Matthew 17:12

Bishops' Bible (1568)

But I say vnto you, that Elias is come alredy, and they knewe hym not, but haue done vnto hym, whatsoeuer they lusted.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Λέγω δὲ ὑμῖν, Ὅτι Ἠλίας ἤδη ἦλθεν, καὶ οὐκ ἐπέγνωσαν αὐτόν, ἀλλʼ ἐποίησαν ἐν αὐτῷ ὅσα ἠθέλησαν. Οὕτως καὶ ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου μέλλει πάσχειν ὑπʼ αὐτῶν.

Transliteration

Legō de to you, That Ēlias ēdē ēlthen, and not epegnōsan him, all' epoiēsan en him hosa ēthelēsan. Houtōs also the Huios of the anthrōpou mellei paschein hyp' them.

Grammar Details

• *Legō*: present, active, indicative, 1st singular - I say/I tell
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and
• *Ēlias*: nominative, masculine, singular - Elijah
• *ēdē*: adverb - already/now
• *ēlthen*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd singular - came/has come
• *epegnōsan*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd plural - recognized/knew
• *all'*: strong adversative conjunction - but
• *epoiēsan*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd plural - did/did to
• *en*: preposition with dative - to/with/in
• *hosa*: relative pronoun, accusative, neuter, plural - whatever
• *ēthelēsan*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd plural - they wished/they wanted
• *Houtōs*: adverb - thus/in this manner
• *Huios*: nominative, masculine, singular - Son
• *anthrōpou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of man
• *mellei*: present, active, indicative, 3rd singular - is about to
• *paschein*: present, active, infinitive - to suffer
• *hyp'*: preposition with genitive - by/from

Word Meanings

• *epegnōsan*: recognized/knew/acknowledged
• *epoiēsan*: did/did to/performed
• *hosa*: whatever/as many as/all that
• *ēthelēsan*: they wished/they wanted/they desired
• *Huios tou anthrōpou*: Son of Man/Human One
• *mellei*: is about to/is going to/intends to
• *paschein*: to suffer/to endure/to experience

