Matthew 19:16

Coverdale Bible (1535)

And beholde, one came vnto him, and sayde: Good master, what good shal I do, yt I maye haue the euer lastinge life?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Καὶ, ἰδού, εἷς προσελθὼν εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Διδάσκαλε ἀγαθε, τὶ ἀγαθὸν ποιήσω, ἵνα ἔχω ζωὴν αἰώνιον;

Transliteration

And, idou, one proselthōn eipen to him, Didaskale agathe, what agathon poiēsō, that I may echō zōēn aiōnion?

Grammar Details

• *idou*: aorist imperative, 2nd singular, middle - behold/look
• *proselthōn*: aorist participle, active, nominative, masculine, singular - having come
• *eipen*: aorist, 3rd singular, active - said
• *Didaskale*: vocative, masculine, singular - Teacher
• *agathe*: vocative, masculine, singular - good
• *agathon*: accusative, neuter, singular - good thing
• *poiēsō*: aorist subjunctive, 1st singular, active - should I do
• *echō*: present subjunctive, 1st singular - I might have
• *zōēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - life
• *aiōnion*: accusative, feminine, singular - eternal

Word Meanings

• *idou*: behold/look/see
• *proselthōn*: approaching/coming to
• *Didaskale agathe*: Good Teacher/Good Master
• *agathon poiēsō*: good thing should I do/what good must I do
• *zōēn aiōnion*: eternal life/everlasting life

