Matthew 13:47

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Agayne, ye kyngdome of heaue is like vnto a nett cast in to ye see, wherwith are take all maner of fyshes:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Πάλιν, ὁμοία ἐστὶν ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν σαγήνῃ, βληθείσῃ εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν, καὶ ἐκ παντὸς γένους συναγαγούσῃ:

Transliteration

Again, homoia estin the basileia of the ouranōn to sagēnē, blētheisē into the thalassan, and from every genous synagagousē:

Grammar Details

• *homoia*: nominative, feminine, singular - like/similar
• *estin*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - is
• *basileia*: nominative, feminine, singular - kingdom/reign
• *ouranōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of heavens
• *sagēnē*: dative, feminine, singular - to dragnet/seine
• *blētheisē*: aorist passive participle, dative, feminine, singular - having been cast
• *thalassan*: accusative, feminine, singular - sea
• *genous*: genitive, neuter, singular - of kind/sort
• *synagagousē*: aorist active participle, dative, feminine, singular - having gathered together

Word Meanings

• *homoia*: like/similar/resembling
• *basileia*: kingdom/reign/sovereignty
• *ouranōn*: heavens/skies
• *sagēnē*: dragnet/seine/fishing net
• *blētheisē*: having been cast/thrown
• *thalassan*: sea/lake
• *genous*: kind/sort/species/type
• *synagagousē*: having gathered together/collected/brought together

