Galatians 3:1

Coverdale Bible (1535)

O ye folishe Galathias, who hath bewitched you, that ye shulde not beleue the trueth? To who Iesus Christ was descrybed before the eyes and amonge you crucified.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Ὦ ἀνόητοι Γαλάται, τίς ὑμᾶς ἐβάσκανεν, τῇ ἀληθείᾳ μὴ πείθεσθαι, οἷς κατʼ ὀφθαλμοὺς Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς προεγράφη, ἐν ὑμῖν ἐσταυρωμένος;

Transliteration

O anoētoi Galatai, who you ebaskanen, the alētheia not to peithesthai, before whose ophthalmous Iēsous Christos was proegraphē, among you having been estaurōmenos?

Grammar Details

• *anoētoi*: vocative, masculine, plural - foolish/unthinking
• *Galatai*: vocative, masculine, plural - Galatians
• *ebaskanen*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person, singular - bewitched/fascinated/cast evil eye upon
• *alētheia*: dative, feminine, singular - truth
• *peithesthai*: present, middle/passive, infinitive - to obey/be persuaded
• *ophthalmous*: accusative, masculine, plural - eyes
• *Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
• *Christos*: nominative, masculine, singular - Christ/Messiah/Anointed One
• *proegraphē*: aorist, passive, indicative, 3rd person, singular - was portrayed/publicly displayed/written beforehand
• *estaurōmenos*: perfect, passive, participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having been crucified

Word Meanings

• *anoētoi*: foolish/senseless/unthinking
• *ebaskanen*: bewitched/cast an evil eye upon/charmed/fascinated
• *peithesthai*: to obey/be persuaded/trust/comply with
• *proegraphē*: was portrayed publicly/was placarded/was written beforehand
• *estaurōmenos*: crucified/executed on a cross

