Luke 9:61

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἶπεν δὲ καὶ ἕτερος, Ἀκολουθήσω σοι· Κύριε, πρῶτον δὲ ἐπίτρεψόν μοι ἀποτάξασθαι, τοῖς εἰς τὸν οἶκόν μου.

Transliteration

Eipen de kai heteros, Akolouthēsō soi; Kyrie, prōton de epitrepson moi apotaxasthai, to-those in the oikon mou.

Grammar Details

*Eipen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd singular - said/spoke [completed action]
*de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and/now
*kai*: conjunction - and/also/even
*heteros*: nominative, masculine, singular - another/different one
*Akolouthēsō*: future active indicative, 1st singular - I will follow
*soi*: dative, 2nd singular pronoun - to you
*Kyrie*: vocative, masculine, singular - Lord/Sir/Master
*prōton*: adverb - first/firstly
*epitrepson*: aorist active imperative, 2nd singular - permit/allow [command]
*moi*: dative, 1st singular pronoun - to me
*apotaxasthai*: aorist middle infinitive - to bid farewell/take leave of
*tois*: dative, masculine, plural article - to those
*oikon*: accusative, masculine, singular - house/home/household
*mou*: genitive, 1st singular pronoun - of me/my

Word Meanings

*heteros*: another one/different person
*Akolouthēsō*: I will follow/accompany/be a disciple of
*Kyrie*: Lord/Master/Sir
*epitrepson*: permit/allow/grant permission
*apotaxasthai*: to bid farewell/take leave of/say goodbye/set in order
*oikon*: house/home/household/family

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 19:20 : 20 And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?
Luke 14:18-20 : 18 And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused. 19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused. 20 And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
Luke 14:26 : 26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
Matt 10:37-38 : 37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
Deut 33:9 : 9 Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.

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