Matthew 8:22

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς εῖπεν αὐτῷ, Ἀκολούθει μοι· καὶ ἄφες τοὺς νεκροὺς θάψαι τοὺς ἑαυτῶν νεκρούς.

Transliteration

The de Iēsous eipen to-him, Akolouthei to-me; and aphes the nekrous thapsai the of-themselves nekrous.

Grammar Details

Ὁ: nominative masculine singular article - the
*de*: postpositive particle - but/and/now
*Iēsous*: nominative masculine singular - Jesus
*eipen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - said
αὐτῷ: dative masculine singular pronoun - to him
*Akolouthei*: present active imperative, 2nd person singular - follow
μοι: dative singular pronoun - to me
καὶ: conjunction - and
*aphes*: aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular - leave/allow
τοὺς: accusative masculine plural article - the
*nekrous*: accusative masculine plural adjective - dead
*thapsai*: aorist active infinitive - to bury
ἑαυτῶν: genitive masculine plural reflexive pronoun - of themselves

Word Meanings

*de*: but/and/now (transitional particle)
*Iēsous*: Jesus
*eipen*: said/spoke
*Akolouthei*: follow/come after
*aphes*: leave/allow/permit
*nekrous*: dead/deceased/corpses
*thapsai*: to bury/entomb

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

John 1:43 : 43 The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.
Eph 5:14 : 14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
Col 2:13 : 13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
Eph 2:1 : 1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
Eph 2:5 : 5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ,(by grace ye are saved;)
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.
Luke 15:32 : 32 It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
1 Tim 5:6 : 6 But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
Matt 4:18-22 : 18 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. 19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. 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.

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