Luke 6:23

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

Reioyse ye then and be gladde: for beholde youre rewarde is greate in heven. After this manner their fathers entreated the Prophetes.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Χαίρετε ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ, καὶ σκιρτήσατε: ἰδοὺ, γάρ, ὁ μισθὸς ὑμῶν πολὺς ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ: κατὰ ταῦτα γὰρ ἐποίουν τοῖς προφήταις οἱ πατέρες αὐτῶν.

Transliteration

Chairete in ekeinē the hēmera, and skirtēsate: idou, gar, the misthos of you polys in the ouranō: kata tauta gar epoioun to the prophētais the pateres of them.

Grammar Details

• *Chairete*: verb, present active imperative, 2nd person plural - rejoice!/be glad!
• *ekeinē*: demonstrative pronoun, dative, feminine, singular - that
• *hēmera*: noun, dative, feminine, singular - day
• *skirtēsate*: verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person plural - leap/dance for joy!
• *idou*: interjection - behold/look/see!
• *gar*: conjunction - for/because
• *misthos*: noun, nominative, masculine, singular - reward/wage
• *polys*: adjective, nominative, masculine, singular - great/much/many
• *ouranō*: noun, dative, masculine, singular - heaven
• *kata*: preposition - according to/in the same way as
• *tauta*: demonstrative pronoun, accusative, neuter, plural - these things
• *epoioun*: verb, imperfect active, 3rd person plural - they were doing
• *prophētais*: noun, dative, masculine, plural - to prophets
• *pateres*: noun, nominative, masculine, plural - fathers/ancestors

Word Meanings

• *Chairete*: rejoice/be glad/delight
• *skirtēsate*: leap for joy/dance/skip
• *idou*: behold/look/see (emphatic particle)
• *misthos*: reward/wage/payment
• *polys*: great/much/abundant
• *ouranō*: heaven/sky
• *epoioun*: they were doing/practicing (continuous past action)
• *prophētais*: prophets/those who speak for God
• *pateres*: fathers/ancestors/forefathers

Referenced Verses

• Matt 5:12 : 12 Reioyce and be glad for greate is youre rewarde in heven. For so persecuted they ye Prophetes which were before youre dayes.
• Rev 2:7 : 7 Lett him yt hath eares heare what ye sprete sayth vnto the congregacions. To him that overcometh will I geve to eate of the tree of lyfe which is in the myddes of ye paradice of god.
• Rev 21:7 : 7 He that overcometh shall inheret all thynges and I will be his God and he shalbe my sonne.
• Rev 2:10-11 : 10 Feare none of thoo thynges which thou shalt soffre. Beholde the devyll shall caste of you into preson to tempte you and ye shall have tribulacion.x. dayes. Be faythfull vnto the deeth and I will geve the a croune of lyfe. 11 Let him that hath ears heare what the sprete sayth to the congregacions: He that overcometh shall not be hurte of the seconde deeth.
• Rev 2:17 : 17 Lett him that hath eares heare what the sprete sayth vnto the congregacios: To him that overcommeth will I geve to eate manna that is hyd and will geve him a whyte stone and in the stone a newe name wrytten which no ma knoweth savinge he that receaveth it.
• Rev 2:26 : 26 and whosoever overcometh and kepeth my workes vnto the ende to hym will I geve power over nacios
• Rev 3:5 : 5 He that overcometh shalbe clothed in whyte araye and I will not put out his name out of the boke of lyfe and I will confesse his name before my father and before his angelles.
• Rev 3:12 : 12 Him that overcometh will I make a pyllar in the temple of my God and he shall goo no more oute. And I will wryt vpo him the name of my God and the name of ye cite of my god newe Ierusale which cometh doune oute of heve fro my God and I will wryte vpon him my newe name.
• Matt 6:1-2 : 1 Take hede to youre almes. That ye geve it not in the syght of men to the intent that ye wolde be sene of them. Or els ye get no rewarde of youre father which is in heve. 2 Whe soever therfore thou gevest thine almes thou shalt not make a tropet to be blowe before the as ye ypocrites do in the synagogis and in the stretis for to be preysed of men. Verely I say vnto you they have their rewarde.
• Matt 21:35-36 : 35 And ye husbandme caught his servauntes and bet one kylled another and stoned another. 36 Agayne he sent other servantes moo then the fyrst: and they served them lyke wyse.
• Matt 23:31-37 : 31 So then ye be witnesses vnto youre selfes that ye are the chyldren of them which killed the prophetes. 32 Fulfill ye lyke wyse the measure of youre fathers. 33 Yee serpentes and generacion of vipers how shuld ye scape ye dapnacio of hell? 34 Wherfore beholde I sende vnto you prophetes wyse men and scribes and of the ye shall kyll and crucifie: and of the ye shall scourge in youre synagoges and persecute from cyte to cyte 35 that vpon you maye come all the righteous bloude that was sheed vpon the erth fro the bloud of righteous Abell vnto ye bloud of zacharias the sonne of Barachias who ye slewe betwene the teple and ye altre. 36 Verely I say vnto you all these thinges shall light vpon this generacion. 37 Hierusalem hierusalem which kyllest prophetes and stonest the which are sent to the: how often wolde I have gadered thy chyldren to gether as the henne gadreth her chickes vnder her winges but ye wolde not:
• Luke 1:41 : 41 And it fortuned as Elizabeth hearde ye salutacion of Mary the babe spronge in her belly. And Elizabeth was filled with the holy goost
• Luke 1:44 : 44 For loo assone as the voyce of thy salutacion sownded in myne eares the babe sprange in my belly for ioye.
• Luke 6:35 : 35 Wherfore love ye youre enemys do good and lende lokynge for nothinge agayne and youre rewarde shalbe greate and ye shalbe the chyldren of the hyest: for he is kynde vnto the vnkynde and to the evyll.
• Acts 3:8 : 8 And he sprage stode and also walked and entred with them into the temple walkinge and leapinge and laudynge God.
• Acts 5:41 : 41 And they departed from the counsell reioysynge yt they were counted worthy to soffre rebuke for his name.
• Acts 7:51-52 : 51 Ye stiffenecked and of vncircumcised hertes and eares: ye have all wayes resisted the holy goost: as youre fathers dyd so do ye. 52 Which of the prophetes have not youre fathers persecuted? And they have slayne them which shewed before of the commynge of that iust whom ye have now betrayed and mordred.
• Acts 14:10 : 10 and sayd with a loude voyce: stond vp right on thy fete. And he stert vp and walked.
• Rom 5:3 : 3 Nether do we so only: but also we reioyce in tribulacion. For we know that tribulacion bringeth pacience
• 2 Cor 12:10 : 10 Therfore have I delectacion in infirmities in rebukes in nede in persecucions in anguyshe for Christis sake. For when I am weake then am I stronge.
• Col 1:24 : 24 Now ioye I in my soferinges which I suffre for you and fulfill that which is behynde of the passions of Christ in my flesshe for his bodies sake which is the congregacion
• 1 Thess 2:14-15 : 14 For ye brethre became folowers of the congregacions of god which in Iewry are in Christ Iesu: for ye have suffered lyke thynges of youre kynsmen as we oure selves have suffered of the Iewes. 15 Which as they kylled the LORde Iesus and their awne prophetes even so have they persecuted vs and God they please not and are contrary to all men
• 2 Thess 1:5-7 : 5 which is a token of ye ryghtewes iudgemet of god that ye are counted worthy of the kyngdom of god for which ye also suffre. 6 It is verely a rightewes thinge with God to recopence tribulacion to them that trouble you: 7 and to you which are troubled rest with vs when the LORde Iesus shall shewe him silfe from heven with his myghty angels
• 2 Tim 2:12 : 12 Yf we be pacient we shall also raigne wt him. If we denye him he also shall denye vs.
• 2 Tim 4:7-8 : 7 I have fought a good fight and have fulfilled my course and have kept the fayth. 8 From hence forth is layde vp for me a croune of rightewesnes which the LORde that is a righteous iudge shall geve me at that daye: not to me only but vnto all them that love his commynge.
• Heb 11:6 : 6 but with out fayth it is vnpossible to please him. For he that commeth to God must beleve that God is and that he is a rewarder of them that seke him.
• Heb 11:26 : 26 and estemed the rebuke of Christ greater ryches then the treasure of Egypt. For he had a respect vnto ye rewarde.
• Heb 11:32-39 : 32 And what shall I more saye ye tyme wold be to short for me to tell of Gedeo of Barach and of Samson and of Iephthae: also of David and Samuel and of the Prophetes: 33 which thorowe fayth subdued kyngdomes wrought righteousnes obteyned the promyses stopped the mouthes of lyons 34 queched the violence of fyre escaped the edge of the swearde of weake were made stroge waxed valient in fight turned to flyght the armyes of the alientes. 35 And the wemen receaved their deed raysed to lyfe agayne. Other were racked and wolde not be delyvered that they myght receave a better resurreccion. 36 Other tasted of mockynges and scourginginges morover of bondes and presonmet: 37 were stoned were hewen a sunder were tepted were slayne with sweardes walked vppe and doune in shepes skynnes in gotes skynnes in nede tribulacio and vexacio 38 which ye worlde was not worthy of: they wadred in wildernes in moutaynes in dennes and caves of the erth. 39 And these all thorow fayth obtayned good reporte and receaved not the promes
• Jas 1:2 : 2 My brethren count it excedynge ioye when ye faule into divers teptacions
• 1 Pet 4:13 : 13 but reioyce in as moche as ye are partetakers of Christes passions that when his glory appereth ye maye be mery and glad.