Luke 8:41

Coverdale Bible (1535)

And beholde, there came a man named Iairus (and he was a ruler of the synagoge) and fell at Iesus fete, & besought him, that he wolde come in to his house.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ, ἰδού, ἦλθεν ἀνὴρ ᾧ ὄνομα Ἰάειρος, καὶ αὐτὸς ἄρχων τῆς συναγωγῆς ὑπῆρχεν: καὶ πεσὼν παρὰ τοὺς πόδας τοῦ Ἰησοῦ, παρεκάλει αὐτὸν εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ:

Transliteration

And, idou, ēlthen anēr to whom onoma Iaeiros, and he archōn of the synagōgēs hypērchen: and pesōn beside the podas of the Iēsou, parekalei him eiselthein into the oikon of him:

Grammar Details

• *idou*: aorist middle imperative, 2nd singular [used as interjection] - behold/look
• *ēlthen*: aorist active, 3rd singular - came/went
• *anēr*: nominative, masculine, singular - man
• *onoma*: nominative, neuter, singular - name
• *Iaeiros*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jairus
• *archōn*: nominative, masculine, singular - ruler/leader
• *synagōgēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - synagogue
• *hypērchen*: imperfect active, 3rd singular - was/existed
• *pesōn*: aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having fallen
• *podas*: accusative, masculine, plural - feet
• *Iēsou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Jesus
• *parekalei*: imperfect active, 3rd singular - was beseeching/exhorting
• *eiselthein*: aorist active infinitive - to enter/come in
• *oikon*: accusative, masculine, singular - house/home

Word Meanings

• *idou*: behold/look/see
• *ēlthen*: came/went/arrived
• *anēr*: man/male person
• *onoma*: name/title
• *Iaeiros*: Jairus
• *archōn*: ruler/leader/official
• *synagōgēs*: synagogue/assembly place
• *hypērchen*: was/existed/belonged to
• *pesōn*: having fallen/dropping down
• *podas*: feet
• *parekalei*: was beseeching/exhorting/urging
• *eiselthein*: to enter/come in/go in
• *oikon*: house/home/household