Referenced Verses

• Matt 25:46 : 46 And these shal go in to euerlastinge payne, but the righteous in to euerlastinge life.
• John 3:15 : 15 that who so euer beleueth in him, shulde not perish, but haue euerlastinge life.
• Mark 10:17-30 : 17 And whan he was gone forth vpon the waye, there came one runninge, and kneled vnto him, & axed him: Good Master, what shal I do, that I maye inheret euerlastinge life? 18 But Iesus saide vnto him: Why callest thou me good? There is no man good, but God onely, 19 Thou knowest the commaundementes: Thou shalt not breake wedlocke: thou shalt not kyll: thou shalt not steale: thou shalt beare no false wytnesse: thou shalt begyle no man: Honoure thy father and mother. 20 But he answered, and sayde vnto him: Master, all these haue I kepte fro my youth vp. 21 And Iesus behelde him, and loued him, & sayde vnto him: Thou wantest one thinge: Go thy waye, and sell all that thou hast, and geue it vnto ye poore: so shalt thou haue a treasure in heauen, and come & folowe me, and take the crosse vpon ye. 22 And he was disconforted at the sayenge, & wente awaye sory, for he had greate possessions. 23 And Iesus loked aboute him, and sayde vnto his disciples: O how hardly shal the ryche come into ye kyngdome of God? 24 And the disciples were astonnyed at his wordes. But Iesus answered agayne, and sayde vnto them: Deare children, how harde is it for them that trust in riches, to come into the kyngdome of God? 25 It is easier for a Camell to go thorow the eye of a nedle, then for a rich man to entre in to ye kyngdome of God. 26 Yet were they astonnyed ye more, and sayde amonge the selues: Who can the be saued? 27 But Iesus behelde them, and sayde: With men it is vnpossyble, but not with God: for with God all thinges are possyble. 28 Then sayde Peter vnto him: Beholde, we haue forsaken all, and folowed the. 29 Iesus answered & sayde: Verely I saye vnto you: There is no man that forsaketh house, or brethren, or sisters, or father or mother, or wife, or children, or londes for my sake and the gospels, 30 that shal not receaue an hundreth folde now in this tyme, houses, and brethre, and sisters, and mothers and children, and londes with persecucions, and in the worlde to come euerlastinge life.
• 1 John 1:2 : 2 and the life hath appeared, and we haue sene, and beare wytnes, and shewe vnto you ye life that is euerlastinge, which was with the father, and hath apeared vnto vs.
• Jude 1:21 : 21 and kepe youre selues in the loue of God, lokinge for the mercy of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, vnto eternall life.
• 1 John 2:25 : 25 And this is the promes yt he hath promysed vs, eue eternall life.
• 1 John 5:11-13 : 11 And this is that recorde, euen yt God hath geue vs euerlastinge life. And this life is in his sonne. 12 He that hath the sonne of God, hath life: He that hath not the sonne of God, hath not life. 13 These thinges haue I wrytte vnto you, which beleue on the name of the sonne of God, that ye maye knowe, how that ye haue eternall life, and that ye maye beleue on ye name of the sonne of God.
• 1 John 5:20 : 20 But we knowe, that the sonne of God is come, and hath geuen vs a mynde, to knowe him which is true: and we are in him yt is true, in his sonne Iesu Christ. This is the true God, and euerlastinge life.
• Luke 10:25-28 : 25 And beholde, there stode vp a scrybe and tempted him, and sayde: Master, what must I do, to inheret euerlastinge life? 26 He sayde vnto him: What is wrytten in the lawe? How readest thou? 27 He answered and sayde: Thou shalt loue thy LORDE God with all thy hert, with all thy soule, with all thy strength, and with all thy mynde, and thy neghboure as thy self. 28 He sayde vnto him: Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt lyue.
• Luke 18:18-30 : 18 And a certayne ruler axed him, and sayde: Good master, what must I do, that I maye enheret euerlastinge life? 19 But Iesus sayde vnto him: Why callest thou me good? There is no man good, but God onely. 20 Thou knowest the comaundementes: Thou shalt not breake wedlocke: Thou shalt not kyll: Thou shalt not steale: Thou shalt not beare false wytnesse: Honoure thy father and yi mother. 21 But he sayde: All these haue I kepte fro my youth vp. 22 Wha Iesus herde that, he sayde vnto him: Yet lackest thou one thinge, sell all that thou hast, and geue it vnto ye poore, and thou shalt haue a treasure in heauen, and come & folowe me. 23 Whan he herde that, he was sory, for he was very riche. 24 Whan Iesus sawe that he was sory, he sayde: How hardly shal the riche come in to the kyngdome of God? 25 It is easyer for a Camell to go thorow the eye of a nedle, the for a rich man to entre in to the kyngdome of God. 26 Then sayde they yt herde that: Who can then be saued? 27 But he sayde: loke what is vnpossible with me, is possible with God. 28 Then sayde Peter: Beholde, we haue forsake all, and folowed the. 29 He sayde vnto the: Verely I saye vnto you: There is no ma yt forsaketh house, or elders, or brethren, or wife, or children for the kyngdome of Gods sake, 30 which shal not receaue moch more in this tyme, and euerlastinge life in the worlde to come.
• Dan 12:2 : 2 Many of them that slepe in the dust of the earth, shal awake: some to euerlastinge life, some to perpetuall shame & reprofe.
• Matt 19:26 : 26 Neuertheles Iesus behelde them, and sayde vnto them: With men it is vnpossyble, but with God all thinges are possyble.
• Matt 19:29 : 29 And who so euer forsaketh houses or brethre, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or londes, for my names sake, the same shal receaue an hundreth folde, and inheret euerlastinge life.
• John 4:14 : 14 But whosoeuer shal drynke of the water that I shal geue him, shal neuer be more a thyrst: but the water that I shal geue him, shalbe in him a well of water, which spryngeth vp in to euerlastinge life.
• John 5:39 : 39 Searche the scripture, for ye thinke ye haue euerlastinge life therin: and the same is it that testifyeth of me,
• John 6:27-29 : 27 Laboure not for the meate which perisheth but yt endureth vnto euerlastinge life, which the sonne of ma shal geue you: For him hath God the father sealed. 28 The sayde they vnto him: What shal we do, that we maye worke ye workes of God? 29 Iesus answered, and sayde vnto the: This is the worke of God, that ye beleue on him, whom he hath sent.
• John 6:47 : 47 Verely verely I saye vnto you: He that beleueth on me, hath euerlastinge life.
• John 6:68 : 68 Then answered Simon Peter: LORDE, Whither shal we go? Thou hast the wordes of euerlastinge life:
• John 10:28 : 28 And I geue the euerlastinge life, & they shal neuer perishe, and noma shal plucke the out of my hande.
• John 12:25 : 25 He that loueth his life, shal lose it: and he that hateth his life in this worlde, shal kepe it vnto life euerlastinge.
• John 17:2-3 : 2 Like as thou hast geuen him power ouer all fleshe, that he shulde geue euerlastinge life to as many as thou hast geuen him. 3 But this is the life euerlastinge, that they knowe the (that thou onely art the true God) and whom thou hast sent, Iesus Christ.
• Acts 16:30 : 30 and broughte them out, and sayde: Syrs, what must I do, to be saued?
• Rom 2:7 : 7 namely, prayse & honoure, and vncorrupcion, vnto them that with pacience in doinge good, seke euerlastinge life:
• Rom 5:21 : 21 that, like as synne had reigned vnto death, eue so mighte grace reigne also thorow righteousnes to euerlastinge life by the meanes of Iesus Christ.
• Rom 6:22-23 : 22 But now that ye be fre from synne, and are become the seruauntes of God, ye haue youre frute that ye shulde be holy: but the ende is euerlastinge life. 23 For death is the rewarde of synne, but the gifte of God is euerlastinge life.
• 1 Tim 1:16 : 16 Notwithstondynge for this cause optayned I mercy, that Iesus Christ mighte pryncipally shewe in me all longe pacience, to the ensample of them which shulde beleue in him vnto eternall life.
• 1 Tim 6:12 : 12 fighte a good fighte of faith: laye honde on eternall life, where vnto thou art called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
• 1 Tim 6:19 : 19 gatherynge vp treasure for them selues, a good foundacion, agaynst ye tyme to come, that they maye laye honde on eternall life.
• Titus 1:2 : 2 vpon the hope of eternall life: which God that can not lye hath promysed before the tymes of the worlde:
• Titus 3:7 : 7 yt we beynge made righteous by his grace, shulde be heyres of eternall life acordynge to hope.
• Matt 19:17-18 : 17 He sayde vnto him: Why callest thou me good? there is none good, but God onely. Neuertheles yf thou wilt entre into life, kepe ye comaudemetes. 18 The sayde, he vnto him: Which? Iesus saide: Thou shalt not kyll: thou shalt not breake wedlocke: thou shalt not steale: thou shalt beare no false wytnes: