Matthew 18:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the midst of them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οὗ γάρ εἰσιν δύο ἢ τρεῖς συνηγμένοι εἰς τὸ ἐμὸν ὄνομα, ἐκεῖ εἰμι ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῶν.

Transliteration

Where for eisin two or three synēgmenoi into the emon onoma, there eimi in mesō of them.

Grammar Details

• *eisin*: verb, present, active, indicative, 3rd person, plural - are
• *synēgmenoi*: participle, perfect, passive, nominative, masculine, plural - having been gathered
• *emon*: possessive pronoun, accusative, neuter, singular - my
• *onoma*: noun, accusative, neuter, singular - name
• *eimi*: verb, present, active, indicative, 1st person, singular - I am
• *mesō*: noun, dative, neuter, singular - midst/middle

Word Meanings

• *eisin*: are/exist/there are
• *synēgmenoi*: having been gathered/assembled/brought together
• *emon*: my/mine
• *onoma*: name/title/person
• *eimi*: I am/I exist
• *mesō*: midst/middle/among

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For where two or three gather in my name, there I am with them.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the middle of them.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  For where two or thre are gathered togedder in my name there am I in the myddes of them.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For where two or thre are gathered together i my name, there am I in the myddest amonge them.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For where two or three are gathered together in my Name, there am I in the mids of them.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the myddes of them.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the midst of them."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for where there are two or three gathered together -- to my name, there am I in the midst of them.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For where two or three are come together in my name, there am I among them.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the midst of them."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For where two or three are assembled in my name, I am there among them.”

Referenced Verses

• John 20:26 : 26 And after eight days, his disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be to you.
• Rev 21:3 : 3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
• 1 Cor 5:4 : 4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you are gathered together, along with my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
• John 20:19 : 19 Then, the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst, and said to them, Peace be to you.
• Gen 49:10 : 10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh comes; and to him shall the gathering of the people be.
• Exod 20:24 : 24 An altar of earth you shall make for Me, and you shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen. In every place where I record My name, I will come to you, and I will bless you.
• Zech 2:5 : 5 For I, says the LORD, will be a wall of fire around her, and will be the glory in her midst.
• Matt 28:20 : 20 Teaching them to observe all things I have commanded you; and, lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Amen.
• John 8:58 : 58 Jesus said to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Before Abraham was, I am.
• 1 Thess 1:1 : 1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace and peace be to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
• Phlm 1:2 : 2 And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church that is in your house:
• Rev 1:11-13 : 11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What you see, write in a book, and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia; to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea. 12 And I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; 13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the feet, and wrapped around the chest with a golden sash.
• Rev 2:1 : 1 To the angel of the church of Ephesus write: These things says he who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands;