Matthew 13:46

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.›

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὃς, εὑρὼν ἕνα πολύτιμον μαργαρίτην, ἀπελθὼν πέπρακεν πάντα ὅσα εἶχεν, καὶ ἠγόρασεν αὐτόν.

Transliteration

Who, heurōn one polytimon margaritēn, apelthōn pepraken all things as many as he eichen, and ēgorasen it.

Grammar Details

• *heurōn*: aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having found
• *polytimon*: accusative, masculine, singular - very valuable
• *margaritēn*: accusative, masculine, singular - pearl
• *apelthōn*: aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having gone away
• *pepraken*: perfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - has sold
• *eichen*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - was having
• *ēgorasen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - bought

Word Meanings

• *heurōn*: having found/discovered
• *polytimon*: very valuable/costly/precious
• *margaritēn*: pearl/gem
• *apelthōn*: having gone away/departed
• *pepraken*: has sold/traded
• *eichen*: was having/possessing/owning
• *ēgorasen*: bought/purchased

Referenced Verses

• Mark 10:28-31 : 28 Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee. 29 And Jesus answered and said, ‹Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's,› 30 ‹But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.› 31 ‹But many› [that are] ‹first shall be last; and the last first.›
• Luke 18:28-30 : 28 Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee. 29 And he said unto them, ‹Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,› 30 ‹Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.›
• Acts 20:24 : 24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
• Eph 3:8 : 8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
• Col 2:3 : 3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
• Prov 2:4 : 4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as [for] hid treasures;
• Isa 33:6 : 6 And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, [and] strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD [is] his treasure.
• 1 John 5:11-12 : 11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He that hath the Son hath life; [and] he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
• 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.
• Gal 6:14 : 14 But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
• Rev 21:21 : 21 And the twelve gates [were] twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city [was] pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
• Matt 13:44 : 44 ¶ ‹Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.›