Matthew 19:27

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Τότε ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Πέτρος εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Ἰδού, ἡμεῖς ἀφήκαμεν πάντα, καὶ ἠκολουθήσαμέν σοι· τί ἄρα ἔσται ἡμῖν;

Transliteration

Then apokritheis the Petros eipen to him, Idou, we aphēkamen panta, and ēkolouthēsamen you; what ara estai to us?

Grammar Details

• *apokritheis*: aorist participle, passive deponent, nominative, masculine, singular - having answered
• *Petros*: nominative, masculine, singular - Peter
• *eipen*: aorist, 3rd singular, active - said
• *Idou*: aorist imperative, 2nd singular, middle - behold/look
• *aphēkamen*: aorist, 1st plural, active - we left/forsook
• *panta*: accusative, neuter, plural - all things
• *ēkolouthēsamen*: aorist, 1st plural, active - we followed
• *ara*: inferential particle - then/therefore
• *estai*: future, 3rd singular, middle - will be

Word Meanings

• *apokritheis*: answering/in response
• *Idou*: behold/look/see
• *aphēkamen panta*: left everything/forsook all
• *ēkolouthēsamen*: followed/became disciples of
• *ara estai*: then will be/therefore shall happen

Referenced Verses

• Phil 3:8 : 8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
• Luke 15:29 : 29 And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
• Luke 18:28 : 28 Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.
• 1 Cor 1:29 : 29 That no flesh should glory in his presence.
• 1 Cor 4:7 : 7 For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
• 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.
• Matt 4:20-22 : 20 And they straightway left their nets, and followed him. 21 And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them. 22 And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.
• Matt 9:9 : 9 And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
• Matt 20:10-12 : 10 But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny. 11 And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house, 12 {G3754} Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.
• Mark 1:17-20 : 17 And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men. 18 And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him. 19 And when he had gone a little further thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets. 20 And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.
• Mark 2:14 : 14 And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.
• Mark 10:28 : 28 Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.
• Luke 5:11 : 11 And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him.
• Luke 5:27-28 : 27 And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me. 28 And he left all, rose up, and followed him.
• Luke 14:33 : 33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.