Luke 4:8

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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.