Matthew 11:6

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

And happy is he that is not offended by me.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ μακάριός ἐστιν, ὃς ἐὰν μὴ σκανδαλισθῇ ἐν ἐμοί.

Transliteration

And makarios estin, whoever ean not skandalisthē in emoi.

Grammar Details

• *makarios*: nominative, masculine, singular - blessed/happy
• *estin*: present, active, 3rd singular - is
• *ean*: conditional particle - if
• *skandalisthē*: aorist, subjunctive, passive, 3rd singular - might be offended/caused to stumble
• *emoi*: dative, 1st person, singular pronoun - me

Word Meanings

• *makarios*: blessed/happy/fortunate
• *skandalisthē*: might be offended/caused to stumble/fall away

Referenced Verses

• Luke 4:23-29 : 23 And he sayde vnto them: Ye maye very well saye vnto me this proverbe: Phisicion heale thy silfe. Whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum do the same here lyke wyse in thyne awne countre. 24 And he sayde verely I saye vnto you: No Prophet is accepted in his awne countre. 25 But I tell you of a truth many wyddowes were in Israell in the dayes of Helias when hevyn was shet thre yeres and syxe monethes when greate fammisshemet was throughoute all the londe 26 and vnto none of them was Helias sent save in to Sarephta besydes Sidon vnto a woma that was a widow. 27 And many lepers were in Israel in the tyme of Heliseus the Prophete: and yet none of them was healed savinge Naaman of Siria. 28 And as many as were in ye sinagoge when they herde that were filled with wrath: 29 and roose vp and thrust him oute of the cite and ledde him eve vnto the edge of the hill wher on their cite was bilte to cast him doune hedlynge.
• Matt 24:10 : 10 And then shall many be offended and shall betraye one another and shall hate one the other.
• Matt 26:31 : 31 Then sayd Iesus vnto them: all ye shall be offended by me this night. For it is wrytten. I will smyte ye shepe herde and the shepe of ye flocke shalbe scattered abroode.
• 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 For ye naturall man perceaveth not the thinges of the sprete of god. For they are but folysshnes vnto him. Nether can he perceave them because he is spretually examined.
• Gal 5:11 : 11 Brethren yf I yet preache circucision: why do I then yet suffre persecucion? For then had the offence which the crosse geveth ceased.
• 1 Pet 2:8 : 8 and a stone to stomble at and a rocke to offende them which stomble at the worde and beleve not that where on they were set.
• Luke 2:34 : 34 And Simeon blessed them and sayde vnto Mary his mother: beholde this chyld shalbe the fall and resurreccio of many in Israel and a signe which shalbe spoke agaynste.
• Luke 11:27-28 : 27 And it fortuned as he spake those thinges a certayne woman of the copany lyfte vp her voyce and sayde vnto him: Happy is the wombe that bare the and the pappes which gave the sucke. 28 But he sayde: Ye happy are they that heare the worde of God and kepe it.
• John 6:60-61 : 60 Many of his disciples when they had herde this sayde: this is an herde sayinge: who can abyde the hearinge of it? 61 Iesus knew in him selfe that his disciples murmured at it and sayde vnto them: Doth this offende you?
• John 6:66 : 66 From that tyme many of his disciples wet backe and walked no moore with him.
• John 7:41-42 : 41 Other sayde: this is Christ. Some sayde: shall Christ come out of Galile? 42 Sayeth not the scripture that Christ shall come of the seed of David: and out of the toune of Bethleem where David was?
• Rom 9:32-33 : 32 And wherfore? Because they sought it not by fath: but as it were by the workes of the lawe. For they have stombled at the stomblynge stone. 33 As it is written: Beholde I put in Syon a stomblynge stone and a rocke which shall make men faule. And none yt beleve on him shalbe a shamed.
• 1 Cor 1:22-23 : 22 For ye Iewes requyre a signe and the Grekes seke after wysdome. 23 But we preache Christ crucified vnto the Iewes an occasion of fallinge and vnto the Grekes folisshnes:
• Matt 5:3-9 : 3 Blessed are the povre in sprete: for theirs is the kyngdome of heven. 4 Blessed are they that morne: for they shalbe conforted. 5 Blessed are the meke: for they shall inheret the erth. 6 Blessed are they which honger and thurst for rightewesnes: for they shalbe filled. 7 Blessed are ye mercifull: for they shall obteyne mercy. 8 Blessed are the pure in herte: for they shall se God. 9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shalbe called the chyldren of God. 10 Blessed are they which suffre persecucio for rightwesnes sake: for theirs ys the kyngdome of heuen. 11 Blessed are ye when men reuyle you and persecute you and shall falsly say all manner of yvell saynges agaynst you for my sake. 12 Reioyce and be glad for greate is youre rewarde in heven. For so persecuted they ye Prophetes which were before youre dayes.
• Matt 13:55-57 : 55 Is not this the carpeters sonne? Is not his mother called Mary? and his brethre be called Iames and Ioses and Simo and Iudas? 56 And are not his susters all here wt vs? Whece hath he all these thynge. 57 And they were offended by him. The Iesus sayd to the a Prophet is not wt out honoure save in hys awne countre and amoge his awne kynne.
• Matt 15:12-14 : 12 Then came his disciples and sayde vnto him. Perceavest thou not how that the pharises are offended in hearinge thys sayinge? 13 He answered and sayde: all plantes which my hevely father hath not planted shalbe plucked vp by the rotes. 14 Let them alone they be the blynde leaders of the blynde. If the blynde leede the blynde boothe shall fall into the dyche.
• Matt 18:7 : 7 Wo be vnto the world because of offences. How be it it cannot be avoided but yt offences shalbe geven. Neverthelesse woo be to ye man by who the offence cometh.