Matthew 13:21

Geneva Bible (1560)

Yet hath he no roote in himselfe, and dureth but a season: for assoone as tribulation or persecution commeth because of the woorde, by and by he is offended.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οὐκ ἔχει δὲ ῥίζαν ἐν ἑαυτῷ, ἀλλὰ πρόσκαιρός ἐστιν: γενομένης δὲ θλίψεως ἢ διωγμοῦ διὰ τὸν λόγον, εὐθὺς σκανδαλίζεται.

Transliteration

Not echei de rhizan in himself, but proskairos estin: genomēnēs de thlipseōs ē diōgmou dia the logon, euthys skandalizetai.

Grammar Details

• *Ouk*: negative particle - not
• *echei*: present, 3rd singular - he has
• *de*: conjunctive particle - but/and
• *rhizan*: accusative, feminine, singular - root
• *en*: preposition + dative - in
• *heautō*: reflexive pronoun, dative, masculine, singular - himself
• *alla*: contrastive conjunction - but
• *proskairos*: nominative, masculine, singular - temporary
• *estin*: present, 3rd singular - is
• *genomēnēs*: aorist participle, genitive, feminine, singular, middle - having happened [genitive absolute]
• *thlipseōs*: genitive, feminine, singular - of tribulation
• *ē*: conjunction - or
• *diōgmou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of persecution
• *dia*: preposition + accusative - because of
• *logon*: accusative, masculine, singular - word
• *euthys*: adverb - immediately
• *skandalizetai*: present passive, 3rd singular - is caused to stumble

Word Meanings

• *echei rhizan*: has root/is rooted
• *proskairos*: temporary/for a season/short-lived
• *genomēnēs thlipseōs ē diōgmou*: when tribulation or persecution happens [genitive absolute]
• *thlipseōs*: tribulation/affliction/distress
• *diōgmou*: persecution/harassment
• *dia ton logon*: because of the word/on account of the message
• *skandalizetai*: is caused to stumble/falls away/is offended