Referenced Verses

• Matt 4:19 : 19 and he sayde vnto them: folowe me, & I will make you fisshers of me.
• 1 John 4:1-6 : 1 Dearly beleued, beleue not ye euery sprete, but proue the spretes, whether they be of God. For many false prophetes are gone out in to the worlde. 2 Hereby shal ye knowe the sprete of God: Euery sprete which confesseth, that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh, is of God: 3 And euery sprete which confesseth not that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh, is not off God. And this is that sprete of Antechrist, off whom ye haue herde, how that he shal come, and euen now allready is he in the worlde. 4 Litle children, ye are off God, and haue ouercome them: for greater is he that is in you, then he that is in the worlde. 5 They are off the worlde, therfore speake they off the worlde, and the worlde herkeneth vnto them. 6 We are of God, and he that knoweth God, herkeneth vnto vs: he that is not of God, heareth vs not. Here by knowe we the sprete of trueth, and ye sprete of erroure.
• Jude 1:4-5 : 4 For there are certayne craftely crept in, of which it was wrytten afore tyme vnto soche iudgement. They are vngodly, and turne the grace of oure God vnto wantanes, and denye God the onely LORDE, and oure LORDE Iesus Christ. 5 My minde is therfore to put you in remebrauce, for as moche as ye once knowe this, how that ye LORDE (after that he had deliuered the people out of Egipt) destroyed them which afterwarde beleued not.
• Rev 3:1 : 1 And wryte vnto the angell of the congregacion off Sardis: this sayth he that hath the seuen spretes of God, & the seuen starres. I knowe thy workes, thou hast a name that thou lyuest, and thou art deed.
• Rev 3:15-17 : 15 I knowe thy workes, yt thou art nether colde nor hot: I wolde thou were colde or hote. 16 So then because thou art bitwene bothe, and nether colde ner hote I wyll spew the out off my mouth: 17 because thou saist thou art riche and incresyd with goodes and hast nede of nothinge, and knowest not how thou art wretched & miserable, poore, blynde, and nakyd.
• Matt 13:26-30 : 26 Now wha the blade was sproge vp & brought forth frute, the ye tares appeared also. 27 Then came the seruautes to ye housholder, & sayde vnto him: Syr, sowdest not thou good sede in yi felde? Fro whece the hath it tares? 28 He sayde vnto the: that hath the enemye done. The sayde ye seruautes: wilt thou then yt we go & wede the out? 29 He sayde: No, lest whyle ye wede out ye tares, ye plucke vp the wheate also wt the. 30 Let the both growe together tyll the haruest, and in tyme of haruest I wil saye vnto the reapers: Gather ye tares first, & bynde the in sheeues to be bret: but gather the wheate in to my barne.
• Matt 22:9-9 : 9 Go youre waye out therfore in to ye hye wayes, and as many as ye fynde, byd them to the mariage. 10 And the seruauntes wete out in to the hye wayes, and gathered together as many as they coulde fynde, both good and bad, & the tables were all full.
• Matt 25:1-4 : 1 Then shal the kyngdome of heauen be like vnto ten virgins, which toke their lapes, and wente forth to mete the brydegome. 2 But fyue of them were foolish, and fyue were wyse. 3 The foolish toke their lapes, neuertheles they toke none oyle with them. 4 But the wyse toke oyle in their vessels with their lampes.
• Mark 1:17 : 17 And Iesus sayde vnto the: Folowe me, and I wil make you fysshers of me.
• Luke 5:10 : 10 and so were Iames and Ihon also the sonnes of Zebede, which were Symons companyons. And Iesus sayde vnto Symo: Feare not, for fro hence forth thou shalt take men.
• Luke 14:21-23 : 21 And the seruaunt came, and brought his lorde worde agayne therof.Then was the good man of the house displeased, and sayde vnto his seruaut: Go out quyckly in to the stretes and quarters of ye cite, and brynge in hither the poore and crepell, and lame and blynde. 22 And the seruaut sayde: lorde, it is done as thou hast comaunded, and there is yet more rowme. 23 And the lorde sayde vnto the seruaunt: Go out into the hye wayes, and to the hedges, and compell them to come in, that my house maye be fylled.
• John 15:2 : 2 Euery braunch that bringeth not forth frute in me, shal he cut of: and euery one that bryngeth forth frute, shal he pourge, yt it maye bringe forth more frute.
• John 15:6 : 6 He that abydeth not in me, is cast out as a vyne braunche, and it wythereth, and men gather it vp, and cast it in to the fyre, and it burneth.
• Acts 5:1-9 : 1 But a certayne man named Ananias with Saphira his wife, solde his possession, 2 and kepte awaye parte of the money (his wife knowinge of it) and broughte one parte, & layed it at the Apostles fete. 3 But Peter sayde: Ananias, Wherfore hath Sathan fylled thine hert, that thou shuldest lye vnto the holy goost, and withdrawe awaye parte of the money of the lyuelod? 4 Mightest thou not haue kepte it, whan thou haddest it? And whan it was solde, the money was also in thy power: Why hast thou then conceaued this thinge in thine hert? Thou hast not lyed vnto me, but vnto God. 5 Whan Ananias herde these wordes, he fell downe, & gaue vp the goost. And there came a greate feare vpon all the that herde of this. 6 The yonge men rose vp, and put him asyde, and caried him out, and buried him. 7 And it fortuned as it were aboute ye space of thre houres after, his wife came in, and knewe not what was done. 8 But Peter answered vnto her. Tell me, solde ye the londe for somoch? She sayde: Yee, for so moch. 9 Peter sayde vnto her: Why haue ye agreed together, to tempte the sprete of the LORDE? Beholde, the fete of the which haue buried thy hussbande, are at the dore, & shal carye the out. 10 And immediatly she fell downe at his fete, and gaue vp the goost. Then came in the yonge men, and founde her deed, and caried her out, and buried her by hir hussbade.
• Acts 8:18-22 : 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.
• Acts 20:30 : 30 Yee eue from amonge youre awne selues shal men aryse, speakynge peruerse doctryne, to drawe disciples after them.
