Hearken vnto me, euery one of you, and vnderstande. 15 There is nothyng without a man, that can defyle hym, when it entreth into hym: But the thynges whiche proceade out of a man, those are they that defyle the man. 16 If any man haue eares to heare, let hym heare. 17 And when he came into the house, away from the people, his disciples asked hym of the similitude. 18 And he sayde vnto them: Are ye also so without vnderstandyng? Do ye not yet perceaue, that whatsoeuer thing fro without, entreth into a man, it can not defyle hym, 19 Because it entreth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purgyng all meates? 20 And he sayde: That which commeth out of a man, defyleth the man. 21 For from within, euen out of the heart of men, proceade euyll thoughtes, adulterie, fornication, murther, 22 Theft, couetousnes, wickednes, deceit, wantonnes, a wicked eye, blasphemies, pride, foolyshnes. 23 All these euyll thynges come fro within, and defyle a man.
• Luke 5:17 : 17 And it came to passe, on a certayne day, as he was teachyng, that there were pharisees & doctours of the lawe, sittyng by, which were come out of all the townes of Galilee and Iurie, and Hierusalem: And the power of the Lorde was present, to heale them.
• Luke 5:21 : 21 And the scribes and the pharisees, began to thynke, saying: What felowe is this, which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgeue sinnes but God only?
• Luke 5:30 : 30 But they that were scribes and pharisees among them, murmured agaynst his disciples saying: Why do ye eate and drynke with publicanes and sinners?
• Acts 23:9 : 9 And there arose a great crye: and whe the scribes which were of the pharisees part arose, they stroue, saying, We fynde none euyll in this man: But yf a spirite or an Angel hath spoken to hym, let vs not striue agaynst God.