Matthew 8:4

Geneva Bible (1560)

Then Iesus saide vnto him, See thou tell no man, but goe, and shewe thy selfe vnto the Priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a witnesse to them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Ὅρα μηδενὶ εἴπῃς· ἀλλὰ ὕπαγε, σεαυτὸν δεῖξον τῷ ἱερεῖ, καὶ προσένεγκε τὸ δῶρον ὃ προσέταξεν Μωσῆς, εἰς μαρτύριον αὐτοῖς.

Transliteration

And legei to-him the Iēsous, Hora mēdeni eipēs; but hupage, seauton deixon to-the hierei, and prosenegke the dōron which prosetaxen Mōsēs, for marturion to-them.

Grammar Details

• *legei*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - he says
• αὐτῷ: dative masculine singular pronoun - to him
• ὁ: nominative masculine singular article - the
• *Iēsous*: nominative masculine singular - Jesus
• *Hora*: present active imperative, 2nd person singular - see/look
• *mēdeni*: dative masculine singular indefinite pronoun - to no one
• *eipēs*: aorist active subjunctive, 2nd person singular - you might tell
• ἀλλὰ: adversative conjunction - but
• *hupage*: present active imperative, 2nd person singular - go away
• *seauton*: accusative masculine singular reflexive pronoun - yourself
• *deixon*: aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular - show
• τῷ: dative masculine singular article - to the
• *hierei*: dative masculine singular - priest
• *prosenegke*: aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular - offer
• τὸ: accusative neuter singular article - the
• *dōron*: accusative neuter singular - gift/offering
• ὃ: accusative neuter singular relative pronoun - which
• *prosetaxen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - commanded
• *Mōsēs*: nominative masculine singular - Moses
• εἰς: preposition + accusative - for/into
• *marturion*: accusative neuter singular - testimony/witness
• αὐτοῖς: dative masculine plural pronoun - to them

Word Meanings

• *legei*: says/tells/speaks
• *Iēsous*: Jesus
• *Hora*: see/look/beware
• *eipēs*: you might tell/speak/say
• *hupage*: go away/depart/leave
• *deixon*: show/demonstrate/present
• *hierei*: priest
• *prosenegke*: offer/present/bring
• *dōron*: gift/offering/present
• *prosetaxen*: commanded/ordered/instructed
• *Mōsēs*: Moses
• *marturion*: testimony/witness/evidence

