Matthew 20:25

Geneva Bible (1560)

Therefore Iesus called them vnto him, and saide, We knowe that the lordes of the Gentiles haue domination ouer them, and they that are great, exercise authoritie ouer them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς προσκαλεσάμενος αὐτοὺς, εἶπεν, Οἴδατε ὅτι οἱ ἄρχοντες τῶν Ἐθνῶν κατακυριεύουσιν αὐτῶν, καὶ οἱ μεγάλοι κατεξουσιάζουσιν αὐτῶν.

Transliteration

De the Iēsous having proskalesamenos them, eipen, You oidate that the archontes of the Ethnōn katakyrieuousin them, and the megaloi katexousiazousin them.

Grammar Details

• *de*: conjunction - but/and
• *Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
• *proskalesamenos*: aorist participle, nominative, masculine, singular, middle - having called to himself
• *eipen*: aorist, 3rd singular - said
• *oidate*: perfect, 2nd plural (with present meaning) - you know
• *archontes*: nominative, masculine, plural - rulers
• *Ethnōn*: genitive, neuter, plural - nations/Gentiles
• *katakyrieuousin*: present, 3rd plural - lord it over/dominate
• *megaloi*: nominative, masculine, plural - great ones
• *katexousiazousin*: present, 3rd plural - exercise authority over

Word Meanings

• *proskalesamenos*: having called to himself/having summoned
• *archontes*: rulers/leaders
• *katakyrieuousin*: lord it over/dominate/rule over
• *megaloi*: great ones/important people
• *katexousiazousin*: exercise authority over/domineer

Referenced Verses

• Luke 22:25-27 : 25 But hee saide vnto them, The Kings of the Gentiles reigne ouer them, and they that beare rule ouer them, are called bountifull. 26 But yee shall not be so: but let the greatest among you be as the least: and the chiefest as he that serueth. 27 For who is greater, he that sitteth at table, or he that serueth? Is not he that sitteth at table? And I am among you as he that serueth.
• Matt 20:25-28 : 25 Therefore Iesus called them vnto him, and saide, We knowe that the lordes of the Gentiles haue domination ouer them, and they that are great, exercise authoritie ouer them. 26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoeuer will be great among you, let him be your seruant. 27 And whosoeuer will be chiefe among you, let him be your seruant. 28 Euen as the Sonne of man came not to be serued, but to serue, and to giue his life for the ransome of many.
• John 13:12-17 : 12 So after he had washed their feete, and had taken his garments, and was set downe againe, he sayd vnto them, Knowe ye what I haue done to you? 13 Ye call me Master, and Lorde, and ye say well: for so am I. 14 If I then your Lorde, and Master, haue washed your feete, ye also ought to wash one an others feete. 15 For I haue giuen you an example, that ye should doe, euen as I haue done to you. 16 Verely, verely I say vnto you, The seruant is not greater then his master, neither the ambassadour greater then he that sent him. 17 If ye know these things, blessed are ye, if ye doe them.
• Matt 18:3-4 : 3 And sayd, Verely I say vnto you, except ye be conuerted, and become as litle children, ye shall not enter into the kingdome of heauen. 4 Whosoeuer therefore shal humble himselfe as this litle childe, the same is the greatest in the kingdome of heauen.
• Mark 10:42 : 42 But Iesus called them vnto him, and sayd to them, Ye know that they which are princes among the Gentiles, haue domination ouer them, and they that be great among them, exercise authoritie ouer them.
• Dan 2:12-13 : 12 For this cause the king was angrie and in great furie, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babel. 13 And when sentence was giuen, the wise men were slayne: and they sought Daniel and his fellowes to be put to death.
• Dan 3:2-7 : 2 Then Nebuchad-nezzar ye King sent foorth to gather together the nobles, the princes and the dukes, the iudges, the receiuers, the counsellers, the officers, and all the gouernours of the prouinces, that they should come to the dedication of the image, which Nebuchad-nezzar the King had set vp. 3 So the nobles, princes and dukes, the iudges, the receiuers, the counsellers, the officers, and all the gouernours of the prouinces were assembled vnto the dedicating of the image, that Nebuchad-nezzar the King had set vp: and they stood before the image, which Nebuchad-nezzar had set vp. 4 Then an herald cried aloude, Be it knowen to you, O people, nations, and languages, 5 That when ye heare the sound of the cornet, trumpet, harpe, sackebut, psalterie, dulcimer, and all instruments of musike, ye fall downe and worship the golden image, that Nebuchad-nezzar the King hath set vp, 6 And whosoeuer falleth not downe & worshippeth, shall the same houre bee cast into the middes of an hote fierie fornace. 7 Therefore assoone as all the people heard the sound of the cornet, trumpet, harpe, sackebut, psalterie, and all instruments of musike, all the people, nations, and languages fell downe, and worshipped the golden image, that Nebuchad-nezzar the King had set vp.
• Dan 3:15 : 15 Now therefore are ye ready when ye heare the sound of the cornet, trumpet, harpe, sackebut, psalterie, and dulcimer, and all instruments of musike, to fall downe, and worship the image, which I haue made? For if ye worship it not, ye shall be cast immediately into the middes of an hote fierie fornace: for who is that God, that can deliuer you out of mine handes?
• Dan 3:19-22 : 19 Then was Nebuchad-nezzar full of rage, and the forme of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore hee charged and commaunded that they should heate the fornace at once seuen times more then it was wont to be heat. 20 And hee charged the most valiant men of warre that were in his armie, to binde Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the hote fierie fornace. 21 So these men were bounde in their coates, their hosen, and their clokes, with their other garments, and cast into the middes of the hote fierie fornace. 22 Therefore, because the Kings commaundement was straite, that the fornace should be exceeding hote, the flame of the fire slew those men that brought foorth Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.
• Dan 5:19 : 19 And for the maiestie that he gaue him, all people, nations, and languages trembled, and feared before him: he put to death whom he would: he smote whome he would: whome he would he set vp, and whome he would he put downe.
• Matt 11:29 : 29 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.
• Dan 2:37-45 : 37 O King, thou art a king of Kings: for the God of heauen hath giuen thee a kingdome, power, and strength, and glorie. 38 And in all places where the children of men dwell, the beasts of the fielde, and the foules of the heauen hath he giuen into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler ouer them al: thou art this heade of golde. 39 And after thee shall rise another kingdome, inferiour to thee, of siluer, and another third kingdome shalbe of brasse, which shall beare rule ouer all the earth. 40 And the fourth kingdome shal be strong as yron: for as yron breaketh in pieces, and subdueth all things, and as yron bruiseth all these things, so shall it breake in pieces, and bruise all. 41 Where as thou sawest the feete and toes, parte of potters clay, and part of yron: the kingdome shalbe deuided, but there shalbe in it of the strength of the yron, as thou sawest the yron mixt with the clay, and earth. 42 And as the toes of the feete were parte of yron, and parte of clay, so shall the kingdome be partly strong, and partly broken. 43 And where as thou sawest yron mixt with clay and earth, they shall mingle themselues with the seede of men: but they shal not ioyne one with another, as yron can not bee mixed with clay. 44 And in the dayes of these Kings, shall the God of heauen set vp a kingdome, which shall neuer be destroyed: and this kingdome shall not be giuen to another people, but it shall breake, and destroy al these kingdomes, and it shal stand for euer. 45 Where as thou sawest, that the stone was cut of the mountaine without handes, and that it brake in pieces the yron, the brasse, the claye, the siluer, and the golde: so the great God hath shewed the King, what shall come to passe hereafter, and the dreame is true, and the interpretation thereof is sure.