Luke 17:16

Coverdale Bible (1535)

and fell downe on his face at his fete, and gaue him thankes. And the same was a Samaritane.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον παρὰ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ, εὐχαριστῶν αὐτῷ: καὶ αὐτὸς ἦν Σαμαρείτης.

Transliteration

And epesen upon prosōpon beside the podas of him, eucharistōn him: and he was Samareitēs.

Grammar Details

• *epesen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd singular - fell
• *prosōpon*: accusative, neuter, singular - face
• *podas*: accusative, masculine, plural - feet
• *eucharistōn*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - thanking/giving thanks
• *Samareitēs*: nominative, masculine, singular - Samaritan

Word Meanings

• *epesen epi prosōpon*: fell on his face/prostrated himself
• *eucharistōn*: giving thanks/thanking/expressing gratitude
• *Samareitēs*: Samaritan (ethnically distinct from Jews)

Referenced Verses

• Matt 10:5 : 5 These twolue sent Iesus, and commaunded them, sayinge: Go not in to the wayes yt leade to the Heithen, and in to the cities of the Samaritas enter ye not.
• John 5:23 : 23 that they all might honoure the sonne, euen as they honoure ye father. Who so honoureth not the sonne, the same honoureth not the father, which hath sent him.
• Rev 4:10 : 10 ye xxiiij. elders fell downe before him that sat on the trone, and worshipped him yt lyueth for euer, and cast their crounes before ye trone, sayenge:
• Rev 5:14 : 14 And the foure beestes saide: Ame. And ye xxiiij. elders fell vpon their faces, and worshipped him that lyueth for euermore.
• Rev 19:4-5 : 4 And ye xxiiij: elders, & the foure beestes fell downe, and worshipped God that sat on the seate, sayenge: Amen: Alleluia. 5 And a voice came out of the seate, sayenge: prayse or LORDE God all ye that are his seruautes, & ye that feare him both small and greate.
• Rev 19:10 : 10 And I fell at his fete, to worshippe him. And he sayde vnto me: Se thou do it not. For I am thy felowe seruaunt, and one of thy brethren, and of them that haue the testimony of Iesus. Worshippe God. For the testimony of Iesus is ye sprete of prophesy.
• Acts 1:8 : 8 but ye shal receaue the power of ye holy goost, which shal come vpon you, and ye shalbe my witnesses at Ierusalem, and in all Iewrye and Samaria, and vnto the ende of the earth.
• Acts 8:5-9 : 5 The came Philippe in to a cite of Samaria, and preached Christ vnto them. 6 And the people gaue hede with one acorde vnto ye thinges that Philip spake, hearinge him, and seynge the tokes that he dyd. 7 For the vncleane spretes cryed loude, and departed out of many yt were possessed. And many that were sicke of the palsie and lame, were healed. 8 And there was greate ioye in the same cite. 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. 12 Howbeit whan they beleued Philips preachinge of ye kyngdome of God, and of the name of Iesu Christ, they were baptysed both me & weme. 13 Then Symon himself beleued also, and was baptysed, and cleued vnto Philippe. And wha he sawe the dedes and tokens that were done, he wondred. 14 Whan the Apostles which were at Ierusalem, herde, that Samaria had receaued ye worde of God, they sent vnto the Peter and Ihon. 15 Which, wha they were come, prayed for the, yt they might receaue the holy goost. 16 For as yet he was come vpon none of them but they were baptysed onely in the name of Christ Iesu. 17 Then layed they their hades on them, and they receaued the holy goost. 18 But whan Simon sawe, that by the layenge on of the Apostles hades ye holy goost was geuen, he offred the money, 19 and sayde: Geue me also this power, that, on whomsoeuer I put the hodes, he maye receaue the holy goost. 20 Howbeit Peter sayde vnto him: Perishe thou with thy money, because thou thinkest that ye gifte of God maye be optayned with money. 21 Thou shalt haue nether parte ner felashipe in this worde, for yi hert is not righte before God. 22 Repente therfore of this yi wickednesse, and praye vnto God, yf happly the thought of thy hert maye be forgeue ye. 23 For I se, yt thou art full of bytter gall, and wrapped in wt vnrighteousnesse. 24 Then answered Simon, & sayde: Praye ye vnto the LORDE for me, yt none of these thinges wherof ye haue spoken, come vpon me. 25 And they, wha they had testified and spoke the worde of the LORDE, turned agayne to Ierusalem, and preached the Gospell in many townes of the Samaritanes.
• Gen 17:3 : 3 Then fell Abram vpon his face.And God talked furthur, with him, and sayde:
• Matt 2:11 : 11 and went into the house, and found the chylde with Mary his mother, and kneled downe and worshipped hym, & opened ther treasures, and offred vnto hym gyftes: gold, franckynsence and myrre.
• Mark 5:33 : 33 As for the woman, she feared and trembled (for she knew, what was done in her) and came and fell downe before him, and tolde him the whole trueth.
• Luke 5:8 : 8 Whan Symon Peter sawe yt, he fell downe at Iesus knees, & sayde: LORDE, go
• Luke 9:52-56 : 52 and before him he sent messaungers, which wente their waye, and came into a towne of the Samaritans, to prepare lodginge for him. 53 And they wolde not receaue him, because he had turned his face to go to Ierusale. 54 But whan his disciples Iames and Ihon sawe that, they sayde: LORDE, wilt thou, that we commaunde, that fyre fall downe from heauen, and consume them, as Elias dyd? 55 Neuertheles Iesus turned him aboute, and rebuked them, and sayde: Knowe ye not, what maner of sprete ye are of? 56 The sonne of man is not come to destroye mens soules, but to saue them. And they wente in to another towne.
• Luke 10:32-35 : 32 And likewyse a Leuite, wha he came nye vnto the same place and sawe him, he passed by. 33 But a Samaritane was goynge his iourney, and came that waye, and whan he sawe him, he had compassion vpon him, 34 wente vnto him, bounde vp his woundes, and poured oyle and wyne therin, and lifte him vp vpon his beast, and brought him in to the ynne, and made prouysion for him. 35 Vpon the next daye whan he departed, he toke out two pens, and gaue them to the oost, aud sayde vnto him: Take cure of him, and what so euer thou spendest more, I wil paye it the, whan I come agayne.
• John 4:9 : 9 So the woman of Samaria sayde vnto him: How is it that thou axest drynke of me, seynge thou art a Iewe, and I a woman of Samaria? For the Iewes medle not with the Samaritans.
• John 4:21-22 : 21 Iesus sayde vnto her: Woman, beleue me, the tyme commeth, that ye shal nether vpon this mountayne ner at Ierusalem worshippe the father. 22 Ye wote not what ye worshippe, but we knowe what ye worshippe, for Saluacion commeth of the Iewes.
• John 4:39-42 : 39 Many Samaritans of the same cite beleued on him, for the sayenge of the woman, which testified: He hath tolde me all that euer I dyd. 40 Now whan the Samaritans came to him, they besought him, that he wolde tary with them. And he abode there two dayes, 41 and many mo beleued because of his worde, 42 and sayde vnto the woman: We beleue now hence forth, not because of thy sayenge, we haue herde him oureselues, and knowe, that this of a trueth is Christ the Sauioure of the worlde.
• John 8:48 : 48 Then answered the Iewes, and sayde vnto him: Saye we not right, that thou art a Samaritane, and hast the deuell?
• Acts 10:25-26 : 25 And as it chaunced yt Peter came in, Cornelius mett him, and fell downe at his fete, & worshipped him. 26 But Peter toke him vp, and sayde: Stonde vp, I am a man also.