Referenced Verses

• Lev 14:2-9 : 2 This is the law of the leper in the day of his clensing: that is, he shall be brought vnto the Priest, 3 And the Priest shall go out of the campe, & the Priest shall consider him: and if the plague of leprosie be healed in the leper, 4 Then shall the Priest commaunde to take for him that is clensed, two sparrowes aliue and cleane, and cedar wood and a skarlet lace, and hyssope. 5 And the Priest shall commaunde to kill one of the birdes ouer pure water in an earthen vessell. 6 After, he shall take the liue sparowe with the cedar wood, and the skarlet lace, and the hyssope, and shall dip them and the liuing sparowe in the blood of the sparowe slaine, ouer the pure water, 7 And hee shall sprinkle vpon him, that must be clensed of his leprosie, seuen times, and clense him, and shall let goe the liue sparowe into the broad fielde. 8 Then he that shall be clensed, shall wash his clothes, and shaue off all his heare, and wash himselfe in water, so he shalbe cleane: after that shall he come into the host, but shall tary without his tent seuen dayes. 9 So in the seuenth day hee shall shaue off all his heare, both his head, and his beard, and his eye browes: euen all his heare shall he shaue, and shall wash his clothes and shall wash his flesh in water: so he shalbe cleane. 10 Then in the eight day he shal take two hee lambes without blemish, and an ewe lambe of a yere olde without blemish, and three tenth deales of fine flower for a meate offering, mingled with oyle, and a pint of oyle. 11 And the Priest that maketh him cleane shal bring the man which is to bee made cleane, and those things, before the Lord, at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation. 12 Then the Priest shall take one lambe, and offer him for a trespasse offering, and the pint of oyle, and shake the to and fro before the Lord. 13 And hee shall kill the lambe in the place where the sinne offring and the burnt offring are slaine, euen in the holy place: for as the sinne offring is the Priests, so is the trespasse offring: for it is most holy. 14 So the Priest shal take of the blood of the trespasse offring, and put it vpon the lappe of the right eare of him that shalbe clensed, and vpon the thumbe of his right hand, and vpon the great toe of his right foote. 15 The Priest shall also take of ye pint of oyle, and powre it into the palme of his left hand, 16 And the Priest shal dip his right finger in the oyle that is in his left hand, & sprinkle of the oyle with his finger seuen times before the Lord. 17 And of the rest of the oyle that is in his hand, shal the Priest put vpon the lap of the right eare of him that is to bee clensed, and vpon the thumbe of his right hand, and vpon the great toe of his right foote, where the blood of the trespasse offring was put. 18 But the remnant of the oyle that is in the Priests hand, he shal powre vpon the head of him that is to be clensed: so the Priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord. 19 And the Priest shal offer the sinne offring and make an atonement for him that is to bee clensed of his vncleannesse: then after shall he kill the burnt offring. 20 So the Priest shal offer ye burnt offring and the meat offring vpon ye altar and the Priest shall make an atonement for him: so he shalbe cleane. 21 But if he be poore, and not able, then he shall bring one lambe for a trespasse offring to be shaken, for his reconciliation, and a tenth deale of fine flower mingled with oyle, for a meate offring, with a pinte of oyle. 22 Also two turtle doues, or two yong pigeons, as he is able, whereof the one shalbe a sinne offering, and the other a burnt offring, 23 And he shall bring them the eight day for his clensing vnto the Priest at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation before ye Lord. 24 The the Priest shall take the lambe of the trespasse offring, & the pint of oyle, & the Priest shall shake them to and fro before the Lord. 25 And he shall kil the lambe of the trespasse offering, and the Priest shall take of the blood of the trespasse offring, and put it vpon the lap of his right eare that is to be clensed, & vpon ye thumbe of his right hande, and vpon the great toe of his right foote. 26 Also the Priest shal powre of the oyle into the palme of his owne left hand. 27 So ye Priest shal with his right finger sprinkle of the oyle that is in his left hand, seuen times before the Lord. 28 Then the Priest shall put of the oyle that is in his hande, vpon the lap of the right eare of him that is to bee clensed, and vpon the thumbe of his right hande, and vpon the great toe of his right foote: vpon the place of the blood of the trespasse offring. 29 But ye rest of the oyle that is in the Priests hand, he shall put vpon the head of him that is to be clensed, to make an atonement for him before the Lord. 30 Also hee shall present one of the turtle doues, or of the yong pigeons, as he is able: 31 Such, I say, as he is able, the one for a sinne offring, and the other for a burnt offring with the meate offring: so the Priest shall make an atonement for him that is to bee clensed before the Lord. 32 This is the lawe of him which hath the plague of leprosie, who is not able in his clensing to offer the whole.
• Matt 9:30 : 30 And their eyes were opened, and Iesus gaue them great charge, saying, See that no man knowe it.
• Mark 7:36 : 36 And he commanded them, that they should tell no man: but howe much soeuer hee forbad them, the more a great deale they published it,
