Luke 6:22

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Μακάριοί ἐστε, ὅταν μισήσωσιν ὑμᾶς οἱ ἄνθρωποι, καὶ ὅταν ἀφορίσωσιν ὑμᾶς, καὶ ὀνειδίσωσιν, καὶ ἐκβάλωσιν τὸ ὄνομα ὑμῶν ὡς πονηρόν, ἕνεκα τοῦ Υἱοῦ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου.

Transliteration

Makarioi este, hotan misēsōsin you the anthrōpoi, and hotan aphorisōsin you, and oneidisōsin, and ekbalōsin the onoma of you as ponēron, heneka of the Huiou of the anthrōpou.

Grammar Details

• *Makarioi*: adjective, nominative, masculine, plural - blessed/happy
• *este*: verb, present active, 2nd person plural - you are
• *hotan*: conjunction - when/whenever
• *misēsōsin*: verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural - they might hate/despise
• *anthrōpoi*: noun, nominative, masculine, plural - men/people
• *aphorisōsin*: verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural - they might separate/exclude
• *oneidisōsin*: verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural - they might reproach/revile
• *ekbalōsin*: verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural - they might cast out/expel
• *onoma*: noun, accusative, neuter, singular - name
• *ponēron*: adjective, accusative, neuter, singular - evil/bad
• *heneka*: preposition - because of/for the sake of
• *Huiou*: noun, genitive, masculine, singular - Son
• *anthrōpou*: noun, genitive, masculine, singular - of man/human

Word Meanings

• *Makarioi*: blessed/happy/fortunate
• *misēsōsin*: hate/despise/detest
• *anthrōpoi*: men/people/humankind
• *aphorisōsin*: separate/exclude/ostracize
• *oneidisōsin*: reproach/revile/insult
• *ekbalōsin*: cast out/expel/reject
• *onoma*: name/reputation/character
• *ponēron*: evil/bad/malicious
• *Huiou*: Son (with definite article, indicates specific son)
• *anthrōpou*: of man/of human (with definite article, may indicate 'Son of Man' as title)

Referenced Verses

• Matt 10:22 : 22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
• John 16:2 : 2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
• Matt 5:10-12 : 10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
• John 12:42 : 42 Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue:
• 1 Thess 2:14-15 : 14 For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews: 15 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:
• 1 Pet 2:19-20 : 19 For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. 20 For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
• 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;
• 1 Pet 4:12-16 : 12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: 13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. 14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters. 16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
• 2 Tim 3:11-12 : 11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me. 12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
• John 15:18-21 : 18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. 19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. 20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. 21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.
• Matt 10:18 : 18 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
• Isa 65:5 : 5 Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.
• Isa 66:5 : 5 Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.
• John 17:14 : 14 I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
• Acts 9:16 : 16 For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.
• Acts 22:22 : 22 And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.
• Acts 24:5 : 5 For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
• 1 Cor 4:10-11 : 10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised. 11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
• 2 Cor 11:23-26 : 23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. 24 Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. 25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; 26 In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
• Phil 1:28-30 : 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. 29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake; 30 Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.
• Matt 10:39 : 39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
• Mark 13:9-9 : 9 But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them. 10 And the gospel must first be published among all nations. 11 But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost. 12 Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death. 13 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
• Luke 20:15 : 15 So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?
• Luke 21:17 : 17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.
• John 7:7 : 7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
• John 9:22-28 : 22 These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue. 23 Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him. 24 Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner. 25 He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see. 26 Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes? 27 He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be his disciples? 28 Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples.
• John 9:34 : 34 They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.