Matthew 11:29

Geneva Bible (1560)

Take my yoke on you, and learne of me that I am meeke and lowly in heart: and ye shall finde rest vnto your soules.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἄρατε τὸν ζυγόν μου ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς, καὶ μάθετε ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ· ὅτι πρᾷός εἰμι καὶ ταπεινὸς τῇ καρδίᾳ: καὶ εὑρήσετε ἀνάπαυσιν ταῖς ψυχαῖς ὑμῶν.

Transliteration

Arate the zygon of me upon you, and mathete from me; because praos I am and tapeinos in the kardia: and you will heurēsete anapausin for the psychais of you.

Grammar Details

• *Arate*: aorist imperative, active, 2nd plural - take up
• *zygon*: accusative, masculine, singular - yoke
• *mathete*: aorist imperative, active, 2nd plural - learn
• *praos*: nominative, masculine, singular - gentle/meek
• *tapeinos*: nominative, masculine, singular - humble/lowly
• *kardia*: dative, feminine, singular - heart
• *heurēsete*: future, active, 2nd plural - you will find
• *anapausin*: accusative, feminine, singular - rest
• *psychais*: dative, feminine, plural - souls

Word Meanings

• *Arate*: take up/lift
• *zygon*: yoke/joining
• *mathete*: learn/be instructed
• *praos*: gentle/meek/mild
• *tapeinos*: humble/lowly/meek
• *kardia*: heart/inner self
• *heurēsete*: you will find/discover
• *anapausin*: rest/relief/refreshment
• *psychais*: souls/lives/selves

