Luke 10:37

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, ‹Go, and do thou likewise.›

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν, Ὁ ποιήσας τὸ ἔλεος μετʼ αὐτοῦ. Εἶπεν οὖν αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Πορεύου, καὶ σὺ ποίει ὁμοίως.

Transliteration

He de eipen, The one poiēsas the eleos met' him. Eipen oun to him the Iēsous, Poreuou, and you poiei homoiōs.

Grammar Details

• *de*: postpositive conjunction - and/but
• *eipen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd singular - said/spoke
• *poiēsas*: aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having shown/done
• *eleos*: accusative, neuter, singular - mercy
• *met'*: preposition + genitive - with
• *oun*: inferential conjunction - therefore/so
• *Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
• *Poreuou*: present middle imperative, 2nd singular - go/proceed
• *poiei*: present active imperative, 2nd singular - do/act
• *homoiōs*: adverb - likewise/similarly

Word Meanings

• *eipen*: said/spoke/told
• *poiēsas*: having shown/done/performed
• *eleos*: mercy/compassion/pity
• *Poreuou*: go/proceed/travel
• *poiei*: do/act/practice
• *homoiōs*: likewise/similarly/in the same way

Referenced Verses

• 1 John 3:16-18 : 16 Hereby perceive we the love [of God], because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down [our] lives for the brethren. 17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels [of compassion] from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? 18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
• 1 Pet 2:21 : 21 For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
• Mic 6:8 : 8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what [is] good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
• Matt 23:23 : 23 ‹Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier› [matters] ‹of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.›
• Luke 6:32-36 : 32 ‹For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.› 33 ‹And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same.› 34 ‹And if ye lend› [to them] ‹of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.› 35 ‹But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and› [to] ‹the evil.› 36 ‹Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.›
• John 13:15-17 : 15 ‹For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.› 16 ‹Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.› 17 ‹If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.›
• 2 Cor 8:9 : 9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
• Eph 3:18-19 : 18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what [is] the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; 19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
• Eph 5:2 : 2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
• Matt 20:28 : 28 ‹Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.›
• Prov 14:21 : 21 ¶ He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy [is] he.
• Hos 6:6 : 6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
• 1 John 3:23-24 : 23 ¶ And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. 24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
• 1 John 4:10-11 : 10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
• Rev 1:5 : 5 And from Jesus Christ, [who is] the faithful witness, [and] the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
• Heb 2:9-9 : 9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man. 10 ¶ For it became him, for whom [are] all things, and by whom [are] all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. 11 For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified [are] all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, 12 Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee. 13 And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me. 14 ¶ Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; 15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.