Luke 12:4

King James Version 1611 (Original)

And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Λέγω δὲ ὑμῖν τοῖς φίλοις μου, Μὴ φοβηθῆτε ἀπὸ τῶν ἀποκτεινόντων τὸ σῶμα, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα μὴ ἐχόντων περισσότερόν τι ποιῆσαι.

Transliteration

Legō de to you the philois of me, Mē phobēthēte apo the apokteinontōn the sōma, and meta tauta mē echontōn perissoteron ti poiēsai.

Grammar Details

• *Legō*: present active indicative, 1st singular - I say/tell
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and/now
• *philois*: dative plural masculine - friends
• *Mē phobēthēte*: aorist passive subjunctive, 2nd plural with negative - do not fear
• *apo*: preposition + genitive - from
• *apokteinontōn*: present active participle, genitive plural masculine - those who kill
• *sōma*: accusative singular neuter - body
• *meta*: preposition + accusative - after
• *tauta*: accusative plural neuter demonstrative pronoun - these things
• *mē echontōn*: present active participle, genitive plural masculine with negative - not having
• *perissoteron*: comparative adjective, accusative singular neuter - more/beyond
• *ti*: accusative singular neuter indefinite pronoun - anything/something
• *poiēsai*: aorist active infinitive - to do

Word Meanings

• *philois*: friends/loved ones
• *phobēthēte*: fear/be afraid
• *apokteinontōn*: killers/those who kill
• *sōma*: body/physical existence
• *perissoteron*: more/beyond/additional
• *poiēsai*: do/perform/accomplish

Referenced Verses

• Jer 1:8 : 8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
• 1 Pet 3:14 : 14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
• Rev 2:10 : 10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
• Song 5:1 : 1 I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
• Song 5:16 : 16 His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
• Isa 41:8 : 8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
• Isa 51:7-9 : 7 Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings. 8 For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation. 9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? 10 Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over? 11 Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away. 12 I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; 13 And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
• Jer 1:17 : 17 Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.
• Jer 26:14-15 : 14 As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you. 15 But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.
• Ezek 2:6 : 6 And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.
• Dan 3:16-17 : 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. 17 If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.
• Matt 10:28 : 28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
• John 15:14-15 : 14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. 15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
• Acts 4:13 : 13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
• Acts 20:24 : 24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
• Phil 1:28 : 28 And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.
• Jas 2:23 : 23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.