Referenced Verses

• Matt 16:21 : 21 From that tyme foorth, began Iesus to shewe vnto his disciples, howe that he must go vnto Hierusalem, and suffer many thynges of the elders, and hye priestes, & scribes, and must be kylled, and be raysed agayne the thyrde day.
• Isa 53:3-9 : 3 He is dispised and abhorred of men, he is such a man as hath good experience of sorowes and infirmities: We haue reckened hym so vile, that we hyd our faces from hym. 4 Howbeit, he only hath taken on him our infirmitie, and borne our paynes: Yet we dyd iudge hym as though he were plagued, and cast downe of God. 5 Wheras he notwithstandyng was wounded for our offences, and smitten for our wickednesse: for the payne of our punishment was layde vpon hym, and with his stripes are we healed. 6 As for vs we are all gone astray lyke sheepe, euery one hath turned his owne way: but the Lord hath throwen vpon hym all our sinnes. 7 He suffered violence, and was euyll intreated, and dyd not open his mouth: He shalbe led as a sheepe to be slayne, yet shall he be as styll as a lambe before the shearer, and not open his mouth. 8 From the prison and iudgement was he taken, and his generation who can declare? for he was cut of from the grounde of the lyuyng, which punishment dyd go vpon hym for the transgression of my people. 9 His graue was geuen hym with the condempned, and with the riche man at his death, wheras he did neuer violence nor vnright, neither hath there ben any disceiptfulnesse in his mouth. 10 Yet hath it pleased the Lord to smite hym with infirmitie, that when he had made his soule an offeryng for sinne, he might see long lastyng seede: and this deuice of the Lorde shall prosper in his hande. 11 Of the trauayle and labour of his soule, shall he see the fruite & be satisfied: My righteous seruaunt shall with his knowledge iustifie the multitude, for he shall beare their sinnes. 12 Therfore wyll I geue hym among the great ones his part, and he shall deuide the spoyle with the mightie, because he geueth ouer his soule to death, and is reckened among the transgressours: which neuerthelesse hath taken away the sinnes of the multitude, and made intercession for the misdoers.
• Acts 3:14-15 : 14 But ye denyed the holy and iust, and desired a murtherer to be geuen you, 15 And kylled the Lorde of lyfe, whom God hath raysed from the dead: of the which we are witnesses.
• Acts 4:10 : 10 Be it knowen vnto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Iesus Christe of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raysed agayne from the dead: euen by hym doth this man stande here before you whole.
• Acts 13:24-28 : 24 When Iohn had first preached before his commyng, the baptisme of repentaunce to all the people of Israel. 25 And when Iohn had fulfylled his course, he sayde: Whom ye thynke that I am, the same am I not. But behold, there commeth one after me, whose shoes of his feete I am not worthy to loose. 26 Ye men and brethren, chyldren of the generation of Abraham, and whosoeuer among you feareth God, to you is the worde of this saluation sent. 27 For they that dwell at Hierusalem, and their rulers, because they knewe hym not, nor yet the voyces of the prophetes which are read euery Sabboth day, they haue fulfylled them in condempnyng hym: 28 And though they founde no cause of death in hym, yet desired they Pilate to kyll hym.
• Acts 7:52 : 52 Which of the prophetes haue not your fathers persecuted? And they haue slayne them which shewed before of the commyng of that iuste, of whom ye are nowe the betrayers and murtherers:
• Matt 11:2 : 2 When Iohn being in prison heard the workes of Christe, he sent two of his disciples, and sayde vnto him:
• Matt 11:9-9 : 9 But what went ye out for to see? A prophete? yea I say vnto you, and more then a prophete. 10 For this is he of whom it is written: Beholde I sende my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. 11 Ueryly I say vnto you, among them that are borne of women, arose not a greater then Iohn the Baptist: Notwithstandyng, he that is lesse in the kingdome of heauen, is greater then he. 12 From the dayes of Iohn the Baptist vntyll nowe, the kingdome of heauen suffereth violence, & the violent plucke it vnto them. 13 For all the prophetes and the lawe it selfe prophecied vnto Iohn. 14 And if ye wyll receaue it, this is Elias which was for to come. 15 He that hath eares to heare, let him heare.
• Matt 14:3-9 : 3 For Herode had taken Iohn, and bounde hym, and put hym in prison, for Herodias sake, his brother Philips wyfe. 4 For Iohn sayde vnto hym: it is not lawfull for thee to haue her. 5 And when he woulde haue put hym to death, he feared the people: because they counted hym as a prophete. 6 But when Herodes birth day was kept, the daughter of Herodias daunsed before them, and pleased Herode. 7 Wherfore he promised with an othe, that he woulde geue her whatsoeuer she woulde aske. 8 And she, beyng instruct of her mother before, sayde: geue me here Iohn Baptistes head in a platter. 9 And the kyng was sory: Neuerthelesse, for the othes sake, and them which sate also at the table, he commaunded it to be geuen her: 10 And sent, and beheaded Iohn in the pryson.
• Matt 21:23-25 : 23 And when he was come into the temple, the chiefe priestes, & the elders of the people, came vnto hym teaching, and saye: By what aucthoritie doest thou these thynges? and who gaue thee this power? 24 Iesus aunswered, & saide vnto them: I also wyll aske you one questio, which yf ye tell me, I in likewise wyll tell you by what aucthoritie I do these thinges: 25 The baptisme of Iohn, whence was it, from heauen, or of men? And they reasoned with them selues saying: if we shall say from heauen, he wyll say vnto vs, why dyd ye not then beleue hym?
• Matt 21:32 : 32 For Iohn came vnto you by the way of righteousnes, & ye beleued hym not: but publicanes & harlottes beleued him. And ye, when ye had sene it were not moued afterwarde with repentaunce, that ye myght haue beleued hym.
• Mark 6:14-28 : 14 And king Herode hearde of hym for his name was spread abrode: And he sayde, Iohn Baptist is rysen agayne from the dead, and therefore myghtie workes do shewe foorth them selues in hym. 15 Other saide, it is Elias. Some saide, it is a prophete, or as one of the prophetes. 16 But when Herode hearde of hym, he saide: It is Iohn, whom I beheaded, he is rysen from death agayne. 17 For Herode himselfe had sent foorth, and layde handes vpon Iohn, & bounde hym in pryson, for Herodias sake, his brother Philippes wyfe, because he had maryed her. 18 For Iohn sayde vnto Herode: It is not lawful for thee to haue thy brothers wyfe. 19 Therefore Herodias layde wayte for hym, and woulde haue kylled hym: but she coulde not. 20 For Herode feared Iohn, knowyng that he was a iuste man and an holye, and gaue hym reuerence: and when he hearde hym, he dyd many thynges, and hearde hym gladly. 21 And whe a conuenient day was come, that Herode on his birth daye made a supper to the lordes, hye captaynes, and chiefe estates of Galilee. 22 And when the daughter of the same Herodias came in, and daunced, and pleased Herode, and them that sate at boorde also, the kyng said vnto the damsell: Aske of me what thou wylt, and I wyll geue it thee. 23 And he sware vnto her: Whatsoeuer thou shalt aske of me, I wyll geue it thee, euen vnto the one halfe of my kingdome. 24 And she went foorth, & sayde vnto her mother: What shall I aske? She saide, Iohn Baptistes head. 25 And she came in strayghtwaye, with haste, vnto the kyng, and asked, saying: I wyll, that thou geue me by and by in a charger, the head of Iohn Baptist. 26 And the kyng was sory, howebeit, for his othes sake, & for their sakes whiche sate at supper also, he woulde not caste her of. 27 And immediatlye the kyng sent the hangman, and commaunded his head to be brought in: And he went, and beheaded hym in the pryson, 28 And brought his head in a charger, & gaue it to the damsell, and the damsell gaue it to her mother.
• Mark 9:12-13 : 12 He aunswered, and sayde vnto them: Elias veryly when he commeth firste, restoreth all thynges: And the sonne of man, as it is written of hym, shall suffer many thynges, & be set at naught. 13 But I saye vnto you, that Elias is come, & they haue done vnto him whatsoeuer they would, as it is writte of him.
• Mark 11:30-32 : 30 The baptisme of Iohn, whether was it from heauen, or of men? Aunswere me. 31 And they reasoned with them selues, saying, yf we shall say from heauen: he wyll say, why then dyd ye not beleue hym? 32 But yf we shal say, of men, we feare the people. For all men counted Iohn, that he was a very prophete.
• Luke 3:19-20 : 19 Then Herode the tetrarch, when he was rebuked of hym for Herodias, his brother Philippes wyfe, and for all the euyls which Herode dyd, 20 Added this aboue all, & shut vp Iohn in pryson.
• Luke 7:33 : 33 For Iohn Baptist came, neither eatyng bread nor drynkyng wyne, and ye say he hath the deuyll.
• Luke 9:21-25 : 21 And he warned & commaunded them, that they should tell no man that thing, 22 Saying: The sonne of man must suffer many thynges, and be reproued of the elders, and of the hye priestes and scribes, and be slayne, and ryse agayne the thirde day. 23 And he said to the all: If any man wyl come after me, let him denie him selfe, & take vp his crosse dayly, & folowe me. 24 For whosoeuer wyl saue his lyfe, shal lose it: But whosoeuer shal lose his lyfe for my sake, the same shall saue it. 25 For what auauntageth it a man yf he wynne the whole worlde, and lose hym selfe, or runne in daunger of hym selfe?
• John 1:11 : 11 He came among his owne, and his owne receaued hym not.
• John 5:32-36 : 32 There is another that beareth witnesse of me, and I am sure that the witnesse which he beareth of me is true. 33 Ye sent vnto Iohn, and he bare witnesse vnto the trueth. 34 But I receaue not the recorde of man: Neuerthelesse, these thinges I say, that ye myght be safe. 35 He was a burnyng & a shynyng lyght, and ye would for a season haue reioyced in his lyght. 36 But I haue greater witnesse, then the witnesse of Iohn: For the workes whiche the father hath geuen me to finishe, the same workes that I do, beare witnesse of me, that the father hath sent me.
• Acts 2:23 : 23 Hym haue ye taken, by the handes of vnryghteous persons, after he was deliuered by the determinate councell and foreknowledge of God, and haue crucified and slayne hym.