Matthew 19:28

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Iesus sayde vnto them: veryly I say vnto you, that when the sonne of man shall syt in the throne of his maiestie, ye that haue folowed me in the regeneration, shall syt also vpon twelue seates, and iudge the twelue tribes of Israel.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, Ὅτι ὑμεῖς οἱ ἀκολουθήσαντές μοι, ἐν τῇ παλιγγενεσίᾳ ὅταν καθίσῃ ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐπὶ θρόνου δόξης αὐτοῦ, καθίσεσθε καὶ ὑμεῖς ἐπὶ δώδεκα θρόνους, κρίνοντες τὰς δώδεκα φυλὰς τοῦ Ἰσραήλ.

Transliteration

The de Iēsous eipen to them, Amēn legō to you, That you, the ones akolouthēsantes me, in the palingenesia when kathisē the Huios tou anthrōpou epi thronou doxēs of him, kathisesthe also you epi dōdeka thronous, krinontes the dōdeka phylas tou Israēl.

Grammar Details

• *de*: postpositive particle - but/and
• *Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
• *eipen*: aorist, 3rd singular, active - said
• *Amēn*: Hebrew transliteration - truly/verily
• *legō*: present, 1st singular, active - I say
• *akolouthēsantes*: aorist participle, active, nominative, masculine, plural - having followed
• *palingenesia*: dative, feminine, singular - regeneration/renewal
• *kathisē*: aorist subjunctive, 3rd singular, active - might sit
• *Huios*: nominative, masculine, singular - Son
• *anthrōpou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of man
• *epi*: preposition + accusative - upon
• *thronou*: genitive, masculine, singular - throne
• *doxēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - glory
• *kathisesthe*: future, 2nd plural, middle - you will sit
• *dōdeka*: numeral - twelve
• *thronous*: accusative, masculine, plural - thrones
• *krinontes*: present participle, active, nominative, masculine, plural - judging
• *phylas*: accusative, feminine, plural - tribes
• *Israēl*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Israel

Word Meanings

• *Amēn*: truly/verily/certainly
• *akolouthēsantes*: who have followed/having followed
• *palingenesia*: regeneration/renewal/rebirth
• *Huios tou anthrōpou*: Son of Man
• *thronou doxēs*: throne of glory/glorious throne
• *kathisesthe*: will sit/shall be seated
• *krinontes*: judging/ruling

Referenced Verses

• Rev 3:21 : 21 To hym that ouercommeth, wyll I graunt to sitte with me in my throne, euen as I ouercame, and haue sitten with my father in his throne.
• Matt 25:31 : 31 When the sonne of man shall come in his glorie, and all the holy Angels with hym, then shall he sitte vpon the throne of his glorie.
• Luke 22:28-30 : 28 Ye are they, which haue bydden with me in my temptations. 29 And I appoynt vnto you a kingdome, as my father hath appoynted vnto me. 30 That ye may eate and drynke at my table in my kyngdome, & sit on seates iudgyng the twelue tribes of Israel.
• Matt 16:27 : 27 For the sonne of man shall come in the glory of his father, with his Angels: and then shall he rewarde euery man accordyng to his workes.
• Matt 20:21 : 21 And he sayth vnto her: what wylt thou? She saith vnto him: graunt, that these my two sonnes may syt, the one on thy ryght hande, and the other on the left, in thy kyngdome.
• Rev 21:5 : 5 And he that sate vpon the throne, said: Beholde, I make all thynges newe. And he sayde vnto me, write: for these wordes are faythfull and true.
• Rev 4:4 : 4 And about ye throne were 24 seates, and vpon the seates 24 elders sitting, clothed in whyte rayment, and had on their heades crownes of golde.
• Rev 7:4 : 4 And I hearde the number of them which were sealed: And there were sealed an 100 and 44 thousande, of all the tribes of the chyldren of Israel.
• Rev 12:1 : 1 And there appeared a great wonder in heauen: A woman clothed with the sunne, & the moone vnder her feete, and vpo her head a crowne of twelue starres:
• Rev 20:4 : 4 And I sawe thrones, and they sate vpon them, and iudgement was geuen vnto them: and I sawe the soules of them that were beheaded for the witnesse of Iesus, and for the word of God, and whiche had not worshipped the beast neither his image, neither had taken his marke vpon their foreheads, or in their handes: and they lyued and raigned with Christe a thousand yeres.
• Rev 20:11-15 : 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.
• Rev 22:2 : 2 In the middes of the streate of it, and of either side of the ryuer, was there wood of lyfe, which bare twelue maner of fruites, and gaue fruite euery moneth: and the leaues of the wood serued to heale the people withall.
• Acts 3:21 : 21 Whom the heauen must receaue, vntill the tyme that all thynges be restored, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophetes since the world began.
• 1 Cor 6:2-3 : 2 Do ye not knowe that the saintes shall iudge the worlde? If the worlde shalbe iudged by you, are ye vnworthy to iudge the smallest matters? 3 Know ye not howe that we shal iudge the angels? Howe much more thinges that parteyne to this lyfe?
• 2 Thess 1:7-9 : 7 And to you whiche are troubled, reste with vs, in the reuelation of the Lorde Iesus from heauen, with the Angels of his power, 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.
• 2 Tim 2:12 : 12 If we be patient, we shall also raigne with hym: If we denie hym, he also shall denie vs.
• 2 Pet 3:13 : 13 Neuerthelesse, we accordyng to his promise, loke for a newe heauen, and a newe earth, wherein dwelleth ryghteousnesse.
• Rev 2:26-27 : 26 And whosoeuer ouercommeth, and kepeth my workes vnto the ende, to hym wyll I geue power ouer nations, 27 And he shall rule them with a rodde of yron: and as the vessels of a potter, shall they be broken to sheuers:
• Exod 15:27 : 27 And the children of Israel came to Elim, where were twelue welles of water, and threescore and ten palme trees: and they pitched their tentes there by the waters.
• Exod 24:4 : 4 And Moyses wrote all the wordes of the Lord, and rose vp early, and set him an aulter vnder the hill, and 12 stones, according to the 12 tribes of Israel.
• Exod 28:21 : 21 And the stones shalbe grauen, as signettes be grauen with the names of the children of Israel, euen with twelue names, euery one with his name accordyng to the twelue tribes.
• Lev 24:5 : 5 And thou shalt take fine floure, and bake twelue cakes therof, two tenth deales shalbe in one cake.
• Josh 3:12 : 12 Nowe therfore take from among you twelue men out of the tribes of Israel, out of euery tribe a man.
• 1 Kgs 18:31 : 31 And Elias toke twelue stones, according to the number of the twelue tribes of the sonnes of Iacob, vnto whom the word of the Lorde came, saying: Israel shalbe thy name.
• Ezra 6:17 : 17 And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred oxen, two hudred rammes, foure hudred lambes: and for the reconciling of all Israel twelue hee goates, according to the number of the tribes of Israel:
• Isa 65:17 : 17 For lo, I shall make a newe heauen and a newe earth: and as for the olde, they shall neuer be thought vpon, nor kept in minde:
• Isa 66:22 : 22 For lyke as the newe heauen and the newe earth which I wyll make, shalbe fast stablished by me, saith the Lorde: so shall your seede & your name continue.
• Rev 21:12-14 : 12 And had walles great and hye, & had 12 gates, and at the gates 12 angels, & names written, which are the names of the 12 tribes of Israel. 13 On the east syde three gates, and on the north syde three gates, and towards the south three gates, and fro the west three gates. 14 And the wall of the citie had 12 foundations, and in them the 12 names of the lambes 12 Apostles.