Matthew 15:24

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν, Οὐκ ἀπεστάλην εἰ μὴ εἰς τὰ πρόβατα τὰ ἀπολωλότα οἴκου Ἰσραήλ.

Transliteration

He de apokritheis eipen, Not apestalēn if not to the probata the apolōlota of house of Israēl.

Grammar Details

*Ho de*: but he
*apokritheis*: aorist participle, passive, nominative, masculine, singular - having answered
*eipen*: aorist, indicative, active, 3rd person singular - he said
*Ouk*: negative particle - not
*apestalēn*: aorist, indicative, passive, 1st person singular - I was sent
*ei mē*: conditional negation - except/if not
*eis*: preposition + accusative - to
*ta probata*: accusative, neuter, plural - the sheep
*ta apolōlota*: perfect participle, active, accusative, neuter, plural - the ones having been lost
*oikou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of house
*Israēl*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Israel

Word Meanings

*apokritheis*: having answered/responded
*eipen*: said/spoke/told
*apestalēn*: was sent/dispatched/appointed
*probata*: sheep/flock
*apolōlota*: having been lost/perished/destroyed
*oikou*: house/household/family

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Matt 10:5-6 : 5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: 6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Rom 15:8 : 8 Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:
Acts 3:25-26 : 25 Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed. 26 Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
Acts 13:46 : 46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
Luke 15:4-6 : 4 What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? 5 And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.
Isa 53:6 : 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Jer 50:6-7 : 6 My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace. 7 All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.
Ezek 34:5-6 : 5 And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered. 6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.
Ezek 34:16 : 16 I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.
Ezek 34:23 : 23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
Matt 9:36 : 36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.

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