Luke 6:22

Geneva Bible (1560)

Blessed are ye when men hate you, and when they separate you, & reuile you, & put out your name as euill, for the Sonne of mans sake.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Μακάριοί ἐστε, ὅταν μισήσωσιν ὑμᾶς οἱ ἄνθρωποι, καὶ ὅταν ἀφορίσωσιν ὑμᾶς, καὶ ὀνειδίσωσιν, καὶ ἐκβάλωσιν τὸ ὄνομα ὑμῶν ὡς πονηρόν, ἕνεκα τοῦ Υἱοῦ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου.

Transliteration

Makarioi este, hotan misēsōsin you the anthrōpoi, and hotan aphorisōsin you, and oneidisōsin, and ekbalōsin the onoma of you as ponēron, heneka of the Huiou of the anthrōpou.

Grammar Details

• *Makarioi*: adjective, nominative, masculine, plural - blessed/happy
• *este*: verb, present active, 2nd person plural - you are
• *hotan*: conjunction - when/whenever
• *misēsōsin*: verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural - they might hate/despise
• *anthrōpoi*: noun, nominative, masculine, plural - men/people
• *aphorisōsin*: verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural - they might separate/exclude
• *oneidisōsin*: verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural - they might reproach/revile
• *ekbalōsin*: verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural - they might cast out/expel
• *onoma*: noun, accusative, neuter, singular - name
• *ponēron*: adjective, accusative, neuter, singular - evil/bad
• *heneka*: preposition - because of/for the sake of
• *Huiou*: noun, genitive, masculine, singular - Son
• *anthrōpou*: noun, genitive, masculine, singular - of man/human

Word Meanings

• *Makarioi*: blessed/happy/fortunate
• *misēsōsin*: hate/despise/detest
• *anthrōpoi*: men/people/humankind
• *aphorisōsin*: separate/exclude/ostracize
• *oneidisōsin*: reproach/revile/insult
• *ekbalōsin*: cast out/expel/reject
• *onoma*: name/reputation/character
• *ponēron*: evil/bad/malicious
• *Huiou*: Son (with definite article, indicates specific son)
• *anthrōpou*: of man/of human (with definite article, may indicate 'Son of Man' as title)

