Luke 7:23

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹And blessed is› [he], ‹whosoever shall not be offended in me.›

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ μακάριός ἐστιν, ὃς ἐὰν μὴ σκανδαλισθῇ ἐν ἐμοί.

Transliteration

And makarios estin, who if mē skandalisthē in emoi.

Grammar Details

• *makarios*: nominative, masculine, singular - blessed/happy
• *estin*: present indicative, 3rd singular - is/exists
• *mē*: negative particle - not
• *skandalisthē*: aorist subjunctive passive, 3rd singular - might be caused to stumble
• *emoi*: dative, 1st singular personal pronoun - in me

Word Meanings

• *makarios*: blessed/happy/fortunate
• *skandalisthē*: might be offended/might stumble/might fall away

Referenced Verses

• Isa 8:14-15 : 14 And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 15 And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
• Matt 11:6 : 6 ‹And blessed is› [he], ‹whosoever shall not be offended in me.›
• Matt 13:57-58 : 57 And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, ‹A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.› 58 And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
• Luke 2:34 : 34 And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this [child] is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;
• John 6:60-66 : 60 ¶ Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard [this], said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it? 61 When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, ‹Doth this offend you?› 62 [What] ‹and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?› 63 ‹It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you,› [they] ‹are spirit, and› [they] ‹are life.› 64 ‹But there are some of you that believe not.› For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him. 65 And he said, ‹Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.› 66 From that [time] many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
• Rom 9:32-33 : 32 Wherefore? Because [they sought it] not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone; 33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
• 1 Cor 1:21-28 : 21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. 22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: 23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; 24 But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. 25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. 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:
• 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know [them], because they are spiritually discerned.
• 1 Pet 2:7-8 : 7 Unto you therefore which believe [he is] precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, 8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, [even to them] which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.