Matthew 5:22

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

But I say vnto you whosoever is angre with hys brother shalbe in daunger of iudgement. Whosoeuer sayeth vnto his brother Racha shalbe in dauger of a cousell. But whosoeuer sayeth thou fole shalbe in dauger of hell fyre.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐγὼ δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν Ὅτι πᾶς ὁ ὀργιζόμενος τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ εἰκῆ ἔνοχος ἔσται τῇ κρίσει: ὃς δʼ ἂν εἴπῃ τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ, Ῥακά, ἔνοχος ἔσται τῷ συνεδρίῳ: ὃς δʼ ἂν εἴπῃ, Μωρέ, ἔνοχος ἔσται εἰς τὴν γέενναν τοῦ πυρός.

Transliteration

Egō de legō to-you That all the orgizomenos to-the adelphō of-him eikē enochos estai to-the krisei: who d' an eipē to-the adelphō of-him, Raka, enochos estai to-the synedriō: who d' an eipē, Mōre, enochos estai to the geennan of-the pyros.

Grammar Details

• *Egō*: nominative personal pronoun - I
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and
• *legō*: present active indicative, 1st person singular - I say/tell
• *orgizomenos*: present middle/passive participle, nominative masculine singular - being angry
• *adelphō*: dative masculine singular - to brother
• *eikē*: adverb - without cause/rashly
• *enochos*: nominative masculine singular - liable/guilty
• *estai*: future middle indicative, 3rd person singular - will be
• *krisei*: dative feminine singular - to judgment
• *d'*: postpositive conjunction (contracted) - but/and
• *an*: modal particle with subjunctive - ever/possibly
• *eipē*: aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular - might say
• *Raka*: Aramaic term - empty one/worthless
• *synedriō*: dative neuter singular - to council/Sanhedrin
• *Mōre*: vocative masculine singular - fool
• *geennan*: accusative feminine singular - Gehenna/hell
• *pyros*: genitive neuter singular - of fire

Word Meanings

• *Egō*: I/myself
• *legō*: say/tell/speak
• *orgizomenos*: being angry/enraged
• *adelphō*: brother/fellow believer
• *eikē*: without cause/rashly/without reason
• *enochos*: liable/guilty/answerable
• *krisei*: judgment/tribunal/court
• *eipē*: might say/speak/tell
• *Raka*: empty one/vain fellow/worthless (Aramaic term of contempt)
• *synedriō*: council/Sanhedrin (highest Jewish court)
• *Mōre*: fool/stupid/moron
• *geennan*: Gehenna/hell (valley of Hinnom, place of burning)
• *pyros*: fire/flame