Referenced Verses

• Matt 11:6 : 6 And blessed is he that shal not be offeded in me.
• Hos 6:4 : 4 O Ephraim, what shall I doe vnto thee? O Iudah, how shall I intreate thee? for your goodnesse is as a morning cloude, and as the morning dewe it goeth away.
• 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.
• Matt 7:22-23 : 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lorde, Lorde, haue we not by thy Name prophecied? and by thy name cast out deuils? and by thy name done many great workes? 23 And then will I professe to them, I neuer knewe you: depart from me, ye that worke iniquitie.
• Matt 7:26-27 : 26 But whosoeuer heareth these my wordes, and doeth them not, shall be likened vnto a foolish man, which hath builded his house vpon the sand: 27 And the raine fell, and the floods came, and the windes blewe, and beat vpon that house, and it fell, and the fall thereof was great.
• 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.
• Matt 10:37-39 : 37 He that loueth father or mother more then me, is not worthie of me; he that loueth sonne, or daughter more then mee, is not worthie of me. 38 And hee that taketh not his crosse, and followeth after me, is not worthie of me. 39 He that will finde his life, shall lose it: & he that loseth his life for my sake, shal finde it.
• Job 19:28 : 28 But yee sayde, Why is hee persecuted? And there was a deepe matter in me.
• Job 27:8-9 : 8 For what hope hath the hypocrite when he hath heaped vp riches, if God take away his soule? 9 Will God heare his cry, when trouble commeth vpon him? 10 Will he set his delight on the Almightie? will he call vpon God at all times?
• Ps 36:3 : 3 The wordes of his mouth are iniquitie and deceit: hee hath left off to vnderstand and to doe good.
• Prov 12:3 : 3 A man cannot be established by wickednesse: but the roote of the righteous shall not be mooued.
• Prov 12:12 : 12 The wicked desireth the net of euils: but the roote of the righteous giueth fruite.
• Matt 13:6 : 6 And when the sunne was vp, they were parched, and for lacke of rooting, withered away.
• Matt 13:57 : 57 And they were offended with him. Then Iesus said to them, A Prophet is not without honour, saue in his owne countrey, and in his owne house.
• Matt 16:24-26 : 24 Iesus then saide to his disciples, If any man will follow me, let him forsake himselfe: and take vp his crosse, and followe me. 25 For whosoeuer will saue his life, shall lose it: and whosoeuer shall lose his life for my sake, shall finde it. 26 For what shall it profite a man though he should winne the whole worlde, if hee lose his owne soule? Or what shall a man giue for recompence of his soule?
• Matt 24:9-9 : 9 Then shal they deliuer you vp to be afflicted, and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated of all nations for my Names sake. 10 And then shall many be offended, and shal betray one another, and shall hate one another.
• Matt 24:13 : 13 But he that endureth to the ende, he shalbe saued.
• Matt 26:31 : 31 Then saide Iesus vnto them, All yee shall be offended by me this night: for it is written, I wil smite the shepheard, and the sheepe of the flocke shalbe scattered.
• Matt 26:33 : 33 But Peter aunswered, and sayde vnto him, Though that al men should be offended by thee, yet will I neuer be offended.
• Mark 4:17 : 17 Yet haue they no roote in themselues, and endure but a time: for when trouble and persecution ariseth for the worde, immediatly they be offended.
• Mark 8:34-36 : 34 And hee called the people vnto him with his disciples, and saide vnto them, Whosoeuer will followe me, let him forsake himselfe, and take vp his crosse, and follow me. 35 For whosoeuer will saue his life, shall lose it: but whosoeuer shall lose his life for my sake and the Gospels, he shall saue it. 36 For what shall it profite a man, though he should winne the whole world, if he lose his soule?
• Mark 13:12-13 : 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 8:13 : 13 But they that are on the stones, are they which when they haue heard, receiue ye word with ioy: but they haue no rootes: which for a while beleeue, but in the time of tentation goe away.
• Luke 9:23-25 : 23 And he sayd to them all, If any man will come after me, let him denie himselfe, & take vp his crosse dayly, and followe me. 24 For whosoeuer will saue his life, shal lose it: and whosoeuer shall lose his life for my sake, the same shall saue it. 25 For what auantageth it a man, if he win the whole worlde, and destroy himselfe, or lose himselfe?
• Luke 14:26-33 : 26 If any man come to mee, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters: yea, and his owne life also, he can not be my disciple. 27 And whosoeuer beareth not his crosse, and commeth after mee, can not bee my disciple. 28 For which of you minding to builde a towre, sitteth not downe before, and counteth the cost, whether hee haue sufficient to performe it, 29 Lest that after he hath laide the foundation, and is not able to performe it, all that behold it, begin to mocke him, 30 Saying, This man began to builde, and was not able to make an end? 31 Or what King going to make warre against another King, sitteth not downe first, and taketh counsell, whether he be able with ten thousande, to meete him that commeth against him with twentie thousand? 32 Or els while hee is yet a great way off, hee sendeth an ambassage, and desireth peace. 33 So likewise, whosoeuer hee be of you, that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