Referenced Verses

• Mark 5:22-43 : 22 And beholde, there came one of the rulers of the synagoge, whose name was Iairus. And whan he sawe him, he fell downe at his fete, 23 and besought him greatly, & sayde: My doughter is at the poynte (of death) let it be thy pleasure to come and laye thine honde vpon her, that she maye be whole and lyue. 24 And he wente with him, and moch people folowed him, and thronged him. 25 And there was a woman, which had had the bloude yssue twolue yeares, 26 and had suffred moch of many phisicians, and spent all that she had, and was not helped, but rather in worse case. 27 Whan she herde of Iesus, she came behynde amonge the people, and touched his garment. 28 For she sayde: Yf I maye but touch his clothes, I shalbe whole. 29 And immediatly ye fountayne of hir bloude was dryed vp, and she felt in hir body, yt she was healed of the plage. 30 And forth with Iesus felt in himself the power that was gone out of him, and turned him aboute amoge the people, and sayde: Who hath touched my clothes? 31 And his disciples sayde vnto him: Thou seist that the people thrusteth the, and sayest: Who hath touched me? 32 And he loked aboute to se her, that had done it. 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. 34 And he sayde vnto her: Doughter, thy faith hath made the whole: go thy waye in peace, & be whole of thy plage. 35 Whyle he yet spake, there came certayne from the ruler of the synagoges house, and sayde: Thy doughter is deed, why troublest thou the master eny more? 36 But Iesus herde right soone the worde that was spoken, and sayde vnto the ruler of the synagoge: Be not thou afrayed, beleue onely. 37 And he suffred no ma to folowe him, but Peter and Iames and Ihon his brother. 38 And he came in to the ruler of the synagoges house, and sawe the busynes, and them that wepte and wayled greatly: 39 and he wente in, and sayde vnto them: Why make ye this a doo, and wepe? The mayde is not deed, but slepeth. 40 And they laughed him to scorne And he droue them all out, and toke the father and mother of the mayde, and them that were with him, and wente in where the mayden laye. 41 And he toke the mayde by the honde, and sayde vnto her: Thabitha Cumi (which is by interpretaeion) Mayde, I saye vnto the: Aryse. 42 And immediatly the mayden arose, and walked. She was twolue yeare olde, and they were astonnyed out of measure. 43 And he charged them strately, that no man shulde knowe of it, and sayde vnto them, that they shulde geue her to eate.
• Luke 8:49 : 49 Whyle he yet spake, there came one fro ye ruler of ye synagoges house, and sayde vnto him: Thy doughter is deed, disease not the master.
• Luke 13:14 : 14 Then answered the ruler of the synagoge, and toke indignacion (because Iesus healed vpo ye Sabbath) and sayde vnto the people: There are sixe dayes, wherin men ought to worke, in them come and be healed, and not on the Sabbath.
• Acts 13:15 : 15 But after the lecture of the lawe and of the prophetes, the rulers of the synagoge sent vnto them, sayenge: Good brethren, yf ye haue eny sermon to exorte the people, saye on.
• Acts 18:8 : 8 Howbeit Crispus the chefe ruler of the synagoge, beleued on ye LORDE with all his housholde. And many of the Corinthians that gaue audience, beleued, and were baptysed.
• Acts 18:17 : 17 Then all the Grekes toke Sosthenes the ruler of the Sinagoge, and smote him before the iudgment seate. And Gallio cared for none of tho thinges.
• Rev 5:8 : 8 And when he had taken the boke, the foure beestes and the xxiiij. elders fell downe before the lambe, hauinge harpes and golden vialles full of odoures (which are ye prayers of the sayntes)
• Luke 17:16 : 16 and fell downe on his face at his fete, and gaue him thankes. And the same was a Samaritane.
• John 4:46-49 : 46 And Iesus came agayne vnto Cana in Galile, where he turned the water vnto wyne. And there was a certayne ruler, whose sonne laye sicke at Capernaum. 47 This herde that Iesus came out of Iewry in to Galile, and wente vnto him, and besought him, that he wolde come downe, and helpe his sonne, for he laye deed sicke. 48 And Iesus sayde vnto him: Excepte ye se tokens and wonders, ye beleue not. 49 The ruler sayde vnto him: Come downe Syr, or euer my childe dye.
• John 11:21 : 21 The sayde Martha vnto Iesus: LORDE, yf thou haddest bene here, my brother had not bene deed.
• Acts 9:38 : 38 But for so moch as Lydda was nye vnto Ioppa, and the disciples herde that Peter was there, they sent two men vnto him, and desyred him, yt he wolde take it for no grefe to come vnto them.
• Luke 5:8 : 8 Whan Symon Peter sawe yt, he fell downe at Iesus knees, & sayde: LORDE, go
• Matt 8:7-8 : 7 Iesus sayd vnto hym: I wil come & heale him. 8 The Captayne answered and sayde: Syr, I am nor worthy, that thou shuldest come vnder my rofe, but speake the worde only, and my seruaunt shalbe healed.
• Matt 9:18-26 : 18 Whyle he thus spake vnto them, beholde there came a certayne ruler, and worshipped him, sayinge: My doughter is eue now deceased, but come and lay yi honde on her, and she shall liue. 19 Iesus arose and folowed hym with hys disciples. 20 And beholde, a woman which was diseased wt an yssue of bloude xij. yeres, came behynde hym, and touched the hem of hys vesture. 21 For she sayde in her silfe: yf I maye touche but euen his vesture only, I shalbe safe. 22 Then Iesus tourned him aboute, and behelde her, sayinge: Doughter be of good conforte, thy faith hath made ye safe. And she was made whole, euen that same houre. 23 And when Iesus came into the rulers house, and sawe the minstrels and the people raginge, 24 he sayde vnto them: Get you hece, for ye mayde is not deed, but slepeth. And they laughed hym to scorne. 25 But whan the people were put forth, he went in, and toke her by the honde, and the mayde arose. 26 And this was noysed through out all that londe.