Referenced Verses

• Jas 3:6 : 6 and the tonge is fyre and a worlde of wyckednes. So is the tonge set amonge oure members that it defileth the whole body and setteth a fyre all that we have of nature and is it selfe set a fyre even of hell.
• 1 John 3:14-15 : 14 We knowe that we are translated from deeth vnto lyfe be cause we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abydeth in deeth. 15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a man slear. And ye knowe that no man slear hath eternall lyfe abydinge in him.
• 1 John 4:20-21 : 20 Yf a man saye I love god and yet hate his brother he is a lyar. For how can he yt loveth not his brother whom he hath sene love god whom he hath not sene? 21 And this commaundemet have we of him: that he which loveth God shuld love his brother also.
• 1 John 2:9 : 9 He that sayth how that he is in the light and yet hateth his brother is in darknes even vntyll this tyme.
• Matt 10:28 : 28 And feare ye not them which kyll the body and be not able to kyll the soule. But rather feare hym which is able to destroye bothe soule and body into hell.
• Matt 26:59 : 59 The chefe prestes and the elders and all the counsell sought false witnes agenste Iesus for to put him to deeth
• Matt 10:17 : 17 Beware of men for they shall deliver you vp to ye cousels and shall scourge you in their synagoges.
• Matt 25:41 : 41 Then shall the kynge saye vnto them that shalbe on the lyfte hande: departe from me ye coursed into everlastinge fire which is prepared for the devyll and his angels.
• Mark 14:55 : 55 And the hye prestes and all ye counsell sought for witnes agaynste Iesu to put him to death and founde noone.
• Mark 15:1 : 1 And anone in ye dawnynge the hye prestes helde counsell wt ye elders and ye scribes and ye whoole cogregacion and bounde Iesus and ledde him awaye and delivered him to Pilate.
• Luke 12:5 : 5 But I will shewe you whom ye shall feare. Feare him which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell. Ye I saye vnto you him feare.
• Luke 16:23-24 : 23 And beinge in hell in tormetes he lyfte vp his eyes and sawe Abraham a farre of and Lazarus in his bosome 24 and he cryed and sayd: father Abraham have mercy on me and sende Lazarus that he maye dippe the tippe of his fynger in water and cole my tonge: for I am tourmented in this flame.
• John 11:47 : 47 Then gadered the hye prestes and the Pharises a counsell and sayde: what do we? This ma doeth many miracles.
• Eph 4:26-27 : 26 Be angrye but synne not let not the sonne go doune apon your wrathe 27 nether geue place vnto ye backbyter.
• Eph 4:31-32 : 31 Let all bitternes fearsnes and wrath rorynge and cursyd speakynge be put awaye from you with all maliciousnes. 32 Be ye courteouse one to another and mercifull forgevynge one another eve as god for Christes sake forgave you.
• Matt 18:8-9 : 8 Wherfore yf thy honde or thy fote offende the cut him of and cast him from the. It ys better for the to enter into lyfe halt or maymed rather then thou shuldest havinge two hondes or two fete be cast into everlasting fyre. 9 And yf also thyne eye offende the plucke him oute and caste him from the. It is better for the to enter into lyfe with one eye then havyng two eyes to be cast into hell fyre.
• Deut 15:11 : 11 For the londe shall neuer be without poore. Wherfore I comaunde the sayenge: open thine hande vnto thi brother that is neady ad poore in thy lande.
• Rev 20:14 : 14 And deth and hell were cast into the lake of fyre. This is that second deeth.
• 1 Pet 2:23 : 23 which when he was reviled reviled not agayne: whe he suffered he threatened not: but comitted the cause to him that iudgeth ryghteously
• 1 Pet 3:9 : 9 not redringe evyll for evyll nether rebuke for rebuke: but contrary wyse blesse remembringe yt ye are thervnto called even yt ye shuld be heyres of blessinge.
• Rom 12:10 : 10 Be kynde one to another with brotherly love. In gevynge honoure goo one before another.
• 1 Cor 6:6 : 6 but one brother goeth to lawe with another: and that vnder the vnbelevers?
• 1 Cor 6:10 : 10 nether theves nether the coveteous nether dronkardes nether cursed speakers nether pillers shall inheret the kyngdome of God.
• 1 John 5:16 : 16 Yf eny man se his brother synne a synne that is not vnto deeth let him axe and he shall geve him lyfe for them that synne not vnto deeth. Ther is a synne vnto deeth for which saye I not that a man shuld praye.
• Jude 1:9 : 9 Yet Michael the archangell when he strove agaynst the devyll and disputed about the body of Moses durst not geve raylinge sentece but sayde: the Lorde rebuke ye.
• 1 John 3:10 : 10 In this are the children of god knowen and the children of the devyll. Whosoever doeth not rightewesnes is not of God nether he that loveth not his brother.
• Gen 4:5-6 : 5 but vnto Cain and vnto his offrynge looked he not. And Cain was wroth exceadingly and loured. 6 And the LORde sayd vnto Cain: why art thou angry and why loureste thou? Wotest thou not yf thou dost well thou shalt receave it?
• Gen 37:4 : 4 When his brothren sawe that their father loued him more than all his brethern they hated him and coude not speke one kynde worde vnto him.
• Gen 37:8 : 8 Than sayde his brethren vnto him: what shalt thou be oure kynge or shalt thou reigne ouer us? And they hated hi yet the more because of his dreame and of his wordes.
• Matt 3:17 : 17 And lo there came a voyce from heven sayng: Thys ys that my beloved sonne in whom is my delyte.