Referenced Verses

• Heb 5:9 : 9 And he beynge made perfecte, became the cause of euerlastinge saluacio, vnto all the yt obeye him,
• Heb 11:8 : 8 By faith Abraham (wha he was called) obeyed, to go out in to the place, which he shulde afterwarde receaue to inheritaunce: and he wente out, not knowynge whither he shulde go.
• 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 Euen ye which haue purifyed youre soules in obeyenge the trueth thorow the sprete, for to loue brotherly without faynynge, & feruently one to loue another wt a pure hert,
• 1 Pet 4:17 : 17 For ye tyme is come, that iudgmet must begynne at the house of God. Yf it first begynne at vs, what shal the ende be of the which beleue not the Gospell of God?
• 2 Pet 2:18 : 18 For they speake ye proude wordes of vanite, vnto ye vttemost, and entyse thorow wantannes vnto ye luste of the flesh, euen them that were cleane escaped, and now walke in erroure:
• Rev 2:20 : 20 Not withstondinge I haue a feawe thinges agaynst the, that thou sufferest that woman Iesabell (which called her selfe a prophetisse) to teache and to deceaue my seruauntes, to make them committ fornicacion, and to eate meates offered vp vnto ydoles.
• Rev 13:13-14 : 13 And he dyd greate wonders, so that he made fyre come downe from heaue in the sight of men. 14 And deceaued them that dwelt on the earth by ye meanes of those signes which he had power to do in the sight of the beest, sayenge to them that dwelt on the earth: that they shulde make an ymage vnto the beest, which had the wounde of a swearde and dyd liue.
• Rev 18:3 : 3 for all nacios haue dronken of the wyne of the wrath of her whordome. And the kynges of the earth haue committed fornicacion with her, and her marchauntes are wexed ryche of the abundaunce of her pleasures.
• Deut 32:6 : 6 Thankest thou the LORDE yi God so, thou foolish and vnwyse people? Is not he thy father and thy LORDE? Hath he not made the, and prepared the?
• 1 Sam 13:13 : 13 Samuel sayde vnto Saul: Thou hast done foolishly, and not kepte the commaundement of the LORDE thy God, which he commaunded the. For (yf thou haddest not done this) he had prospered thy kyngdome vpo Israel for euer:
• Matt 7:26 : 26 And who soeuer heareth of me these sayinges, & doth the not, shalbe lyckened vnto a folysh ma, which buylt his housse apon the sonde:
• Matt 24:24 : 24 For there shal aryse false Christes and false prophetes, and shal do greate tokes and wonders: In so moch, that (yf it were possible) the very chosen shulde be brought in to erroure.
• Luke 24:25 : 25 And he sayde vnto the: O ye fooles and slowe of hert to beleue all that the prophetes haue spoke?
• Acts 6:7 : 7 And the worde of God increased, and the nombre of the disciples multiplied greatly at Ierusalem. And there were many prestes also obedient vnto the fayth.
• Acts 8:9-9 : 9 But afore there was in ye same cite a certayne ma, called Simon, which vsed witche craft, and bewitched ye people of Samaria, sayenge, that he was a man which coulde do greate thinges. 10 And they all regarded him from the leest vnto ye greatest, & sayde: This is the power of God which is greate. 11 But they regarded him, because that of longe tyme he had bewitched them with his sorcery.
• Rom 2:8 : 8 But vnto them that are contencious & not obedient vnto the trueth, but obeye vnrighteousnes, shal come indignacion and wrath,
• Rom 6:17 : 17 But God be thanked, that though ye haue bene the seruauntes of synne, ye are now yet obedient of herte to the ensample off the doctryne, whervnto ye are commytted.
• Rom 10:16 : 16 But they are not all obedient vnto the Gospell. For Esaye sayeth: LORDE, who beleueth oure preachinge?
• 1 Cor 1:23-24 : 23 But we preach Christ the crucified: to the Iewes an occasion off fallinge, and vnto the Grekes foolishnes. 24 But vnto them that are called (both Iewes and Grekes) we preach Christ the power of God and the wyssdome off God.
• 1 Cor 2:2 : 2 For I shewed not forth my selfe amonge you that I knewe eny thinge, saue onely Iesus Christ, euen the sam thate was crucified.
• 1 Cor 11:26 : 26 For as oft as ye shal eate of this bred, & drynke of this cuppe, ye shal shewe the LORDES death, vntyll he come.
• 2 Cor 10:5 : 5 wherwith we ouerthrowe ymaginacions, & euery hye thinge yt exalteth it selfe agaynst the knowlege of God, and brynge in to captiuyte all vnderstondinge to the obedience of Christ,
• 2 Cor 11:3 : 3 But I feare, lest as ye serpet begyled Eue wt his sutteltie, eue so yor wyttes shulde be corrupte from the synglenesse that is in Christ.
• 2 Cor 11:13-15 : 13 For soch false Apostles & disceatfull workers fashion them selues like vnto the Apostles of Christ. 14 And that is no maruell: for Sathan himfelfe is chaunged in to ye fashion of an angell of light. 15 Therfore is it no greate thinge, though his mymisters fashion them selues as though they were the preachers of righteousnes, whose ende shalbe acordinge to their dedes.
• Gal 1:6 : 6 I maruell yt ye are so soone turned (from him that called you in the grace of Christ) vnto another Gospell:
• Gal 2:14 : 14 But whan I sawe that they walked not right after ye trueth of the Gospell, I sayde vnto Peter openly before all: Yf thou beynge a Iewe, lyuest after the maner of the Gentyles, and not as do the Iewes, why causest thou the Gentyles then to lyue as do the Iewes?
• Gal 3:3 : 3 Are ye so vnwyse? Ye beganne in the sprete, wolde ye ende now the in the flesh?
• Gal 4:9 : 9 But now seynge ye knowe God (yee rather are knowne off God) how is it that ye turne you backe agayne vnto the weake and beggerly tradicions, wher vnto ye desyre agayne afresh to be in bondage?
• Gal 5:7-8 : 7 Ye ranne well, who was a let vnto you, that ye shulde not obeye the trueth? 8 Soch councell is not of him that hath called you.
• Eph 3:8 : 8 Vnto me the leest of all sayntes is this grace geuen, that I shulde preach amonge the Heythe ye vnsearcheable riches of Christ,
• Eph 4:14 : 14 that we be nomore children, waueringe & caried aboute with euery wynde of doctryne thorow the wickednes of men and craftynes, wherby they laye awayte for vs to disceaue vs.
• Eph 5:15 : 15 Take hede therfore how ye walke circumspectly, not as the vnwyse, but as ye wyse,
• 2 Thess 1:8 : 8 and with flammynge fyre, to geue vengeauce vnto them that knowe not God, and to them that obeye not the Gospell of oure LORDE Iesus Christ.
• 2 Thess 2:9-9 : 9 euen him, whose commynge is after the workynge of Sathan with all lyenge power, and signes and wonders, 10 and with all deceauablenes of vnrighteousnes amonge them that perishe, because they receaued not the loue of ye trueth, that they might haue bene saued. 11 Therfore shal God sende them stroge delusion, that they shulde beleue lyes, 12 yt all they might be daned, which beleued not the trueth, but had pleasure in vnrighteousnes.
• 1 Tim 6:4 : 4 he is puft vp, and knoweth nothinge, but waysteth his brayne aboute questions and stryuynges of wordes: wherof sprynge envye, stryfe, raylinges, euell surmysinges,