Referenced Verses

• Matt 10:22 : 22 And yee shall be hated of all men for my Name: but he that endureth to the end, he shall be saued.
• John 16:2 : 2 They shall excommunicate you: yea, the time shall come, that whosoeuer killeth you, will thinke that he doeth God seruice.
• Matt 5:10-12 : 10 Blessed are they which suffer persecution for righteousnes sake: for theirs is the kingdome of heauen. 11 Blessed shall ye be when men reuile you, and persecute you, & say all maner of euill against you for my sake, falsely. 12 Reioyce and be glad, for great is your reward in heauen: for so persecuted they the Prophets which were before you.
• John 12:42 : 42 Neuertheles, euen among the chiefe rulers, many beleeued in him: but because of the Pharises they did not confesse him, least they should be cast out of the Synagogue.
• 1 Thess 2:14-15 : 14 For brethren, ye are become folowers of the Churches of God, which in Iudea are in Christ Iesus, because ye haue also suffred the same things of your owne countrey men, euen as they haue of the Iewes, 15 Who both killed the Lord Iesus & their owne Prophets, & haue persecuted vs away, and God they please not, and are contrary to all men,
• 1 Pet 2:19-20 : 19 For this is thanke worthie, if a man for conscience toward God endure griefe, suffering wrongfully. 20 For what praise is it, if when ye be buffeted for your faultes, yee take it paciently? but and if when ye doe well, ye suffer wrong and take it paciently, this is acceptable to God.
• 1 Pet 3:14 : 14 Notwithstanding blessed are ye, if ye suffer for righteousnes sake. Yea, feare not their feare, neither be troubled.
• 1 Pet 4:12-16 : 12 Dearely beloued, thinke it not strange concerning the firie triall, which is among you to proue you, as though some strange thing were come vnto you: 13 But reioyce, in asmuch as ye are partakers of Christs suffrings, that when his glory shall appeare, ye may be glad and reioyce. 14 If yee be railed vpon for the Name of Christ, blessed are ye: for the spirit of glory, and of God resteth vpon you: which on their part is euill spoken of: but on your part is glorified. 15 But let none of you suffer as a murtherer, or as a thiefe, or an euil doer, or as a busibodie in other mens matters. 16 But if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not bee ashamed: but let him glorifie God in this behalfe.
• 2 Tim 3:11-12 : 11 Persecutions, and afflictions which came vnto me at Antiochia, at Iconium, and at Lystri, which persecutions I suffered: but from them all the Lord deliuered me. 12 Yea, and all that will liue godly in Christ Iesus, shall suffer persecution.
• John 15:18-21 : 18 If the worlde hate you, ye knowe that it hated me before you. 19 If ye were of the worlde, the world woulde loue his owne: but because ye are not of ye world, but I haue chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. 20 Remember the word that I said vnto you, The seruant is not greater then his master. If they haue persecuted me, they will persecute you also: if they haue kept my worde, they will also keepe yours. 21 But all these things will they doe vnto you for my Names sake, because they haue not knowen him that sent me.
• Matt 10:18 : 18 And ye shal be brought to the gouernours and Kings for my sake, in witnes to them, and to the Gentiles.
• Isa 65:5 : 5 Which say, Stand apart, come not nere to me: for I am holier then thou: these are a smoke in my wrath & a fire that burneth all the day.
• Isa 66:5 : 5 Heare the worde of the Lorde, all ye that tremble at his worde, Your brethren that hated you, and cast you out for my Names sake, said, Let the Lord be glorified: but he shall appeare to your ioy, and they shall be ashamed.
• John 17:14 : 14 I haue giuen them thy word, & the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world.
• Acts 9:16 : 16 For I will shewe him, howe many things he must suffer for my Names sake.
• Acts 22:22 : 22 And they heard him vnto this worde, but then they lift vp their voyces, and sayd, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not meete that he should liue.
• Acts 24:5 : 5 Certainely we haue found this man a pestilent fellowe, and a moouer of sedition among all the Iewes throughout the world, and a chiefe maintainer of the secte of the Nazarites:
• 1 Cor 4:10-11 : 10 We are fooles for Christes sake, and ye are wise in Christ: we are weake, and ye are strong: ye are honourable, and we are despised. 11 Vnto this houre we both hunger, & thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and haue no certaine dwelling place,
• 2 Cor 11:23-26 : 23 They are the ministers of Christ (I speake as a foole) I am more: in labours more aboundant: in stripes aboue measure: in prison more plenteously: in death oft. 24 Of the Iewes fiue times receiued I fourtie stripes saue one. 25 I was thrise beaten with roddes: I was once stoned: I suffered thrise shipwracke: night and day haue I bene in the deepe sea. 26 In iourneying I was often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils of mine owne nation, in perils among the Gentiles, in perils in the citie, in perils in wildernes, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren,
• Phil 1:28-30 : 28 And in nothing feare your aduersaries, which is to them a token of perdition, and to you of saluation, and that of God. 29 For vnto you it is giuen for Christ, that not onely ye should beleeue in him, but also suffer for his sake, 30 Hauing the same fight, which ye sawe in me, and nowe heare to be in me.
• Matt 10:39 : 39 He that will finde his life, shall lose it: & he that loseth his life for my sake, shal finde it.
• Mark 13:9-9 : 9 But take ye heede to your selues: for they shall deliuer you vp to the Councils, and to the Synagogues: ye shalbe beaten, and brought before rulers and Kings for my sake, for a testimoniall vnto them. 10 And the Gospel must first be published among all nations. 11 But when they leade you, & deliuer you vp, be not carefull before hand, neither studie what ye shall say: but what is giuen you at the same time, that speake: for it is not ye that speake, but the holy Ghost. 12 Yea, and the brother shall deliuer the brother to death, and the father the sonne, and the children shall rise against their parents, and shall cause them to die. 13 And ye shall be hated of all men for my Names sake: but whosoeuer shall endure vnto the end, he shalbe saued.
• Luke 20:15 : 15 So they cast him out of the vineyarde, and killed him. What shall the Lord of the vineyarde therefore doe vnto them?
• Luke 21:17 : 17 And ye shall bee hated of all men for my Names sake.
• John 7:7 : 7 The world can not hate you: but me it hateth, because I testifie of it, that the workes thereof are euill.
• John 9:22-28 : 22 These wordes spake his parents, because they feared the Iewes: for the Iewes had ordeined already, that if any man did confesse that he was Christ, he should be excommunicate out of the Synagogue. 23 Therefore sayde his parents, Hee is olde ynough: aske him. 24 Then againe called they the man that had bene blinde, and sayd vnto him, Giue glory vnto God: we know that this man is a sinner. 25 Then he answered, and sayd, Whether hee be a sinner or no, I can not tell: one thing I know, that I was blinde, and nowe I see. 26 Then sayd they to him againe, What did he to thee? howe opened he thine eyes? 27 Hee answered them, I haue tolde you already, and yee haue not heard it: wherefore would yee heare it againe? will yee also be his disciples? 28 Then reuiled they him, and sayd, Be thou his disciple: we be Moses disciples.
• John 9:34 : 34 They answered, and sayd vnto him, Thou art altogether borne in sinnes, and doest thou teach vs? so they cast him out.