• Matt 5:23-24 : 23 Therfore whe thou offrest thy gifte at the altare and their remembrest that thy brother hath ought agaynst the: 24 leue there thyne offrynge before the altre and go thy waye first and be reconcyled to thy brother and then come and offre thy gyfte.
• Matt 5:28-30 : 28 But I say vnto you that whosoeuer looketh on a wyfe lustynge after her hathe comitted advoutrie with hir alredy in his hert. 29 Wherfore yf thy right eye offende ye plucke hym out and caste him from the. Better it is for the yt one of thy membres perisshe then that thy hole bodye shuld be cast into hell. 30 Also if thy right honde offend ye cut hym of and caste hym from the. Better yt ys that one of thy membres perisshe then that all thy body shulde be caste in to hell.
• Matt 5:34 : 34 But I saye vnto you swere not at all nether by heue for it ys Goddes seate:
• Matt 5:44 : 44 But I saye vnto you love youre enimies. Blesse the that coursse you. Do good to them that hate you. Praye for them which doo you wronge and persecute you
• Matt 18:21 : 21 Then came Peter to him and sayde: master howe ofte shall I forgeve my brother yf he synne agaynst me seven tymes?
• Matt 18:35 : 35 So lyke wyse shall my hevenly father do vnto you except ye forgeve with youre hertes eache one to his brother their treaspases.
• Matt 23:15 : 15 Wo be vnto you Scribes and Pharises ypocrites which compasse see and londe to bringe one in to youre belefe: and when he ys brought ye make him two folde more the chylde of hell then ye youre selves are.
• Matt 23:33 : 33 Yee serpentes and generacion of vipers how shuld ye scape ye dapnacio of hell?
• Matt 11:18-19 : 18 For Ihon came nether eatinge nor drinkinge and they saye he hath the devyll. 19 The sonne of man came eatinge and drinkinge and they saye beholde a glutton and drynker of wyne and a frend vnto publicas and synners. Never the later wysdome ys iustified of hir children.
• Matt 12:24 : 24 But when the Pharises hearde that they sayde: This felow dryveth ye devyls no nother wyse oute but by the helpe of Belzebub ye chefe of the devyls.
• Matt 17:5 : 5 Whyll he yet spake beholde a bright cloude shadowed them. And beholde there came a voyce out of ye cloude sayinge: this is my deare sonne in whom I delite heare him.
• 1 Thess 4:6 : 6 that no man goo to farre and defraude his brother in bargayninge: because the LORde is a venger of all suche thinges as we tolde you before tyme and testified.
• Titus 3:2 : 2 that they speake evyll of no ma that they be no fyghters but softe shewynge all meknes vnto all men.
• Heb 5:9 : 9 and was made parfaite and the cause of eternall saluacion vnto all them that obey him:
• Heb 12:25 : 25 Se that ye despise not him yt speaketh. For yf they escaped not which refused him that spake on erth: moche more shall we not escape yf we turne awaye fro him yt speaketh fro heve:
• Jas 2:20 : 20 Wilt thou vnderstonde o thou vayne man that fayth with out dedes is deed?
• John 15:25 : 25 eve that the sayinge myght be fulfilled that is written in theyr lawe: they hated me wtout a cause.
• Acts 3:20-23 : 20 and when God shall sende him which before was preached vnto you that is to wit Iesus Chris 21 which must receave heave vntyll the tyme yt all thinges which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy Prophetes sence the worlde began be restored agayne. 22 For Moses sayd vnto the fathers: A Prophet shall the Lorde youre God rayse vp vnto you even of youre brethren lyke vnto me: him shall ye heare in all thinges whatsoever he shall saye vnto you. 23 For the tyme will come yt every soule which shall not heare that same Prophet shalbe destroyed from amonge the people.
• Acts 5:27 : 27 And when they had brought them they set them before the counsell. And ye chefe preste axed the
• Acts 7:37 : 37 This is that Moses which sayde vnto the chyldre of Israel: A Prophet shall the Lorde youre God rayse vp vnto you of youre brethren lyke vnto me him shall ye heare.
• Acts 17:18 : 18 Certayne philosophers of ye Epicures and of ye stoyckes disputed with him. And some ther were which sayde: what will this babler saye. Other sayd: he semeth to be a tydynges bringer of newe devyls because he preached vnto them Iesus and the resurreccion.
• John 7:20 : 20 The people answered and sayde: thou hast the devyll: who goeth aboute to kyll the?
• John 8:48 : 48 Then answered the Iewes and sayde vnto him: Saye we not well that thou arte a Samaritane and hast the devyll?
• Mark 9:43-48 : 43 wherfore yf thy hande offende ye cut him of. It is better for ye to entre into lyffe maymed then havynge two hondes goo into hell into fire yt never shalbe quenched 44 where there worme dyeth not and the fyre never goeth oute. 45 Lykewyse yf thy fote offende the cut him of. For it is better for the to goo halt into lyfe then havynge two fete to be cast into hell into fyre that never shalbe quenched: 46 where there worme dyeth not and the fyre never goeth oute. 47 Even so yf thyne eye offende the plucke him oute. It is better for the to goo into the kyngdom of god with one eye then havynge two eyes to be caste into hell fyre: 48 where there worme dyeth not and the fyre never goeth oute.
• Deut 18:18-19 : 18 I will rayse them vpp a prophett from amonge their brethern like vnto the ad will put my wordes in to his mouth and he shall speake vnto the al that I shall commaunde him. 19 And whosoeuer will not kerken vnto the wordes which he shall speake in my name, I will requyre it off him.