Matthew 12:25

Geneva Bible (1560)

But Iesus knew their thoughtes, and said to them, Euery kingdome deuided against it selfe, is brought to nought: and euery citie or house, deuided against it selfe, shall not stand.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἰδὼς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς τὰς ἐνθυμήσεις αὐτῶν, εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Πᾶσα βασιλεία μερισθεῖσα καθʼ ἑαυτῆς ἐρημοῦται· καὶ πᾶσα πόλις ἢ οἰκία μερισθεῖσα καθʼ ἑαυτῆς οὐ σταθήσεται:

Transliteration

Eidōs de the Iēsous the enthymēseis of them, eipen to them, Every basileia meristheisa against itself erēmoutai; and every polis or oikia meristheisa against itself not stathēsetai:

Grammar Details

• *Eidōs*: perfect participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having known/perceived
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and/now
• *Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
• *enthymēseis*: accusative, feminine, plural - thoughts/considerations/intentions
• *eipen*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd singular - said/spoke
• *basileia*: nominative, feminine, singular - kingdom/reign
• *meristheisa*: aorist passive participle, feminine, singular - having been divided
• *erēmoutai*: present, passive, indicative, 3rd singular - is being laid waste/made desolate
• *polis*: nominative, feminine, singular - city/town
• *oikia*: nominative, feminine, singular - house/household
• *stathēsetai*: future, passive, indicative, 3rd singular - will stand/endure

Word Meanings

• *Eidōs*: knowing/perceiving/understanding
• *enthymēseis*: thoughts/intentions/designs/plots
• *basileia*: kingdom/reign/rule/domain
• *erēmoutai*: is made desolate/is laid waste/is brought to ruin
• *polis*: city/state/community
• *oikia*: house/household/family
• *stathēsetai*: will stand/will endure/will remain

Referenced Verses

• Matt 9:4 : 4 But when Iesus saw their thoughts, he said, Wherefore thinke yee euil things in your hearts?
• Jer 17:10 : 10 I the Lord search the heart, and try ye reines, euen to giue euery man according to his wayes, and according to the fruite of his workes.
• Ps 139:2 : 2 Thou knowest my sitting and my rising: thou vnderstandest my thought afarre off.
• Gal 5:15 : 15 If ye bite and deuoure one another, take heede least ye be consumed one of another.
• Heb 4:13 : 13 Neither is there any creature, which is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and open vnto his eyes, with whome we haue to doe.
• Rev 2:23 : 23 And I will kill her children with death: and all the Churches shall know that I am he which searche the reines and heartes: and I will giue vnto euery one of you according vnto your workes.
• Rev 16:19 : 19 And the great citie was deuided into three partes, and the cities of the nations fell: and that great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to giue vnto her the cup of the wine of the fiercenesse of his wrath.
• Rev 17:16-17 : 16 And the tenne hornes which thou sawest vpon the beast, are they that shall hate the whore, and shal make her desolate and naked, & shall eate her flesh, and burne her with fire. 17 For God hath put in their heartes to fulfill his will, and to doe with one consent for to giue their kingdome vnto the beast, vntill the wordes of God be fulfilled.
• Isa 9:21 : 21 Manasseh, Ephraim: and Ephraim Manasseh, and they both shall be against Iudah yet for all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
• Isa 19:2-3 : 2 And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: so euery one shall fight against his brother, and euery one against his neighbour, citie against citie, and kingdome against kingdome. 3 And the spirite of Egypt shall faile in the middes of her, and I will destroy their counsell, and they shall seeke at the idoles, and at the sorcerers, and at them that haue spirits of diuination, and at the southsayers.
• Amos 4:13 : 13 For lo, he that formeth the mountaines, & createth the winde, & declareth vnto man what is his thought: which maketh the morning darkenesse, & walketh vpon the hie places of the earth, the Lord God of hostes is his Name.
• Mark 2:8 : 8 And immediatly when Iesus perceiued in his spirite, that thus they reasoned with themselues, he sayde vnto them, Why reason yee these things in your hearts?
• Mark 3:23-27 : 23 But he called them vnto him, and said vnto them in parables, How can Satan driue out Sata? 24 For if a kingdome bee deuided against it selfe, that kingdome can not stand. 25 Or if a house bee deuided against it selfe, that house can not continue. 26 So if Satan make insurrection against himselfe, and be deuided, hee can not endure but is at an ende. 27 No man can enter into a strong mans house, and take away his goods, except hee first binde that strong man, and then spoyle his house.
• Luke 11:17-22 : 17 But he knew their thoughts, and said vnto them, Euery kingdom deuided against it self, shall be desolate, and an house deuided against an house, falleth. 18 So if Satan also bee deuided against himselfe, howe shall his kingdome stande, because yee say that I cast out deuils through Beelzebub? 19 If I through Beelzebub cast out deuils, by whome doe your children cast them out? Therefore shall they be your iudges. 20 But if I by ye finger of God cast out deuils, doutles the kingdome of God is come vnto you. 21 When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, the thinges that hee possesseth, are in peace. 22 But when a stronger then hee, commeth vpon him, and ouercommeth him: hee taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and deuideth his spoiles.
• John 2:24-25 : 24 But Iesus did not commit him selfe vnto them, because he knewe them all, 25 And had no neede that any should testifie of man: for he knewe what was in man.
• John 21:17 : 17 He said vnto him the third time, Simon the sonne of Iona, louest thou me? Peter was sorie because he said to him the third time, Louest thou me? and said vnto him, Lord, thou knowest all things: thou knowest that I loue thee. Iesus saide vnto him, Feede my sheepe.
• 1 Cor 2:11 : 11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, saue the spirite of a man, which is in him? Euen so the things of God knoweth no man, but the spirit of God.