Matthew 18:1

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

The same tyme the disciples came vnto Iesus saying: who is ye greatest in the kyngdome of heve?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ὥρᾳ προσῆλθον οἱ μαθηταὶ τῷ Ἰησοῦ, λέγοντες, Τίς ἄρα μείζων ἐστὶν ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τῶν οὐρανῶν;

Transliteration

In ekeinē the hōra prosēlthon the mathētai to the Iēsou, legontes, who ara meizōn estin in the basileia of the ouranōn?

Grammar Details

• *ekeinē*: demonstrative pronoun, dative, feminine, singular - that
• *hōra*: noun, dative, feminine, singular - hour/time
• *prosēlthon*: verb, aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person, plural - came to/approached
• *mathētai*: noun, nominative, masculine, plural - disciples
• *Iēsou*: noun, dative, masculine, singular - Jesus
• *legontes*: participle, present, active, nominative, masculine, plural - saying
• *ara*: interrogative particle - then/therefore
• *meizōn*: adjective, comparative, nominative, masculine, singular - greater
• *estin*: verb, present, active, indicative, 3rd person, singular - is
• *basileia*: noun, dative, feminine, singular - kingdom
• *ouranōn*: noun, genitive, masculine, plural - heavens

Word Meanings

• *hōra*: hour/time/moment
• *prosēlthon*: came to/approached/drew near
• *mathētai*: disciples/students/followers
• *ara*: then/therefore/consequently
• *meizōn*: greater/more important/superior
• *basileia*: kingdom/reign/rule
• *ouranōn*: heavens/skies

Referenced Verses

• Matt 20:20-28 : 20 Then came to hym the mother of zebedes chyldren with her sonnes worshippynge him and desyringe a certayne thinge of him. 21 And he sayd vnto her: what wilt thou have? She sayde vnto him: Gravnte that these my two sonnes may sit ye one on thy right hond and the other on ye lifte hond in thy kyngdome. 22 Iesus answered and sayd: Ye wot not what ye axe. Are ye able to drynke of the cuppe yt I shall drynke of and to be baptised wt the baptyme that I shalbe baptised with? They answered to him that we are. 23 And he sayd vnto the: Ye shall drinke of my cvp and shalbe baptised with the baptyme that I shalbe baptised with. But to syt on my ryght hond and on my lyst hond is not myne to geve: but to them for whom it is prepared of my father. 24 And when the ten hearde this they disdayned at ye two brethre: 25 But Iesus called them vnto him and sayde: Ye knowe yt the LORdes of the gentyls have dominacio over them. And they that are great exercise power over the. 26 It shall not be so amoge you. But whosoever wyll be greate amoge you let him be youre minister: 27 and whosoever wil be chefe let him be youre servau 28 eve as the sonne of man came not to be ministred vnto but to minister and to geve his lyfe for the redempcion of many.
• Luke 9:46-48 : 46 Then ther arose a disputacion amoge the: who shuld be the greatest. 47 When Iesus perceaved ye thoughtes of their hertes he toke a chylde and set him hard by him 48 and sayd vnto the: Whosoever receaveth this chylde in my name receaveth me. And whosoever receaveth me receaveth him yt sent me. For he yt is least amonge you all the same shalbe greate.
• Mark 9:33-37 : 33 And he came to Capernaum. And when he was come to housse he axed the: what was it that ye disputed bytwene you by the waye? 34 And they helde their peace: for by the waye they reasoned amonge the selves who shuld be the chefest. 35 And he sate doune and called the twelve vnto him and sayd to them: yf eny man desyre to be fyrst the same shalbe last of all and servaunt vnto all. 36 And he toke a chylde and set him in ye middes of them and toke him in his armes and sayde vnto them. 37 Whosoever receave eny soche a chylde in my name receaveth me. And whosoever receaveth me receaveth not me but him that sent me.
• Mark 10:14-15 : 14 When Iesus sawe that he was displeased and sayd to the: Suffre the chyldre to come vnto me and forbid the not. For of suche is ye kyngdome of God. 15 Verely I saye vnto you whosoever shall not receave ye kyngdome of God as a chylde he shall not entre therin.
• Mark 10:35-45 : 35 And then Iames and Iohn ye sonnes of zebede came vnto him sayinge: master we wolde that thou shuldest do for vs what soever we desyre. 36 He sayde vnto them: what wolde ye I shuld do vnto you? 37 They sayd to him: graut vnto vs that we maye sitte one on thy right honde and the other on thy lyfte honde in thy glory. 38 But Iesus sayd vnto the: Ye wot not what ye axe. Can ye dryncke of the cup that I shall dryncke of and be baptised in ye baptime that I shalbe baptised in? 39 And they sayde vnto him: that we can. Iesus sayde vnto them: ye shall dryncke of the cup that I shall dryncke of and be baptised with the baptyme that I shalbe baptised in: 40 but to sit on my right honde and on my lyfte honde ys not myne to geve but to them for whom it is prepared. 41 And when the.x. hearde that they bega to disdayne at Iames and Iohn. 42 But Iesus called the vnto him and sayde to them: ye knowe that they which seme to beare rule amonge the gentyls raygne as LORdes over the. And they that be greate amoge them exercyse auctorite over them. 43 So shall it not be amonge you but whosoever of you wilbe greate amoge you shalbe youre minister. 44 And whosoever wilbe chefe shalbe servaunt vnto all. 45 For eve the sonne of man came not to be ministred vnto: but to minister and to geve his lyfe for the redempcion of many.
• Luke 22:24-27 : 24 And ther was a stryfe amoge the which of them shuld be taken for the greatest. 25 And he sayde vnto them: the kynges of the getyls raygne over them and they that beare rule over them are called gracious LORdes. 26 But ye shall not be so. But he that is greatest amonge you shalbe as the yongest: and he that is chefe shalbe as the minister. 27 For whether is greater he that sitteth at meate: or he that serveth? Is not he that sitteth at meate? And I am amoge you as he that ministreth.
• Matt 3:2 : 2 saynge; Repet the kyngdome of heue is at honde.