• 1 Cor 5:1-6 : 1 There goeth a commen reporte, that there is whordome amoge you, and soch whordome, as is not once named amoge the Heythen, that one shulde haue his fathers wife. 2 And ye are puft vp, and haue not rather sorowed, that he which hath done this dede, mighte be put fro amoge you. 3 For I verely as absent in body, but present in sprete, haue determyned allready as though I were present (cocernynge him that hath done this dede) 4 in ye name of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, wha ye are gathered together with my sprete, and with the power of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, 5 to delyuer him vnto Sathan for the destruccion of the flesh, that the sprete maye be saued in the daye of the LORDE Iesus. 6 Youre reioysinge is not good. Knowe ye not that a litle leuen sowereth the whole lompe of dowe.
• 1 Cor 10:1-9 : 1 Brethren, I wolde not that ye shulde be ignoraunt of this, that oure fathers were all vnder the cloude, and all passed thorow the see, 2 & were all baptised vnder Moses in the cloude and in the see, 3 and dyd all eate of one spirituall meate, 4 and dyd all drynke of one spirituall drynke: but they dronke of the spirituall rocke that folowed the, which rocke was Christ. 5 Neuertheles in many of them had God no delyte, for they were smytten downe in the wyldernesse. 6 These are ensamples vnto vs, yt we shulde not lust after euell thinges, as they lusted. 7 Nether be ye worshippers off ymages, as were some of them. Acordinge as it is wrytte: The people sat downe to eate and drynke, and rose vp to playe. 8 Nether let vs commytte whordome, as some of them comytted whordome, and fell in one daye thre & twenty thousande. 9 Nether let vs tempte Christ, as some of them tempted him, and were destroyed of serpetes. 10 Nether murmur ye, as some of them murmured, and were destroyed thorow the destroyer. 11 All these thinges happened vnto the for ensamples, but they are wrytte to warne vs, vpon whom the ende of ye worlde is come. 12 Therfore let him that thinketh he stondeth, take hede, lest he fall.
• 1 Cor 11:19 : 19 For there must be sectes amonge you, that they which are perfecte amonge you, mighte be knowne.
• 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.
• 2 Cor 11:26 : 26 I haue oft iourneyed: I haue bene oft in parels of waters, in parels amonge murthurers, in parels amonge the Iewes, in parels amonge the Heythen, in parels in cities, in parels in the wylderners, in parels vpon the See, in parels amonge false brethre,
• 2 Cor 12:20-21 : 20 For I feare, lest whan I come, I shal not fynde you soch as I wolde: and lest ye shal fynde me soch as ye wolde not: lest there be amonge you, debates, envyenges, wrathes, stryuynges, bacbytinges, whysperinges, swellinges, vproures: 21 lest whan I come agayne, God bringe me lowe amoge you & lest I be constrayned to bewayle many of the yt haue synned before, & haue not repented ouer ye vnclennesse and whordome, and wantonnes, which they haue comytted.
• Gal 2:4 : 4 and that because of certayne incommers beynge false brethre, which came in amoge other, to spye out oure libertye, which we haue in Christ Iesus, that they mighte brynge vs in to bondage:
• 2 Tim 3:2-5 : 2 For there shalbe me which shal holde of the selues, couetous, boasters, proude, cursed speakers, dishobedient to their elders, vnthankfull, vngoostly, 3 vnkynde, truce breakers, false accusers, ryatours, fearce, despysers of them which are good, 4 traytours, heady, hye mynded, gredy vpon voluptuousnes more then the louers of God, 5 hauynge a shyne off godly lyuynge, but denyenge the power therof. And soch avoyde.
• 2 Tim 4:3-4 : 3 For the tyme wil come, whan they shal not suffre wholsome doctryne, but after their awne lustes shal they (whose eares ytche) get them an heape of teachers, 4 and shal turne their eares from the trueth, and shalbe geuen vnto fables.
• Titus 1:9-9 : 9 and soch one as cleueth vnto the true worde of doctryne: that he maye be able to exhorte with wholsome lernynge, & to improue them that saye agaynst it. 10 For there are many dishobedient, and talkers of vanite, and disceauers of myndes: namely they of the circucision, 11 whose mouthes must be stopped: which peruerte whole houses, teachinge thinges which they oughte not, because of filthye lucre.
• 2 Pet 2:1-3 : 1 Bvt there were false prophetes also amonge the people, euen as there shalbe false teachers amonge you likewyse, which preuely shal brynge in damnable sectes, euen denyenge the LORDE that hath boughte them, and shal brynge vpon them selues swift damnacion: 2 and many shal folowe their damnable wayes, by who the waye of the trueth shal be euell spoke of: 3 and thorow cuvetousnes shal they with fayned wordes make marchaundise of you, vpo who the iudgment is not necliget in tarienge of olde, and their damnacion slepeth not.
• 2 Pet 2:13-22 : 13 and so receaue ye rewarde of vnrighteousnes.They counte it pleasure to lyue deliciously for a season: Spottes are they and fylthynes: lyuynge at pleasure and in disceaueable wayes: feastynge wt that which is youres, 14 hauynge eyes full of aduoutrye, and ca not ceasse from synne, entysinge vnstable soules: hauynge an hert exercysed wt couetousnes: they are cursed children, 15 and haue forsaken the righte waye, and are gone astraye: folowinge the waye of Balaam the sonne of Bosor, which loued the rewarde of vnrighteousnes: 16 but was rebuked of his iniquyte. The tame and domme beast spake with mas voyce, & forbad the foolishnes of ye prophet. 17 These are welles without water, & cloudes caried aboute of a tepest: to who ye myst of darknesse is reserued foreuer. 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: 19 and promyse them libertye, where as they them selues are seruauntes off corrupcion. For off whom so euer a man is ouercome, vnto the same is he in bondage. 20 For yf they (after they haue escaped from the fylthynes of the worlde, thorow the knowlege of ye LORDE and Sauioure Iesus Christ) are yet tangled agayne therin and ouercome, then is the latter ende worse vnto them then the begynnynge. 21 For it had bene better for them, not to haue knowne the waye of righteousnes, then after they haue knowne it, to turne from the holy commaundemet, that was geuen vnto them. 22 It is happened vnto them acordynge vnto the true prouerbe: ye dogg is turned to his vomyte agayne: and ye sowe that was wasshed, vnto hir walowynge in the myre.
• 1 John 2:18-19 : 18 Litle children, it is the last houre, and (as ye haue herde that Antechrist shal come) euen now are there many become Antechristes allready: wherby we knowe, that it is ye last houre. 19 They wente out fro vs, but they were not of vs: for yf they had bene of vs, they wolde no doute haue contynued with vs. But that they maye be knowne, how that they are not all of vs.