Luke 17:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then he said to the disciples, It is inevitable that offenses will come: but woe to him through whom they come!

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς τοὺς μαθητάς, Ἀνένδεκτόν ἐστιν τοῦ μὴ ἐλθεῖν τὰ σκάνδαλα: οὐαὶ δὲ, διʼ οὗ ἔρχεται!

Transliteration

Eipen de pros the mathētas, Anendekton estin tou mē elthein the skandala: ouai de, through whom it erchetai!

Grammar Details

• *Eipen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd singular - said/spoke [completed action]
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and/now
• *pros*: preposition + accusative - to/toward
• *mathētas*: accusative, masculine, plural - disciples
• *Anendekton*: nominative, neuter, singular - impossible
• *estin*: present active indicative, 3rd singular - it is
• *tou*: genitive article with infinitive - expressing purpose/result
• *mē*: negative particle - not
• *elthein*: aorist active infinitive - to come
• *skandala*: accusative, neuter, plural - stumbling blocks/offenses
• *ouai*: interjection - woe
• *erchetai*: present middle indicative, 3rd singular - comes/is coming

Word Meanings

• *Anendekton*: impossible/inevitable
• *skandala*: stumbling blocks/offenses/causes of sin
• *ouai*: woe/alas/curse

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Jesus said to his disciples, 'It is inevitable that stumbling blocks will come, but woe to the one through whom they come!'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he said unto his disciples, It is impossible but that occasions of stumbling should come; but woe unto him, through whom they come!

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Then sayde he to ye disciples it can not be avoyded but that offences will come. Neverthelesse wo be to him thorow whom they come.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  He sayde vnto his disciples: It is vnpossible that offences shulde not come: but wo vnto him by whom they come:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then said he to his disciples, It can not be auoided, but that offences will come, but wo be to him by whome they come.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  He sayde vnto the disciples, it can not be but offences wyll come, neuerthelesse, wo vnto hym, through whom they come.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Then said he unto the disciples, ‹It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe› [unto him], ‹through whom they come!›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He said to the disciples, "It is impossible that no occasions of stumbling should come, but woe to him through whom they come!

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And he said unto the disciples, `It is impossible for the stumbling blocks not to come, but wo `to him' through whom they come;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he said unto his disciples, It is impossible but that occasions of stumbling should come; but woe unto him, through whom they come!

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he said unto his disciples, It is impossible but that occasions of stumbling should come; but woe unto him, through whom they come!

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he said to his disciples, It is necessary for causes of trouble to come about, but unhappy is he by whom they come.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He said to the disciples, "It is impossible that no occasions of stumbling should come, but woe to him through whom they come!

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Sin, Forgiveness, Faith, and Service Jesus said to his disciples,“Stumbling blocks are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come!

Referenced Verses

• Matt 18:7 : 7 Woe to the world because of offenses! For it must be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense comes!
• 1 Cor 11:19 : 19 For there must also be heresies among you, that those who are approved may be recognized among you.
• 2 Thess 2:10-12 : 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12 That they all might be condemned who did not believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
• Rom 14:20-21 : 20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All things indeed are pure, but it is evil for the man who eats with offense. 21 It is good neither to eat meat nor drink wine nor do anything by which your brother stumbles or is offended or is made weak.
• Rom 16:17 : 17 Now I urge you, brethren, mark those who cause divisions and offenses contrary to the doctrine which you have learned, and avoid them.
• 1 Cor 8:13 : 13 Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will eat no meat as long as the world stands, lest I make my brother stumble.
• 1 Cor 10:32 : 32 Give no offense, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
• Rev 13:14-18 : 14 And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast, saying to those who dwell on the earth that they should make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived. 15 And he had power to give life to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. 16 And he causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, 17 And that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast or the number of his name. 18 Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: his number is six hundred sixty-six.
• Matt 16:23 : 23 But He turned and said to Peter, Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.
• Rom 14:13 : 13 Let us not therefore judge one another anymore, but judge this instead: that no one puts a stumbling block or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.
• Rev 2:14 : 14 But I have a few things against you, because you have there those who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality.
• Rev 2:20 : 20 Nevertheless I have a few things against you, because you allow that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce my servants to commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols.