Matthew 19:29

Geneva Bible (1560)

And whosoeuer shal forsake houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my Names sake, he shall receiue an hundreth folde more, and shall inherite euerlasting life.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ πᾶς ὅς ἀφῆκεν οἰκίας, ἢ ἀδελφοὺς, ἢ ἀδελφάς, ἢ πατέρα, ἢ μητέρα, ἢ γυναῖκα, ἢ τέκνα, ἢ ἀγρούς, ἕνεκεν τοῦ ὀνόματός μου, ἑκατονταπλασίονα λήψεται, καὶ ζωὴν αἰώνιον. Κληρονομήσει

Transliteration

And everyone who aphēken oikias, or adelphous, or adelphas, or patera, or mētera, or gynaika, or tekna, or agrous, heneken tou onomatos of me, hekatontaplasiona lēpsetai, and zōēn aiōnion. Klēronomēsei

Grammar Details

• *aphēken*: aorist, 3rd singular, active - has left
• *oikias*: accusative, feminine, plural - houses
• *adelphous*: accusative, masculine, plural - brothers
• *adelphas*: accusative, feminine, plural - sisters
• *patera*: accusative, masculine, singular - father
• *mētera*: accusative, feminine, singular - mother
• *gynaika*: accusative, feminine, singular - wife
• *tekna*: accusative, neuter, plural - children
• *agrous*: accusative, masculine, plural - fields
• *heneken*: preposition + genitive - for the sake of
• *onomatos*: genitive, neuter, singular - name
• *hekatontaplasiona*: accusative, neuter, plural - hundredfold
• *lēpsetai*: future, 3rd singular, middle - will receive
• *zōēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - life
• *aiōnion*: accusative, feminine, singular - eternal
• *Klēronomēsei*: future, 3rd singular, active - will inherit

Word Meanings

• *aphēken*: has left/has forsaken/has given up
• *heneken tou onomatos*: for the sake of my name/because of my name
• *hekatontaplasiona*: a hundredfold/a hundred times as much
• *lēpsetai*: will receive/shall obtain
• *zōēn aiōnion*: eternal life/everlasting life
• *Klēronomēsei*: will inherit/shall possess

Referenced Verses

• Luke 18:29-30 : 29 And he said vnto them, Verely I say vnto you, there is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children for the kingdome of Gods sake, 30 Which shall not receiue much more in this world, and in the world to come life euerlasting.
• Phil 3:8 : 8 Yea, doubtlesse I thinke all thinges but losse for the excellent knowledge sake of Christ Iesus my Lorde, for whome I haue counted all things losse, and doe iudge them to bee dongue, that I might winne Christ,
• Luke 14:26 : 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.
• Matt 16:25 : 25 For whosoeuer will saue his life, shall lose it: and whosoeuer shall lose his life for my sake, shall finde it.
• Mark 10:29-30 : 29 Iesus answered, and sayd, Verely I say vnto you, there is no man that hath forsaken house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands for my sake and the Gospels, 30 But he shal receiue an hundred folde, now at this present, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands with persecutions, and in the world to come, eternall life.
• 1 Pet 4:14 : 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.
• Matt 10:37-38 : 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.
• Matt 6:33 : 33 But seeke ye first the kingdome of God, and his righteousnesse, and all these things shall be ministred vnto you.
• 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 8:21-22 : 21 And another of his disciples saide vnto him, Master, suffer me first to goe, and burie my father. 22 But Iesus said vnto him, Followe me, and let the dead burie their dead.
• Matt 19:16 : 16 And beholde, one came and sayd vnto him, Good Master, what good thing shal I doe, that I may haue eternall life?
• Matt 25:34 : 34 Then shall ye king say to them on his right hand, Come ye blessed of my father: take the inheritance of the kingdome prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
• Matt 5:11 : 11 Blessed shall ye be when men reuile you, and persecute you, & say all maner of euill against you for my sake, falsely.
• Luke 6:22 : 22 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.
• Acts 9:16 : 16 For I will shewe him, howe many things he must suffer for my Names sake.
• 1 Cor 2:9 : 9 But as it is written, The thinges which eye hath not seene, neither eare hath heard, neither came into mans heart, are, which God hath prepared for them that loue him.
• John 15:19 : 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.
• 2 Cor 5:16 : 16 Wherefore, henceforth know we no man after the flesh, yea though wee had knowen Christ after the flesh, yet nowe henceforth know we him no more.
• Matt 13:8 : 8 Some againe fel in good ground, & brought forth fruite, one corne an hundreth folde, some sixtie folde, and another thirtie folde.
• Matt 13:23 : 23 But he that receiued the seede in the good ground, is he that heareth the worde, and vnderstandeth it, which also beareth fruite, and bringeth foorth, some an hundreth folde, some sixtie folde, and some thirtie folde.
• Matt 25:46 : 46 And these shall goe into euerlasting paine, and the righteous into life eternall.
• 3 John 1:7 : 7 Because that for his Names sake they went forth, and tooke nothing of the Gentiles.