Luke 24:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

And he said to them, What are these things you are discussing with each other as you walk, and are sad?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτούς, Τίνες οἱ λόγοι οὗτοι οὓς ἀντιβάλλετε πρὸς ἀλλήλους, περιπατοῦντες, καὶ ἐστὲ σκυθρωποί;

Transliteration

He eipen de pros autous, What [are] the logoi houtoi hous antiballete pros allēlous, peripatountes, and are skuthrōpoi?

Grammar Details

• *eipen*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd singular - he said
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and
• *pros*: preposition + accusative - with
• *autous*: accusative, masculine, plural - them
• *logoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - words/matters
• *houtoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - these
• *hous*: accusative, masculine, plural, relative pronoun - which
• *antiballete*: present, active, indicative, 2nd plural - you are exchanging
• *allēlous*: accusative, masculine, plural - one another
• *peripatountes*: present, active, participle, masculine, plural, nominative - walking
• *skuthrōpoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - sad/gloomy faced

Word Meanings

• *logoi*: words/matters/accounts
• *antiballete*: you are exchanging/discussing/throwing back and forth
• *peripatountes*: walking/going about
• *skuthrōpoi*: sad-faced/gloomy/downcast

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  He asked them, "What are you discussing as you walk along?" They stopped, looking sad.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he said unto them, What communications are these that ye have one with another, as ye walk? And they stood still, looking sad.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And he sayde vnto them: What maner of comunicacions are these that ye have one to another as ye walke and are sadde.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And he sayde vnto them: What maner of comunicacions are these that ye haue one to another as ye walke, and are sad?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And he sayd vnto them, What maner of communications are these that ye haue one to another as ye walke and are sad?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he sayde vnto them: What maner of communications are these that ye haue one to another as ye walke, and are sad?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he said unto them, ‹What manner of communications› [are] ‹these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He said to them, "What are you talking about as you walk, and are sad?"

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and he said unto them, `What `are' these words that ye exchange with one another, walking, and ye are sad?'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he said unto them, What communications are these that ye have one with another, as ye walk? And they stood still, looking sad.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he said unto them, What communications are these that ye have one with another, as ye walk? And they stood still, looking sad.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he said to them, What are you talking about together while you go?

• World English Bible (2000)

  He said to them, "What are you talking about as you walk, and are sad?"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then he said to them,“What are these matters you are discussing so intently as you walk along?” And they stood still, looking sad.

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 9:4-6 : 4 And the LORD said to him, Go through the middle of the city, through the middle of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry for all the abominations that are done in it. 5 And to the others he said in my hearing, Go after him through the city and strike: let not your eye spare, neither have any pity: 6 Utterly slay old and young, both maidens, and little children, and women: but do not come near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began with the elders who were before the house.
• John 16:6 : 6 But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.
• John 16:20-22 : 20 Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice: and you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy. 21 A woman, when she is in labor, has sorrow because her hour has come: but as soon as she has delivered the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a man has been born into the world. 22 And now you have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.