• Luke 5:14 : 14 And he commaunded him that hee should tell it no man: but Go, sayth he, and shew thy selfe to the Priest, and offer for thy clensing, as Moses hath commanded, for a witnes vnto them.
• Luke 17:14 : 14 And when he saw them, he said vnto them, Goe, shewe your selues vnto the Priestes; it came to passe, that as they went, they were clensed.
• Mark 5:43 : 43 And he charged them straitly that no man should knowe of it, and commaunded to giue her meate.
• Matt 17:9 : 9 And as they came downe from the moutaine, Iesus charged them, saying, Shewe the vision to no man, vntil the Sonne of man rise againe from the dead.
• Matt 6:1 : 1 Take heede that ye giue not your almes before men, to be seene of them, or els ye shall haue no reward of your Father which is in heaue.
• Mark 6:11 : 11 And whosoeuer shall not receiue you, nor heare you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust that is vnder your feete, for a witnes vnto them. Verely I say vnto you, It shalbe easier for Sodom, or Gomorrha at the day of iudgement, then for that citie.
• Matt 10:18 : 18 And ye shal be brought to the gouernours and Kings for my sake, in witnes to them, and to the Gentiles.
• 2 Kgs 5:7-8 : 7 And when the King of Israel had read the letter, he rent his clothes, and sayde, Am I God, to kil and to giue life, that hee doth send to mee, that I should heale a man from his leprosie? wherfore consider, I pray you, and see howe he seeketh a quarel against me. 8 But when Elisha the man of God had heard that the King of Israel had rent his clothes, hee sent vnto the King, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? Let him come now to me, and he shall knowe that there is a Prophet in Israel.
• Isa 42:21 : 21 The Lorde is willing for his righteousnesse sake that he may magnifie the Lawe, and exalt it.
• Matt 3:15 : 15 Then Iesus answering, saide to him, Let be nowe: for thus it becommeth vs to fulfill all righteousnes. So he suffered him.
• Matt 5:17 : 17 Think not that I am come to destroy the Lawe, or the Prophets. I am not come to destroy them, but to fulfill them.
• Matt 12:16-19 : 16 And charged them in threatning wise, that they should not make him knowen, 17 That it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by Esaias the Prophet, saying, 18 Behold my seruant whom I haue chosen, my beloued in whom my soule deliteth: I wil put my Spirit on him, and he shall shewe iudgement to the Gentiles. 19 He shall not striue, nor crie, neither shall any man heare his voyce in the streetes.
• Matt 16:20 : 20 Then hee charged his disciples, that they should tell no man that he was Iesus that Christ.
• Mark 8:30 : 30 And he sharpely charged them, that concerning him they should tell no man.
• Mark 13:9 : 9 But take ye heede to your selues: for they shall deliuer you vp to the Councils, and to the Synagogues: ye shalbe beaten, and brought before rulers and Kings for my sake, for a testimoniall vnto them.
• Lev 13:2-9 : 2 The man that shall haue in the skin of his flesh a swelling or a skab, or a white spot, so that in the skinne of his flesh it be like the plague of leprosie, then he shalbe brought vnto Aaron the Priest, or vnto one of his sonnes the Priestes, 3 And the Priest shall looke on the sore in the skinne of his flesh: if the heare in the sore be turned into white, and the sore seeme to be lower then the skinne of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosie. Therefore the Priest shall looke on him, and pronounce him vncleane: 4 But if the white spot be in the skinne of his flesh, and seeme not to bee lower then the skin, nor the heare thereof be turned vnto white, then the Priest shall shut vp him that hath the plague, seuen dayes. 5 After, the Priest shall looke vpon him the seuenth day: and if the plague seeme to him to abide still, and the plague growe not in the skin, the Priest shal shut him vp yet seuen dayes more. 6 Then the Priest shall looke on him againe the seuenth day, and if the plague be darke, and the sore grow not in the skinne, then the Priest shal pronounce him cleane, for it is a skab: therefore he shall washe his clothes and be cleane. 7 But if the skab growe more in the skinne, after that he is seene of ye Priest for to be purged, he shall be seene of the Priest yet againe. 8 Then the Priest shall consider, and if the skab growe in the skin, then the Priest shal pronounce him vncleane: for it is leprosie. 9 When the plague of leprosie is in a man, he shalbe brought vnto the Priest, 10 And the Priest shall see him: and if the swelling be white in ye skin, & haue made ye heare white, and there be rawe flesh in the swelling, 11 It is an old leprosie in the skin of his flesh: and the Priest shall pronounce him vncleane, and shall not shut him vp, for he is vncleane. 12 Also if the leprosie breake out in the skin, and the leprosie couer all the skin of the plague, from his head euen to his feete, wheresoeuer the Priest looketh, 13 Then the Priest shall consider: and if the leprosie couer all his flesh, he shal pronounce the plague to bee cleane, because it is all turned into whitenesse: so he shalbe cleane. 14 But if there be raw flesh on him when he is seene, he shalbe vncleane. 15 For the Priest shall see the rawe flesh, and declare him to be vncleane: for the rawe flesh is vncleane, therefore it is the leprosie. 16 Or if the rawe flesh change and be turned into white, then he shall come to the Priest, 17 And the Priest shal beholde him and if the sore be changed into white, then the Priest shall pronounce the plague cleane, for it is cleane. 18 The flesh also in whose skin there is a bile and is healed, 19 And in ye place of the bile there be a white swelling, or a white spot somewhat reddish, it shal be seene of the Priest. 20 And when the Priest seeth it, if it appeare lower then the skinne, and the heare thereof bee changed into white, ye Priest then shal pronounce him vncleane: for it is a plague of leprosie, broken out in the bile. 21 But if the Priest looke on it, & there be no white heares therein, and if it bee not lower then the skin, but be darker, then the Priest shall shut him vp seuen dayes. 22 And if it spred abroad in the flesh, ye Priest shall pronounce him vncleane, for it is a sore. 23 But if the spot continue in his place, and growe not, it is a burning bile: therefore the Priest shall declare him to be cleane. 24 If there be any flesh, in whose skin there is an hote burning, & the quick flesh of ye burning haue a white spot, somewhat reddish or pale, 25 Then the Priest shall looke vpon it: and if the heare in that spot be changed into white, and it appeare lower then the skin, it is a leprosie broken out in the burning therefore the Priest shall pronounce him vncleane: for it is the plague of leprosie. 26 But if the Priest looke on it, and there be no white heare in the spot, and be no lower then the other skinne, but be darker, then the Priest shall shut him vp seuen dayes. 27 After, the Priest shall looke on him the seuenth day: if it be growen abroad in the skinne, then the Priest shall pronounce him vncleane: for it is the plague of leprosie. 28 And if the spot abide in his place, not growing in the skin, but is darke, it is a rising of the burning: the Priest shall therefore declare him cleane, for it is the drying vp of the burning. 29 If also a man or woman hath a sore on the head or in the beard, 30 Then the Priest shall see his sore: and if it appeare lower then the skin, and there be in it a smal yelow heare, then the Priest shal pronouce him vncleane: for it is a blacke spot, and leprosie of the head or of the beard. 31 And if the Priest looke on the sore of the blacke spotte, and if it seeme not lower then the skinne, nor haue any blacke heare in it, then the Priest shall shut vp him, that hath the sore of the blacke spot, seuen dayes. 32 After, in the seuenth day the Priest shall looke on the sore: and if the blacke spot growe not, and there be in it no yelowe heare, and the blacke spot seeme not lower then the skinne, 33 Then he shalbe shauen, but the place of the blacke spot shall he not shaue: but the Priest shall shut vp him, that hath the blacke spot, seuen dayes more. 34 And the seuenth day the Priest shall looke on the blacke spot: and if the blacke spot growe not in the skinne, nor seeme lower then the other skinne, then the Priest shall clense him, and hee shall wash his clothes, and be cleane. 35 But if the blacke spot growe abroad in the flesh after his clensing, 36 Then the Priest shall looke on it: & if the blacke spot grow in the skin, the Priest shall not seeke for the yelowe heare: for he is vncleane. 37 But if ye blacke spot seeme to him to abide, and that blacke heare growe therein, the blacke spot is healed, he is cleane, and the Priest shall declare him to be cleane. 38 Furthermore if there bee many white spots in the skin of the flesh of man or woman, 39 Then the Priest shall consider: and if the spots in the skin of their flesh be somewhat darke and white withall, it is but a white spot broken out in the skin: therefore he is cleane. 40 And the man whose heare is fallen off his head, and is balde, is cleane. 41 And if his head lose the heare on the forepart, and be balde before, he is cleane. 42 But if there be in the balde head, or in the balde forehead a white reddish sore, it is a leprosie springing in his balde head, or in his balde forehead. 43 Therefore the Priest shall looke vpon it, & if the rising of the sore bee white reddish in his balde head, or in his bald forehead, appearing like leprosie in the skin of the flesh, 44 He is a leper and vncleane: therefore the Priest shall pronounce him altogether vncleane: for the sore is in his head. 45 The leper also in whom the plague is, shall haue his clothes rent, and his head bare, & shall put a couering vpon his lips, and shal cry, I am vncleane, I am vncleane. 46 As long as the disease shall be vpon him, he shalbe polluted, for he is vncleane: he shall dwell alone, without the campe shall his habitation be.
• Mark 1:43-44 : 43 And after he had giue him a streight commandement, he sent him away forthwith, 44 And sayde vnto him, See thou say nothing to any man, but get thee hence, and shewe thy selfe to the Priest, and offer for thy clensing those things, which Moses commaunded, for a testimoniall vnto them.
• John 5:41 : 41 I receiue not the prayse of men.
• John 7:18 : 18 Hee that speaketh of himselfe, seeketh his owne glorie: but hee that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no vnrighteousnes is in him.
• John 8:50 : 50 And I seeke not mine owne praise: but there is one that seeketh it, and iudgeth.
• John 10:37-38 : 37 If I doe not the workes of my Father, beleeue me not. 38 But if I doe, then though ye beleeue not mee, yet beleeue the workes, that ye may knowe and beleeue, that the Father is in me, and I in him.
• Luke 21:13 : 13 And this shall turne to you, for a testimoniall.