Matthew 10:36

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

and a man’s enemies will be the members of his household.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἐχθροὶ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου οἱ οἰκιακοὶ αὐτοῦ.

Transliteration

And echthroi of-the anthrōpou the oikiakoi of-him.

Grammar Details

• *echthroi*: nominative masculine plural - enemies
• *anthrōpou*: genitive masculine singular - of man/person
• *oikiakoi*: nominative masculine plural - household members

Word Meanings

• *echthroi*: enemies/hostile ones/foes
• *anthrōpou*: man/person/human
• *oikiakoi*: household members/domestics/family members

Referenced Verses

• Mic 7:6 : 6 For a son thinks his father is a fool, a daughter challenges her mother, and a daughter-in-law her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies are his own family.
• Ps 55:13 : 13 But it is you, a man like me, my close friend in whom I confided.
• Jer 12:6 : 6 As a matter of fact, even your own brothers and the members of your own family have betrayed you too. Even they have plotted to do away with you. So do not trust them even when they say kind things to you.
• Jer 20:10 : 10 I hear many whispering words of intrigue against me. Those who would cause me terror are everywhere! They are saying,“Come on, let’s publicly denounce him!” All my so-called friends are just watching for something that would lead to my downfall. They say,“Perhaps he can be enticed into slipping up, so we can prevail over him and get our revenge on him.
• Gen 3:15 : 15 And I will put hostility between you and the woman and between your offspring and her offspring; her offspring will attack your head, and you will attack her offspring’s heel.”
• Gen 4:8-9 : 8 Cain said to his brother Abel,“Let’s go out to the field.” While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him. 9 Then the LORD said to Cain,“Where is your brother Abel?” And he replied,“I don’t know! Am I my brother’s guardian?” 10 But the LORD said,“What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground!
• Gen 37:17-28 : 17 The man said,“They left this area, for I heard them say,‘Let’s go to Dothan.’” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan. 18 Now Joseph’s brothers saw him from a distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him. 19 They said to one another,“Here comes this master of dreams! 20 Come now, let’s kill him, throw him into one of the cisterns, and then say that a wild animal ate him. Then we’ll see how his dreams turn out!” 21 When Reuben heard this, he rescued Joseph from their hands, saying,“Let’s not take his life!” 22 Reuben continued,“Don’t shed blood! Throw him into this cistern that is here in the wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him.”(Reuben said this so he could rescue Joseph from them and take him back to his father.) 23 When Joseph reached his brothers, they stripped him of his tunic, the special tunic that he wore. 24 Then they took him and threw him into the cistern.(Now the cistern was empty; there was no water in it.) 25 When they sat down to eat their food, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh down to Egypt. 26 Then Judah said to his brothers,“What profit is there if we kill our brother and cover up his blood? 27 Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites, but let’s not lay a hand on him, for after all, he is our brother, our own flesh.” His brothers agreed. 28 So when the Midianite merchants passed by, Joseph’s brothers pulled him out of the cistern and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. The Ishmaelites then took Joseph to Egypt.
• 1 Sam 17:28 : 28 When David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, he became angry with David and said,“Why have you come down here? To whom did you entrust those few sheep in the wilderness? I am familiar with your pride and deceit! You have come down here to watch the battle!”
• 2 Sam 16:11 : 11 Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants,“My own son, my very own flesh and blood, is trying to take my life. So also now this Benjaminite! Leave him alone so that he can curse, for the LORD has spoken to him.
• Job 19:13-19 : 13 Job’s Forsaken State“He has put my relatives far from me; my acquaintances only turn away from me. 14 My kinsmen have failed me; my friends have forgotten me. 15 My guests and my servant girls consider me a stranger; I am a foreigner in their eyes. 16 I summon my servant, but he does not respond, even though I implore him with my own mouth. 17 My breath is repulsive to my wife; I am loathsome to my brothers. 18 Even youngsters have scorned me; when I get up, they scoff at me. 19 All my closest friends detest me; and those whom I love have turned against me.
• Ps 41:9 : 9 Even my close friend whom I trusted, he who shared meals with me, has turned against me.
• John 13:8 : 8 Peter said to him,“You will never wash my feet!” Jesus replied,“If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.”