Luke 1:13

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and the messenger said unto him, `Fear not, Zacharias, for thy supplication was heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear a son to thee, and thou shalt call his name John,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ ἄγγελος, Μὴ φοβοῦ, Ζαχαρία: διότι εἰσηκούσθη ἡ δέησίς σου· καὶ ἡ γυνή σου Ἐλισάβετ γεννήσει υἱόν σοι, καὶ καλέσεις τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἰωάννην.

Transliteration

Eipen de pros auton ho angelos, Mē phobou, Zacharia: dioti eisēkousthē hē deēsis sou; kai hē gynē sou Elisabeth gennēsei huion soi, kai kaleseis to onoma autou Iōannēn.

Grammar Details

• *Eipen*: aorist, indicative, active, 3rd person singular - said
• *de*: particle - but, and, now
• *pros auton*: preposition + accusative, masculine, singular - to him
• *ho angelos*: nominative, masculine, singular - the angel
• *Mē phobou*: negative + present, imperative, middle, 2nd person singular - do not fear
• *Zacharia*: vocative, masculine, singular - Zacharias
• *dioti*: conjunction - because, for
• *eisēkousthē*: aorist, indicative, passive, 3rd person singular - was heard
• *hē deēsis*: nominative, feminine, singular - the petition, prayer
• *sou*: genitive, 2nd person singular - of you, your
• *kai*: conjunction - and
• *hē gynē sou*: nominative, feminine, singular + genitive, 2nd person singular - your wife
• *Elisabeth*: nominative, feminine, singular - Elisabeth
• *gennēsei*: future, indicative, active, 3rd person singular - will bear, give birth to
• *huion*: accusative, masculine, singular - son
• *soi*: dative, 2nd person singular - to you, for you
• *kaleseis*: future, indicative, active, 2nd person singular - you will call
• *to onoma autou*: accusative, neuter, singular + genitive, masculine, singular - his name
• *Iōannēn*: accusative, masculine, singular - John

Word Meanings

• *phobou*: fear/be afraid
• *dioti*: because/for/since
• *eisēkousthē*: was heard/has been heard/was heeded
• *deēsis*: petition/prayer/supplication
• *gennēsei*: will bear/will give birth to/will bring forth

