1 Corinthians 10:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ πάντες τὸ αὐτὸ πόμα πνευματικὸν ἔπιον: ἔπινον γὰρ ἐκ πνευματικῆς ἀκολουθούσης Πέτρας: ἡ δὲ Πέτρα ἦν ὁ Χριστός.

Transliteration

And all the same poma pneumatikon epion: epinon gar from pneumatikēs akolouthousēs Petras: the de Petra ēn the Christos

Grammar Details

• *poma*: accusative, neuter, singular - drink
• *pneumatikon*: accusative, neuter, singular - spiritual
• *epion*: aorist indicative, 3rd person plural - they drank
• *epinon*: imperfect indicative, 3rd person plural - they were drinking [continuous]
• *gar*: explanatory particle - for/because
• *pneumatikēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - spiritual
• *akolouthousēs*: present participle, genitive, feminine, singular - following
• *Petras*: genitive, feminine, singular - Rock
• *de*: postpositive particle - but/and/now
• *Petra*: nominative, feminine, singular - Rock
• *ēn*: imperfect, 3rd person singular - was [continuous]
• *Christos*: nominative, masculine, singular - Christ

Word Meanings

• *poma*: drink/beverage
• *pneumatikēs*: spiritual/of the spirit/supernatural
• *akolouthousēs*: following/accompanying/coming after

Referenced Verses

• Exod 17:6 : 6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
• Num 20:11 : 11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.
• Ps 78:15 : 15 He clave{H8762)} the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink{H8686)} as out of the great depths.
• Ps 78:20 : 20 Behold, he smote{H8689)} the rock, that the waters gushed out{H8799)}, and the streams overflowed{H8799)}; can{H8799)} he give{H8800)} bread also? can{H8799)} he provide{H8686)} flesh for his people?
• Ps 105:41 : 41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
• Isa 43:20 : 20 The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.
• Isa 48:21 : 21 And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
• Ezek 5:4-5 : 4 Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel. 5 Thus saith the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her.
• Dan 2:38 : 38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
• Matt 13:38-39 : 38 {G1161} The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; 39 {G1161} The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
• Matt 26:26-28 : 26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. 27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; 28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
• John 4:10 : 10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
• John 4:14 : 14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
• John 7:37 : 37 {G1161} In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
• Deut 9:21 : 21 And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.
• Gal 4:25 : 25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
• Heb 10:1 : 1 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
• Rev 22:17 : 17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
• Col 2:17 : 17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
• Gen 40:12 : 12 And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:
• Gen 41:26 : 26 The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
• 1 Cor 11:24-25 : 24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. 25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.