Mark 2:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἐγένετο, ἐν, τῷ κατακεῖσθαι αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ αὐτοῦ, καὶ πολλοὶ τελῶναι καὶ ἁμαρτωλοὶ συνανέκειντο τῷ Ἰησοῦ καὶ τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ: ἦσαν γὰρ πολλοί, καὶ ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ.

Transliteration

And it egeneto, in the katakeisthai him in the oikia of him, and many telōnai and hamartōloi synanekeinto with the Iēsou and the mathētais of him: for there ēsan many, and they ēkolouthēsan him.

Grammar Details

*egeneto*: aorist middle indicative, 3rd singular - it happened/came about
*katakeisthai*: present middle infinitive - to recline/recline at table
*oikia*: dative, feminine, singular - house
*telōnai*: nominative, masculine, plural - tax collectors
*hamartōloi*: nominative, masculine, plural - sinners
*synanekeinto*: imperfect middle indicative, 3rd plural - were reclining with
*Iēsou*: dative, masculine, singular - with Jesus
*mathētais*: dative, masculine, plural - disciples
*ēsan*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd plural - they were
*ēkolouthēsan*: aorist active indicative, 3rd plural - they followed

Word Meanings

*egeneto*: it happened/came about/came to pass
*katakeisthai*: to recline (at table)/to dine
*telōnai*: tax collectors/publicans
*hamartōloi*: sinners/irreligious people
*synanekeinto*: were reclining with/were dining with
*mathētais*: disciples/students/followers

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Luke 15:1 : 1 Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.
Matt 9:10-11 : 10 And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house , behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples. 11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
Matt 21:31-32 : 31 Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. 32 For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.
Luke 5:29-30 : 29 And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them. 30 But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?
Luke 6:17 : 17 And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;

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