Luke 18:20

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.›

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Τὰς ἐντολὰς οἶδας, Μὴ μοιχεύσῃς, Μὴ φονεύσῃς, Μὴ κλέψῃς, Μὴ ψευδομαρτυρήσῃς, Τίμα τὸν πατέρα σου καὶ τὴν μητέρα σου.

Transliteration

The entolas oidas, Not moicheusēs, Not phoneusēs, Not klepsēs, Not pseudomartyrēsēs, Tima the patera of-you and the mētera of-you.

Grammar Details

• *entolas*: accusative feminine plural - commandments
• *oidas*: perfect active indicative, 2nd person singular - you know
• *moicheusēs*: aorist active subjunctive, 2nd person singular - you might commit adultery
• *phoneusēs*: aorist active subjunctive, 2nd person singular - you might murder
• *klepsēs*: aorist active subjunctive, 2nd person singular - you might steal
• *pseudomartyrēsēs*: aorist active subjunctive, 2nd person singular - you might bear false witness
• *Tima*: present active imperative, 2nd person singular - honor
• *patera*: accusative masculine singular - father
• *mētera*: accusative feminine singular - mother

Word Meanings

• *entolas*: commandments/orders/instructions
• *oidas*: you know/have known
• *moicheusēs*: you might commit adultery [used as prohibition]
• *phoneusēs*: you might murder/kill [used as prohibition]
• *klepsēs*: you might steal [used as prohibition]
• *pseudomartyrēsēs*: you might bear false witness/testify falsely [used as prohibition]
• *Tima*: honor/value/respect

Referenced Verses

• Exod 20:12-17 : 12 ¶ Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 13 Thou shalt not kill. 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery. 15 Thou shalt not steal. 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. 17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that [is] thy neighbour's.
• Rom 13:9 : 9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if [there be] any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
• Gal 3:10-13 : 10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed [is] every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. 11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, [it is] evident: for, The just shall live by faith. 12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them. 13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed [is] every one that hangeth on a tree:
• Eph 6:2 : 2 Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
• Col 3:20 : 20 Children, obey [your] parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
• Jas 2:8-9 : 8 ¶ If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: 9 But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. 10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one [point], he is guilty of all. 11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
• Deut 5:16-21 : 16 Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 17 Thou shalt not kill. 18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery. 19 Neither shalt thou steal. 20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour. 21 Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any [thing] that [is] thy neighbour's.
• Isa 8:20 : 20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, [it is] because [there is] no light in them.
• Matt 19:17-19 : 17 And he said unto him, ‹Why callest thou me good?› [there is] ‹none good but one,› [that is], ‹God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.› 18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, ‹Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,› 19 ‹Honour thy father and› [thy] ‹mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.›
• Mark 10:18-19 : 18 And Jesus said unto him, ‹Why callest thou me good?› [there is] ‹none good but one,› [that is], ‹God.› 19 ‹Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.›
• Luke 10:26-28 : 26 He said unto him, ‹What is written in the law? how readest thou?› 27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. 28 And he said unto him, ‹Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.›
• Rom 3:20 : 20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law [is] the knowledge of sin.
• Rom 7:7-9 : 7 ¶ What shall we say then? [Is] the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. 8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin [was] dead. 9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. 10 And the commandment, which [was ordained] to life, I found [to be] unto death. 11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew [me].