Referenced Verses

• Judg 13:3-5 : 3 and a messenger of Jehovah appeareth unto the woman, and saith unto her, `Lo, I pray thee, thou `art' barren, and hast not borne; when thou hast conceived, then thou hast borne a son. 4 And, now, take heed, I pray thee, and do not drink wine, and strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing, 5 for, lo, thou art conceiving and bearing a son, and a razor doth not go up on his head, for a Nazarite to God is the youth from the womb, and he doth begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.'
• 1 Sam 2:21 : 21 When Jehovah hath looked after Hannah, then she conceiveth and beareth three sons and two daughters; and the youth Samuel groweth up with Jehovah.
• Ps 113:9 : 9 Causing the barren one of the house to sit, A joyful mother of sons; praise ye Jah!
• Ps 127:3-5 : 3 Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah `are' sons, A reward `is' the fruit of the womb. 4 As arrows in the hand of a mighty one, So `are' the sons of the young men. 5 O the happiness of the man Who hath filled his quiver with them, They are not ashamed, For they speak with enemies in the gate!
• Luke 1:30 : 30 And the messenger said to her, `Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour with God;
• Acts 10:31 : 31 and he said, Cornelius, thy prayer was heard, and thy kind acts were remembered before God;
• Luke 1:60-63 : 60 and his mother answering said, `No, but he shall be called John.' 61 And they said unto her -- `There is none among thy kindred who is called by this name,' 62 and they were making signs to his father, what he would wish him to be called, 63 and having asked for a tablet, he wrote, saying, `John is his name;' and they did all wonder;
• Luke 2:21 : 21 And when eight days were fulfilled to circumcise the child, then was his name called Jesus, having been so called by the messenger before his being conceived in the womb.
• Luke 24:36-40 : 36 and as they are speaking these things, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith to them, `Peace -- to you;' 37 and being amazed, and becoming affrighted, they were thinking themselves to see a spirit. 38 And he said to them, `Why are ye troubled? and wherefore do reasonings come up in your hearts? 39 see my hands and my feet, that I am he; handle me and see, because a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me having.' 40 And having said this, he shewed to them the hands and the feet,
• Isa 8:3 : 3 And I draw near unto the prophetess, and she conceiveth, and beareth a son; and Jehovah saith unto me, `Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz,
• Ps 118:21 : 21 I thank Thee, for Thou hast answered me, And art to me for salvation.
• Hos 1:4 : 4 and Jehovah saith unto him, `Call his name Jezreel, for yet a little, and I have charged the blood of Jezreel on the house of Jehu, and have caused to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel;
• Hos 1:6 : 6 And she conceiveth again, and beareth a daughter, and He saith to him, `Call her name Lo-Ruhamah, for I add no more to pity the house of Israel, for I do utterly take them away;
• Hos 1:9-9 : 9 and He saith, `Call his name Lo-Ammi, for ye `are' not My people, and I am not for you; 10 and the number of the sons of Israel hath been as the sand of the sea, that is not measured nor numbered, and it hath come to pass in the place where it is said to them, Ye `are' not My people, it is said to them, Sons of the Living God;
• Matt 1:21 : 21 and she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.'
• Matt 14:27 : 27 and immediately Jesus spake to them, saying, `Be of good courage, I am `he', be not afraid.'
• Matt 28:5 : 5 And the messenger answering said to the women, `Fear not ye, for I have known that Jesus, who hath been crucified, ye seek;
• Mark 16:6 : 6 And he saith to them, `Be not amazed, ye seek Jesus the Nazarene, the crucified: he did rise -- he is not here; lo, the place where they laid him!
• 2 Kgs 4:16-17 : 16 and he saith, `At this season, according to the time of life, thou art embracing a son;' and she saith, `Nay, my lord, O man of God, do not lie unto thy maid-servant.' 17 And the woman conceiveth and beareth a son, at this season, according to the time of life, that Elisha spake of unto her.
• 1 Sam 1:20-23 : 20 and it cometh to pass, at the revolution of the days, that Hannah conceiveth, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Samuel, `for, from Jehovah I have asked him.' 21 And the man Elkanah goeth up, and all his house, to sacrifice to Jehovah the sacrifice of the days, and his vow. 22 And Hannah hath not gone up, for she said to her husband, `Till the youth is weaned -- then I have brought him in, and he hath appeared before the face of Jehovah, and dwelt there -- unto the age.' 23 And Elkanah her husband saith to her, `Do that which is good in thine eyes; abide till thy weaning him; only, Jehovah establish His word;' and the woman abideth and suckleth her son till she hath weaned him,
• Gen 17:10 : 10 this `is' My covenant which ye keep between Me and you, and thy seed after thee: Every male of you `is' to be circumcised;
• Gen 17:19 : 19 and God saith, `Sarah thy wife is certainly bearing a son to thee, and thou hast called his name Isaac, and I have established My covenant with him, for a covenant age-during, to his seed after him.
• Gen 18:14 : 14 And Jehovah saith unto Abraham, `Why `is' this? Sarah hath laughed, saying, Is it true really -- I bear -- and I am aged? Is any thing too wonderful for Jehovah? at the appointed time I return unto thee, about the time of life, and Sarah hath a son.'
• Gen 25:21 : 21 And Isaac maketh entreaty to Jehovah before his wife, for she `is' barren: and Jehovah is entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceiveth,
• Judg 6:23 : 23 And Jehovah saith to him, `Peace to thee; fear not; thou dost not die.'
• Dan 10:12 : 12 And he saith unto me: Do not fear, Daniel, for from the first day that thou didst give thy heart to understand, and to humble thyself before thy God, thy words have been heard, and I have come because of thy words.