• Luke 21:12-18 : 12 But before all these, they shal lay their hands on you, and persecute you, deliuering you vp to the assemblies, and into prisons, and bring you before Kings and rulers for my Names sake. 13 And this shall turne to you, for a testimoniall. 14 Lay it vp therefore in your heartes, that ye cast not before hand, what ye shall answere. 15 For I will giue you a mouth and wisdome, where against all your aduersaries shall not be able to speake, nor resist. 16 Yea, ye shalbe betrayed also of your parents, and of your brethren, and kinsmen, and friendes, and some of you shall they put to death. 17 And ye shall bee hated of all men for my Names sake. 18 Yet there shall not one heare of your heads perish.
• John 6:26 : 26 Iesus answered them; and sayde, Verely, verely I say vnto you, ye seeke me not because ye sawe the miracles, but because yee ate of ye loaues, and were filled.
• John 6:61-65 : 61 But Iesus knowing in himselfe, that his disciples murmured at this, saide vnto them, Doeth this offend you? 62 What then if yee should see that Sonne of man ascend vp where he was before? 63 It is the spirite that quickeneth: the flesh profiteth nothing: the woordes that I speake vnto you, are spirite and life. 64 But there are some of you that beleeue not: for Iesus knewe from the beginning, which they were that beleeued not, & who shoulde betray him. 65 And hee saide, Therefore saide I vnto you, that no man can come vnto mee, except it be giuen vnto him of my Father.
• John 6:70-71 : 70 Iesus answered them, Haue not I chosen you twelue, and one of you is a deuill? 71 Now he spake it of Iudas Iscariot the sonne of Simon: for hee it was that shoulde betraie him, though he was one of the twelue.
• John 12:25-26 : 25 He that loueth his life, shall lose it, and he that hateth his life in this world, shall keepe it vnto life eternall. 26 If any man serue me, let him followe me: for where I am, there shall also my seruant be: and if any man serue me, him will my Father honour.
• John 15:5-7 : 5 I am that vine: ye are the branches: he that abideth in me, & I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruite: for without me can ye doe nothing. 6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branche, and withereth: and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they burne. 7 If ye abide in me, and my wordes abide in you, aske what ye wil, & it shalbe done to you.
• Acts 8:21-23 : 21 Thou hast neither part nor fellowship in this businesse: for thine heart is not right in the sight of God. 22 Repent therefore of this thy wickednes, and pray God, that if it be possible, the thought of thine heart may be forgiuen thee. 23 For I see that thou art in the gall of bitternes, and in the bonde of iniquitie.
• Rom 2:7 : 7 That is, to them which through patience in well doing, seeke glorie, and honour, and immortalitie, euerlasting life:
• Gal 5:6 : 6 For in Iesus Christ neither circumcision auaileth any thing, neither vncircumcision, but faith which worketh by loue.
• Gal 6:12 : 12 As many as desire to make a faire shewe in the flesh, they constraine you to be circumcised, onely because they would not suffer persecution for the crosse of Christ.
• Gal 6:15 : 15 For in Christ Iesus neither circumcision auaileth any thing, nor vncircumcision, but a newe creature.
• Eph 3:17 : 17 That Christ may dwell in your heartes by faith:
• Phil 1:6 : 6 And I am persuaded of this same thing, that he that hath begunne this good worke in you, wil perfourme it vntill the day of Iesus Christ,
• 2 Tim 1:15 : 15 This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia, be turned from me: of which sort are Phygellus and Hermogenes.
• 2 Tim 4:10 : 10 For Demas hath forsaken me, and hath embraced this present world, & is departed vnto Thessalonica. Crescens is gone to Galatia, Titus vnto Dalmatia.
• Heb 10:35-39 : 35 Cast not away therefore your confidence which hath great recompense of reward. 36 For ye haue neede of patience, that after ye haue done the will of God, ye might receiue the promes. 37 For yet a very litle while, and hee that shall come, will come, and will not tary. 38 Nowe the iust shall liue by faith: but if any withdrawe himselfe, my soule shall haue no pleasure in him. 39 But we are not they which withdrawe our selues vnto perdition, but follow faith vnto the conseruation of the soule.
• 1 Pet 1:5 : 5 Which are kept by the power of God through faith vnto saluation, which is prepared to be shewed in the last time.
• 2 Pet 1:8-9 : 8 For if these things be among you, and abound, they will make you that ye neither shalbe idle, nor vnfruitfull in the acknowledging of our Lord Iesus Christ: 9 For he that hath not these things, is blinde, and can not see farre off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his olde sinnes.
• 1 John 2:19-20 : 19 They went out from vs, but they were not of vs: for if they had bene of vs, they should haue continued with vs. But this cometh to passe, that it might appeare, that they are not all of vs. 20 But ye haue an ointment from that Holy one, and know all things.
• Rev 2:13 : 13 I knowe thy workes and where thou dwellest, euen where Satans throne is, and thou keepest my Name, and hast not denied my faith, euen in those dayes when Antipas my faithfull martyr was slaine among you, where Satan dwelleth.