Luke 6:20

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, ‹Blessed› [be ye] ‹poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.›

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπάρας τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ εἰς τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ, ἔλεγεν, Μακάριοι οἱ πτωχοί: ὅτι ὑμετέρα ἐστὶν ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ Θεοῦ.

Transliteration

And he eparas the ophthalmous of-him to the mathētas of-him, elegen, Makarioi the ptōchoi: for yours estin the basileia of-the Theou.

Grammar Details

• *eparas*: aorist, active, participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having lifted up
• *ophthalmous*: accusative, masculine, plural - eyes
• *mathētas*: accusative, masculine, plural - disciples
• *elegen*: imperfect, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - was saying
• *Makarioi*: nominative, masculine, plural - blessed/happy
• *ptōchoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - poor
• *estin*: present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - is
• *basileia*: nominative, feminine, singular - kingdom
• *Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God

Word Meanings

• *eparas*: having lifted up/raised
• *ophthalmous*: eyes
• *mathētas*: disciples/students/followers
• *elegen*: was saying/kept saying/began to say
• *Makarioi*: blessed/happy/fortunate
• *ptōchoi*: poor/destitute/beggars
• *basileia*: kingdom/reign/sovereignty
• *Theou*: God/deity

Referenced Verses

• Jas 2:5 : 5 Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
• Rev 2:9 : 9 ‹I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and› [I know] ‹the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but› [are] ‹the synagogue of Satan.›
• Jas 1:9-9 : 9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: 10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
• 2 Cor 6:10 : 10 As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and [yet] possessing all things.
• 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.
• Luke 6:20-24 : 20 ¶ And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, ‹Blessed› [be ye] ‹poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.› 21 ‹Blessed› [are ye] ‹that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed› [are ye] ‹that weep now: for ye shall laugh.› 22 ‹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.› 23 ‹Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward› [is] ‹great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.› 24 ‹But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.›
• Luke 12:32 : 32 ‹Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.›
• Luke 13:28 : 28 ‹There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you› [yourselves] ‹thrust out.›
• Luke 14:15 : 15 ¶ And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed [is] he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.
• Luke 16:25 : 25 ‹But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.›
• John 7:48-49 : 48 Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him? 49 But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.
• Acts 14:22 : 22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, [and] exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
• 1 Cor 1:26-29 : 26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, [are called]: 27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; 28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, [yea], and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: 29 That no flesh should glory in his presence.
• 1 Cor 3:21-23 : 21 ¶ Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours; 22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; 23 And ye are Christ's; and Christ [is] God's.
• 1 Thess 1:6 : 6 ¶ And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:
• 2 Thess 1:5 : 5 ¶ [Which is] a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:
• 2 Cor 8:2 : 2 How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
• Jas 1:12 : 12 Blessed [is] the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
• 1 Sam 2:8 : 8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, [and] lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set [them] among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth [are] the LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them.
• Ps 37:16 : 16 A little that a righteous man hath [is] better than the riches of many wicked.
• Ps 113:7-8 : 7 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, [and] lifteth the needy out of the dunghill; 8 That he may set [him] with princes, [even] with the princes of his people.
• Prov 16:19 : 19 ¶ Better [it is to be] of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
• Prov 19:1 : 1 ¶ Better [is] the poor that walketh in his integrity, than [he that is] perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
• Isa 29:19 : 19 The meek also shall increase [their] joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
• Isa 57:15-16 : 15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name [is] Holy; I dwell in the high and holy [place], with him also [that is] of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. 16 For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls [which] I have made.
• Isa 66:2 : 2 For all those [things] hath mine hand made, and all those [things] have been, saith the LORD: but to this [man] will I look, [even] to [him that is] poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
• Zeph 3:12 : 12 I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.
• Zech 11:11 : 11 And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it [was] the word of the LORD.
• Matt 5:2-9 : 2 And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, 3 ¶ ‹Blessed› [are] ‹the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.› 4 ‹Blessed› [are] ‹they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.› 5 ‹Blessed› [are] ‹the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.› 6 ‹Blessed› [are] ‹they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.› 7 ‹Blessed› [are] ‹the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.› 8 ‹Blessed› [are] ‹the pure in heart: for they shall see God.› 9 ‹Blessed› [are] ‹the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.› 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.›
• Matt 11:5 : 5 ‹The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.›
• Matt 12:49-50 : 49 And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, ‹Behold my mother and my brethren!› 50 ‹For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.›
• Matt 25:34 : 34 ‹Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:›
• Mark 3:34-35 : 34 And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, ‹Behold my mother and my brethren!› 35 ‹For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.›
• Luke 4:18 : 18 ‹The Spirit of the Lord› [is] ‹upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,›