Luke 11:28

Coverdale Bible (1535)

But he sayde: Yee blessed are they that heare the worde of God, and kepe it.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Αὐτὸς δὲ εἶπεν, Μενοῦνγε, μακάριοι οἱ ἀκούοντες τὸν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ φυλάσσοντες αὐτόν.

Transliteration

But he eipen, Menounge, makarioi the ones akouontes the logon of Theou, and phulassontes it.

Grammar Details

• *eipen*: aorist indicative active, 3rd person singular - said/spoke
• *Menounge*: particle of strong affirmation - rather/indeed/on the contrary
• *makarioi*: adjective, nominative masculine plural - blessed/happy
• *akouontes*: present active participle, nominative masculine plural - hearing/listening to
• *logon*: noun, accusative masculine singular - word/message
• *Theou*: noun, genitive masculine singular - God/deity
• *phulassontes*: present active participle, nominative masculine plural - keeping/guarding

Word Meanings

• *Menounge*: rather/indeed/on the contrary/yes rather
• *makarioi*: blessed/happy/fortunate
• *akouontes*: hearing/listening to/heeding
• *logon*: word/message/saying
• *phulassontes*: keeping/guarding/observing

Referenced Verses

• Luke 6:47-48 : 47 Who so euer commeth vnto me, and heareth my wordes and doth the, I wil shewe you to whom he is lyke. 48 He is like vnto a man which buylded an house, and digged depe, and layed ye foundacion vpon a rocke. Whan the waters came, the floudes bett vpon that house, and coulde not moue it: for it was grouded vpo ye rocke.
• Luke 8:21 : 21 But he answered, & sayde vnto the: My mother and my brethren are these, which heare the worde of God, and do it.
• Jas 1:21-25 : 21 Wherfore laye aparte all fylthines, all superfluite of maliciousnes, & receaue with meknes ye worde yt is grafted in you, which is able to saue youre soules. 22 And se that ye be doers of ye worde & not heares only, deceauinge youre awne selues. 23 For yf eny heare the worde, and do it not, he is like vnto a ma that beholdeth his bodily face in a glasse. 24 For assone as he hath loked on himselfe, he goeth his waye, and forgetteth immediatly what his fasshion was. 25 But who so loketh in ye perfect lawe of libertie, and continueth therin (yf he be not a forgetfull hearer, but a doar of the worke) the same shalbe happie in his dede.
• Isa 48:17-18 : 17 And thus saieth the LORDE thine avenger, the holyone of Israel: I am ye LORDE thy God, which teach the profitable thinges, and lede ye the waye, that thou shuldest go 18 Yf thou wilt now regarde my comaundement, thy welthynes shalbe as the water streame: & thy rightuousnes as the wawes flowinge in the see.
• Matt 7:21-25 : 21 Not all they that saye vnto me, LORDE LORDE, shall enter in to the kyngdome of heauen: but he that doth the will of my father which ys in heauen. 22 Many shall saye to me in that daye: LORDE, LORDE: haue we not prophecied in thy name? Haue we not cast out deuyls in thy name? Haue we not done many greate dedes in thy name? 23 And then will I knowlege vnto them: I neuer knewe you, Departe fro me, ye workers of iniquite. 24 Whosoeuer therfore heareth of me these sayinges, and doeth the same, I wyll lycke hym vnto a wyse man, which buylt hys house vpon a rocke: 25 Now whan abundaunce of rayne descended, and the wyndes blewe and bet vpon that same house, it fel not, because it was grounded on the rocke.
• Ps 112:1 : 1 Blessed is the man yt feareth the LORDE, & hath greate delite in his commaundementes.
• John 13:17 : 17 Yf ye knowe these thinges, blessed are ye yf ye do them.
• Ps 1:1-3 : 1 O blessed is ye man, yt goeth not in the councell of ye vngodly: yt abydeth not in the waye off synners, & sytteth not in ye seate of the scornefull. 2 But delyteth in the lawe of ye LORDE, & exercyseth himself in his lawe both daye and night. 3 Soch a ma is like a tre plated by ye watersyde, yt brigeth forth his frute in due season. His leeues shal not fall off, ad loke what soeuer he doth, it shal prospere.
• 1 John 3:21-24 : 21 Dearly beloued, yf oure hert condemne vs not, then haue we a fre boldnes to God warde. 22 And what so euer we axe, we shal receaue it: because we kepe his comaundemetes, and do those thinges, which are pleasaunt in his sighte. 23 And this is his comaundement, that we beleue on ye name of his sonne Iesus Christ, and loue one another, as he gaue commaundement. 24 And he that kepeth his commaundementes, dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby knowe we that he abydeth in vs, euen by the sprete which he hath geuen vs.
• Ps 119:1-6 : 1 Blessed are those yt be vndefiled in the waye: which walke in the lawe of ye LORDE. 2 Blessed are they that kepe his testimonies, & seke him with their whole herte. 3 Which walke in his wayes, & do no wickednesse. 4 Thou hast geuen strayte charge to kepe thy commaundementes. 5 O that my wayes were stablished to kepe thy statutes. 6 So shulde I not be confounded, whyle I haue respecte vnto all thy commaundementes.
• Ps 128:1 : 1 Blessed are all they that feare the LORDE, & walke in his wayes.
• Matt 12:48-50 : 48 Neuertheles he answered & sayde vnto him that tolde him: Who is my mother? & who are my brethren? 49 And he stretched forth his hande ouer his disciples, & sayde: Beholde my mother and my brethre. 50 For who soeuer doth ye wyll of my father which is in heaue, the same is my brother, sister and mother.
• Rev 22:14 : 14 Blessed are they that do his commaundementes, that their power maye be in the tree of life, and maye entre in thorow the gates in to the cite.