Mark 7:14

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Καὶ προσκαλεσάμενος πάντα τὸν ὄχλον, ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς, Ἀκούετέ μου πάντες, καὶ συνίετε:

Transliteration

And proskalesamenos all the ochlon, he elegen to them, Akouete me all, and syniete:

Grammar Details

• *proskalesamenos*: aorist middle participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having called to himself
• *ochlon*: accusative, masculine, singular - crowd
• *elegen*: imperfect active, 3rd singular - he was saying
• *Akouete*: present active imperative, 2nd plural - hear/listen to
• *syniete*: present active imperative, 2nd plural - understand/comprehend

Word Meanings

• *proskalesamenos*: having called to himself/summoned
• *ochlon*: crowd/multitude/mass of people
• *elegen*: was saying/continued to say
• *syniete*: understand/comprehend/perceive

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 18:21 : 21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
• 1 Kgs 22:28 : 28 And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you.
• Ps 49:1-2 : 1 To the chief Musician{H8764)}, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Hear{H8798)} this, all ye people; give ear{H8685)}, all ye inhabitants{H8802)} of the world: 2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
• Ps 94:8 : 8 Understand{H8798)}, ye brutish{H8802)} among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise{H8686)}?
• Prov 8:5 : 5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
• Isa 6:9 : 9 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
• Matt 15:10 : 10 And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:
• Luke 12:54-57 : 54 And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is. 55 And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass. 56 Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time? 57 Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
• Acts 8:30 : 30 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
• Luke 20:45-47 : 45 Then in the audience of all the people he said unto his disciples, 46 Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts; 47 Which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.
• Luke 12:1 : 1 In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.