Matthew 19:28

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And Jesus said unto them, ‹Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.›

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, Ὅτι ὑμεῖς οἱ ἀκολουθήσαντές μοι, ἐν τῇ παλιγγενεσίᾳ ὅταν καθίσῃ ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐπὶ θρόνου δόξης αὐτοῦ, καθίσεσθε καὶ ὑμεῖς ἐπὶ δώδεκα θρόνους, κρίνοντες τὰς δώδεκα φυλὰς τοῦ Ἰσραήλ.

Transliteration

The de Iēsous eipen to them, Amēn legō to you, That you, the ones akolouthēsantes me, in the palingenesia when kathisē the Huios tou anthrōpou epi thronou doxēs of him, kathisesthe also you epi dōdeka thronous, krinontes the dōdeka phylas tou Israēl.

Grammar Details

• *de*: postpositive particle - but/and
• *Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
• *eipen*: aorist, 3rd singular, active - said
• *Amēn*: Hebrew transliteration - truly/verily
• *legō*: present, 1st singular, active - I say
• *akolouthēsantes*: aorist participle, active, nominative, masculine, plural - having followed
• *palingenesia*: dative, feminine, singular - regeneration/renewal
• *kathisē*: aorist subjunctive, 3rd singular, active - might sit
• *Huios*: nominative, masculine, singular - Son
• *anthrōpou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of man
• *epi*: preposition + accusative - upon
• *thronou*: genitive, masculine, singular - throne
• *doxēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - glory
• *kathisesthe*: future, 2nd plural, middle - you will sit
• *dōdeka*: numeral - twelve
• *thronous*: accusative, masculine, plural - thrones
• *krinontes*: present participle, active, nominative, masculine, plural - judging
• *phylas*: accusative, feminine, plural - tribes
• *Israēl*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Israel

Word Meanings

• *Amēn*: truly/verily/certainly
• *akolouthēsantes*: who have followed/having followed
• *palingenesia*: regeneration/renewal/rebirth
• *Huios tou anthrōpou*: Son of Man
• *thronou doxēs*: throne of glory/glorious throne
• *kathisesthe*: will sit/shall be seated
• *krinontes*: judging/ruling

Referenced Verses

• Rev 3:21 : 21 ‹To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.›
• Matt 25:31 : 31 ¶ ‹When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:›
• Luke 22:28-30 : 28 ‹Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations.› 29 ‹And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;› 30 ‹That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.›
• Matt 16:27 : 27 ‹For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.›
• Matt 20:21 : 21 And he said unto her, ‹What wilt thou?› She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom.
• Rev 21:5 : 5 And he that sat upon the throne said, ‹Behold, I make all things new.› And he said unto me, ‹Write: for these words are true and faithful.›
• Rev 4:4 : 4 And round about the throne [were] four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
• Rev 7:4 : 4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: [and there were] sealed an hundred [and] forty [and] four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
• Rev 12:1 : 1 ¶ And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
• Rev 20:4 : 4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and [I saw] the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received [his] mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
• Rev 20:11-15 : 11 ¶ And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is [the book] of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. 14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
• Rev 22:2 : 2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, [was there] the tree of life, which bare twelve [manner of] fruits, [and] yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree [were] for the healing of the nations.
• Acts 3:21 : 21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
• 1 Cor 6:2-3 : 2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? 3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?
• 2 Thess 1:7-9 : 7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; 10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
• 2 Tim 2:12 : 12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with [him]: if we deny [him], he also will deny us:
• 2 Pet 3:13 : 13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
• Rev 2:26-27 : 26 ‹And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:› 27 ‹And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.›
• Exod 15:27 : 27 And they came to Elim, where [were] twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
• Exod 24:4 : 4 And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
• Exod 28:21 : 21 And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, [like] the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.
• Lev 24:5 : 5 And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.
• Josh 3:12 : 12 Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.
• 1 Kgs 18:31 : 31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:
• Ezra 6:17 : 17 And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
• Isa 65:17 : 17 ¶ For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
• Isa 66:22 : 22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.
• Rev 21:12-14 : 12 And had a wall great and high, [and] had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are [the names] of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: 13 On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. 14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.