Matthew 10:11

World English Bible (2000)

Into whatever city or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy; and stay there until you go on.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἰς ἣν δʼ ἂν πόλιν ἢ κώμην εἰσέλθητε, ἐξετάσατε τίς ἐν αὐτῇ ἄξιός ἐστιν· κἀκεῖ μείνατε ἕως ἂν ἐξέλθητε.

Transliteration

Into whatever d' an polin or kōmēn eiselthēte, exetasate who in it axios estin; and-there meinate until an exelthēte.

Grammar Details

• *d'*: elided form of *de* - but/and
• *an*: conditional particle - ever/would
• *polin*: accusative feminine singular - city
• *kōmēn*: accusative feminine singular - village
• *eiselthēte*: aorist active subjunctive, 2nd plural - you might enter
• *exetasate*: aorist active imperative, 2nd plural - inquire/search out
• *axios*: nominative masculine singular - worthy
• *estin*: present active indicative, 3rd singular - is
• *meinate*: aorist active imperative, 2nd plural - remain/stay
• *exelthēte*: aorist active subjunctive, 2nd plural - you might go out/depart

Word Meanings

• *polin*: city/town
• *kōmēn*: village/small town
• *eiselthēte*: you might enter/go into
• *exetasate*: inquire/search out/investigate
• *axios*: worthy/deserving/suitable
• *meinate*: remain/stay/abide
• *exelthēte*: you might go out/depart/leave

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 17:9-9 : 9 "Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you." 10 So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks: and he called to her, and said, "Please get me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink." 11 As she was going to get it, he called to her, and said, "Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand." 12 She said, "As Yahweh your God lives, I don't have a cake, but a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the jar. Behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and bake it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die." 13 Elijah said to her, "Don't be afraid. Go and do as you have said; but make me of it a little cake first, and bring it out to me, and afterward make some for you and for your son. 14 For thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, 'The jar of meal shall not empty, neither shall the jar of oil fail, until the day that Yahweh sends rain on the earth.'" 15 She went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, ate [many] days. 16 The jar of meal didn't empty, neither did the jar of oil fail, according to the word of Yahweh, which he spoke by Elijah. 17 It happened after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so severe, that there was no breath left in him. 18 She said to Elijah, "What have I to do with you, you man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to memory, and to kill my son!" 19 He said to her, "Give me your son." He took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into the room where he stayed, and laid him on his own bed. 20 He cried to Yahweh, and said, "Yahweh my God, have you also brought evil on the widow with whom I stay, by killing her son?" 21 He stretched himself on the child three times, and cried to Yahweh, and said, "Yahweh my God, please let this child's soul come into him again." 22 Yahweh listened to the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived. 23 Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the room into the house, and delivered him to his mother; and Elijah said, "Behold, your son lives." 24 The woman said to Elijah, "Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of Yahweh in your mouth is truth."
• Job 31:32 : 32 (the foreigner has not lodged in the street, but I have opened my doors to the traveler);
• Gen 19:1-3 : 1 The two angels came to Sodom at evening. Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them. He bowed himself with his face to the earth, 2 and he said, "See now, my lords, please turn aside into your servant's house, stay all night, wash your feet, and you can rise up early, and go on your way." They said, "No, but we will stay in the street all night." 3 He urged them greatly, and they came in with him, and entered into his house. He made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
• Acts 16:15 : 15 When she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and stay." So she persuaded us.
• Acts 18:1-3 : 1 After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth. 2 He found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, who had recently come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome. He came to them, 3 and because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent makers.
• 3 John 1:7-8 : 7 because for the sake of the Name they went out, taking nothing from the Gentiles. 8 We therefore ought to receive such, that we may be fellow workers for the truth.
• Judg 19:16-21 : 16 Behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at evening: now the man was of the hill country of Ephraim, and he lived in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjamites. 17 He lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city; and the old man said, "Where are you going? Where did you come from?" 18 He said to him, "We are passing from Bethlehem Judah to the farther side of the hill country of Ephraim. I am from there, and I went to Bethlehem Judah. I am going to the house of Yahweh; and there is no man who takes me into his house. 19 Yet there is both straw and provender for our donkeys; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for your handmaid, and for the young man who is with your servants: there is no want of anything." 20 The old man said, "Peace be to you; howsoever let all your wants lie on me; only don't lodge in the street." 21 So he brought him into his house, and gave the donkeys fodder; and they washed their feet, and ate and drink.
• Mark 6:10 : 10 He said to them, "Wherever you enter into a house, stay there until you depart from there.
• Luke 9:4 : 4 Into whatever house you enter, stay there, and depart from there.
• Luke 10:7-8 : 7 Remain in that same house, eating and drinking the things they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Don't go from house to house. 8 Into whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat the things that are set before you.
• Luke 10:38-42 : 38 It happened as they went on their way, he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. 39 She had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word. 40 But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she came up to him, and said, "Lord, don't you care that my sister left me to serve alone? Ask her therefore to help me." 41 Jesus answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, 42 but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her."
• Luke 19:7 : 7 When they saw it, they all murmured, saying, "He has gone in to lodge with a man who is a sinner."