Luke 4:8

King James Version 1611 (Original)

And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς αὐτῷ εἶπεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Ὑπαγε ὀπίσω μου, Σατανᾶ: γέγραπται γάρ, Προσκυνήσεις Κύριον τὸν Θεόν σου, καὶ αὐτῷ μόνῳ λατρεύσεις.

Transliteration

And apokritheis to him eipen the Iēsous, Hypage opisō of me, Satana: gegraptai gar, Proskynēseis Kyrion the Theon of you, and him monō latreuseis.

Grammar Details

• *apokritheis*: aorist, passive, participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having answered
• *eipen*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd singular - said
• *Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
• *Hypage*: present, active, imperative, 2nd singular - go away/depart
• *opisō*: preposition + genitive - behind/after
• *Satana*: vocative, masculine, singular - Satan
• *gegraptai*: perfect, passive, indicative, 3rd singular - it has been written
• *gar*: postpositive conjunction - for/because
• *Proskynēseis*: future, active, indicative, 2nd singular - you shall worship
• *Kyrion*: accusative, masculine, singular - Lord
• *Theon*: accusative, masculine, singular - God
• *monō*: dative, masculine, singular, adjective - only/alone
• *latreuseis*: future, active, indicative, 2nd singular - you shall serve/worship

Word Meanings

• *Hypage*: go away/depart/begone
• *Proskynēseis*: you shall worship/bow down to/pay homage to
• *latreuseis*: you shall serve/worship/render religious service

Referenced Verses

• Deut 6:13 : 13 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.
• Matt 4:10 : 10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
• Deut 10:20 : 20 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
• Luke 4:4 : 4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
• Jas 4:7 : 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
• 1 Pet 5:9 : 9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
• Rev 19:10 : 10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
• 1 Sam 7:3 : 3 And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
• 2 Kgs 19:15 : 15 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.
• Ps 83:18 : 18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.
• Isa 2:11 : 11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
• Matt 16:23 : 23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
• Rev 22:9 : 9 Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.