Referenced Verses

• 1 John 2:6 : 6 He that saith he remaineth in him, ought euen so to walke, as he hath walked.
• Phil 2:7-8 : 7 But he made himself of no reputation, & tooke on him ye forme of a seruant, & was made like vnto men, and was founde in shape as a man. 8 He humbled himselfe, and became obedient vnto the death, euen the death of the Crosse.
• Jer 6:16 : 16 Thus sayeth the Lord, Stande in the waies and beholde, and aske for the olde way, which is the good way and walke therein, and yee shall finde rest for your soules: but they saide, We will not walke therein.
• John 13:15 : 15 For I haue giuen you an example, that ye should doe, euen as I haue done to you.
• Phil 2:5 : 5 Let the same minde be in you that was euen in Christ Iesus,
• 1 Pet 2:21-23 : 21 For hereunto ye are called: for Christ also suffred for you, leauing you an ensample that ye should folow his steppes. 22 Who did no sinne, neither was there guile found in his mouth. 23 Who when hee was reuiled, reuiled not againe: when hee suffered, hee threatned not, but comitted it to him that iudgeth righteously.
• 2 Cor 10:1 : 1 Nowe I Paul my selfe beseech you by the meekenes, and gentlenes of Christ, which when I am present among you am base, but am bolde toward you being absent:
• John 15:10-14 : 10 If ye shall keepe my commandements, ye shall abide in my loue, as I haue kept my Fathers commandements, and abide in his loue. 11 These things haue I spoken vnto you, that my ioy might remaine in you, and that your ioy might be full. 12 This is my commandement, that ye loue one another, as I haue loued you. 13 Greater loue then this hath no man, when any man bestoweth his life for his friendes. 14 Ye are my friendes, if ye doe whatsoeuer I commaund you.
• Zech 9:9 : 9 Reioyce greatly, O daughter Zion: shoute for ioy, O daughter Ierusalem: beholde, thy King commeth vnto thee: he is iust and saued himselfe, poore and riding vpon an asse, and vpon a colt the foale of an asse.
• Matt 7:24 : 24 Whosoeuer then heareth of mee these words, & doeth the same, I will liken him to a wise man, which hath builded his house on a rock:
• Heb 5:9 : 9 And being consecrate, was made the authour of eternall saluation vnto all them that obey him:
• Heb 4:3-9 : 3 For we which haue beleeued, doe enter into rest, as he said to the other, As I haue sworne in my wrath, If they shall enter into my rest: although the workes were finished from the foundation of the world. 4 For he spake in a certaine place of the seuenth day on this wise, And God did rest the seuenth day from all his workes. 5 And in this place againe, If they shall enter into my rest. 6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter thereinto, & they to whom it was first preached, entred not therein for vnbeliefes sake: 7 Againe he appointed in Dauid a certaine day, by To day, after so long a time, saying, as it is sayd, This day, if ye heare his voyce, harden not your hearts. 8 For if Iesus had giuen them rest, then would he not after this haue spoke of an other day. 9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. 10 For he that is entred into his rest, hath also ceased from his owne works, as God did from his. 11 Let vs studie therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same ensample of disobedience.
• Matt 21:5 : 5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Beholde, thy King commeth vnto thee, meeke and sitting vpon an asse, and a colte, the foale of an asse vsed to the yoke.
• Num 12:3 : 3 (But Moses was a verie meeke man, aboue all the men that were vpon the earth)
• Ps 131:1 : 1 A song of degrees or Psalme of Dauid. Lorde, mine heart is not hautie, neither are mine eyes loftie, neither haue I walked in great matters and hid from me.
• Isa 42:1-4 : 1 Beholde, my seruaunt: I will stay vpon him: mine elect, in whom my soule deliteth: I haue put my Spirit vpo him: he shal bring forth iudgement to the Gentiles. 2 He shall not crie, nor lift vp, nor cause his voice to be heard in the streete. 3 A bruised reede shall hee not breake, and the smoking flaxe shall he not quench: he shall bring foorth iudgement in trueth. 4 He shall not faile nor be discouraged till he haue set iudgement in the earth: and the yles shall waite for his lawe.
• John 13:17 : 17 If ye know these things, blessed are ye, if ye doe them.
• John 14:21-24 : 21 He that hath my commandements, & keepeth them, is he that loueth me: and he that loueth me, shall be loued of my Father: and I will loue him, & wil shewe mine owne selfe to him. 22 Iudas sayd vnto him (not Iscariot) Lorde, what is the cause that thou wilt shewe thy selfe vnto vs, and not vnto the world? 23 Iesus answered, and sayd vnto him, If any man loue me, he will keepe my worde, and my Father will loue him, and we wil come vnto him, and wil dwell with him. 24 He that loueth me not, keepeth not my wordes, & the worde which ye heare, is not mine, but the Fathers which sent me.
• Acts 3:22-23 : 22 For Moses said vnto the Fathers, The Lord your God shall raise vp vnto you a Prophet, euen of your brethren, like vnto me: ye shal heare him in all things, whatsoeuer he shal say vnto you. 23 For it shalbe that euery person which shall not heare that Prophet, shall be destroyed out of the people.
• Acts 7:37 : 37 This is that Moses, which saide vnto the children of Israel, A Prophet shall the Lorde your God raise vp vnto you, euen of your brethren, like vnto me: him shall ye heare.
• Matt 28:20 : 20 Teaching them to obserue all things, whatsoeuer I haue commanded you: and lo, I am with you alway, vntill the ende of the worlde, Amen.
• Luke 6:46-48 : 46 But why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the things that I speake? 47 Whosoeuer commeth to mee, and heareth my wordes, and doeth the same, I will shewe you to whome he is like: 48 He is like a man which built an house, and digged deepe, and layde the fundation on a rocke: and when the waters arose, the flood beat vpon that house, and coulde not shake it: for it was grounded vpon a rocke.
• Luke 8:35 : 35 Then they came out to see what was done, and came to Iesus, and found the man, out of whom the deuils were departed, sitting at the feete of Iesus, clothed, and in his right minde: and they were afrayd.
• Luke 9:51-56 : 51 And it came to passe, when the dayes were accomplished, that he should be receiued vp, he setled himselfe fully to goe to Hierusalem, 52 And sent messengers before him: and they went and entred into a towne of the Samaritans, to prepare him lodging. 53 But they woulde not receiue him, because his behauiour was, as though he would go to Hierusalem. 54 And when his disciples, Iames and Iohn sawe it, they saide, Lorde, wilt thou that we commaund, that fire come downe from heauen, and consume them, euen as Elias did? 55 But Iesus turned about, & rebuked them, and said, Ye knowe not of what spirit ye are. 56 For the Sonne of man is not come to destroy mens liues, but to saue them. Then they went to another towne.
• Luke 10:39-42 : 39 And she had a sister called Marie, which also sate at Iesus feete, and heard his preaching. 40 But Martha was combred about much seruing, and came to him, and saide, Master, doest thou not care that my sister hath left me to serue alone? bid her therefore, that she helpe me. 41 And Iesus answered, and said vnto her, Martha, Martha, thou carest, and art troubled about many things: 42 But one thing is needefull, Marie hath chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
• Matt 11:27-28 : 27 All things are giuen vnto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Sonne, but ye Father: neither knoweth any man ye Father, but the Sonne, and he to whom ye Sonne will reueile him. 28 Come vnto me, all ye that are wearie and laden, and I will ease you.
• Matt 12:19-20 : 19 He shall not striue, nor crie, neither shall any man heare his voyce in the streetes. 20 A bruised reede shall he not breake, & smoking flaxe shal he not quenche, till he bring forth iudgement vnto victorie.
• Matt 17:5 : 5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloude shadowed them: and beholde, there came a voyce out of the cloude, saying, This is that my beloued Sonne, in whom I am wel pleased: heare him.
• 2 Cor 10:5 : 5 Casting downe the imaginations, and euery high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captiuitie euery thought to the obedience of Christ,
• Eph 4:20-21 : 20 But yee haue not so learned Christ, 21 If so be yee haue heard him, and haue bene taught by him, as the trueth is in Iesus,
• 1 Thess 4:2 : 2 For ye knowe what commaundements we gaue you by the Lord Iesus.
• 2 Thess 1:8 : 8 In flaming fire, rendring vengeance vnto them, that doe not know God, and which obey not vnto the Gospel of our Lord Iesus Christ,
• 1 Cor 9:21 : 21 To them that are without Lawe, as though I were without Lawe, (when I am not without Lawe as pertaining to God, but am in the Lawe through Christ) that I may winne them that are without Lawe: