Luke 24:49

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`And, lo, I do send the promise of my Father upon you, but ye -- abide ye in the city of Jerusalem till ye be clothed with power from on high.'

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Καὶ, ἰδού, ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν τοῦ Πατρός μου ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς: ὑμεῖς δὲ καθίσατε ἐν τῇ πόλει Ἰερουσαλήμ, ἕως οὗ ἐνδύσησθε δύναμιν ἐξ ὕψους.

Transliteration

And, idou, I apostellō the epangelian of the Patros of me upon you: you de kathisate in the polei Ierousalēm, until endysēsthe dynamin from hypsous.

Grammar Details

• *idou*: imperative, aorist, 2nd person, singular - behold/look
• *apostellō*: present, indicative, active, 1st person, singular - send forth/commission
• *epangelian*: accusative, feminine, singular - promise/declaration
• *Patros*: genitive, masculine, singular - Father
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and/now
• *kathisate*: aorist, imperative, active, 2nd person, plural - sit/remain/stay
• *polei*: dative, feminine, singular - city
• *Ierousalēm*: proper noun, indeclinable - Jerusalem
• *endysēsthe*: aorist, subjunctive, middle, 2nd person, plural - clothe yourselves/be clothed with
• *dynamin*: accusative, feminine, singular - power/strength/ability
• *hypsous*: genitive, neuter, singular - height/high place

Word Meanings

• *idou*: behold/look/see
• *apostellō*: send forth/commission/dispatch
• *epangelian*: promise/declaration/announcement
• *kathisate*: sit/remain/stay/tarry
• *endysēsthe*: clothe yourselves/be clothed with/put on
• *dynamin*: power/strength/ability/miraculous power
• *hypsous*: height/high place/heaven

Referenced Verses

• Acts 1:4 : 4 And being assembled together with them, he commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, `saith he,' `Ye did hear of me;
• Acts 1:8 : 8 but ye shall receive power at the coming of the Holy Spirit upon you, and ye shall be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and unto the end of the earth.'
• John 14:26 : 26 and the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and remind you of all things that I said to you.
• Isa 32:15 : 15 Till emptied out on us is the Spirit from on high, And a wilderness hath become a fruitful field, And the fruitful field for a forest is reckoned.
• Isa 44:3-4 : 3 For I pour waters on a thirsty one, And floods on a dry land, I pour My Spirit on thy seed, And My blessing on thine offspring. 4 And they have sprung up as among grass, As willows by streams of water.
• Isa 59:20-21 : 20 And come to Zion hath a redeemer, Even to captives of transgression in Jacob, An affirmation of Jehovah. 21 And I -- this `is' My covenant with them, said Jehovah, My Spirit that `is' on thee, And My words that I have put in thy mouth, Depart not from thy mouth, And from the mouth of thy seed, And from the mouth of thy seed's seed, said Jehovah, From henceforth unto the age!
• Joel 2:28-32 : 28 And it hath come to pass afterwards, I do pour out My Spirit on all flesh, And prophesied have your sons and your daughters, Your old men do dream dreams, Your young men do see visions. 29 And also on the men-servants, and on the maid-servants, In those days I do pour out My Spirit. 30 And I have given wonders in the heavens, and in the earth, Blood and fire, and columns of smoke. 31 The sun is turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, Before the coming of the day of Jehovah, The great and the fearful. 32 And it hath come to pass, Every one who calleth in the name of Jehovah is delivered, For in mount Zion and in Jerusalem there is an escape, As Jehovah hath said, And among the remnants whom Jehovah is calling!
• John 14:16-17 : 16 and I will ask the Father, and another Comforter He will give to you, that he may remain with you -- to the age; 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world is not able to receive, because it doth not behold him, nor know him, and ye know him, because he doth remain with you, and shall be in you.
• John 15:26 : 26 `And when the Comforter may come, whom I will send to you from the Father -- the Spirit of truth, who from the Father doth come forth, he will testify of me;
• John 16:7-9 : 7 `But I tell you the truth; it is better for you that I go away, for if I may not go away, the Comforter will not come unto you, and if I go on, I will send Him unto you; 8 and having come, He will convict the world concerning sin, and concerning righteousness, and concerning judgment; 9 concerning sin indeed, because they do not believe in me; 10 and concerning righteousness, because unto my Father I go away, and no more do ye behold me; 11 and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world hath been judged. 12 `I have yet many things to say to you, but ye are not able to bear `them' now; 13 and when He may come -- the Spirit of truth -- He will guide you to all the truth, for He will not speak from Himself, but as many things as He will hear He will speak, and the coming things He will tell you; 14 He will glorify me, because of mine He will take, and will tell to you. 15 `All things, as many as the Father hath, are mine; because of this I said, That of mine He will take, and will tell to you; 16 a little while, and ye do not behold me, and again a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go away unto the Father.'
• Acts 2:1-9 : 1 And in the day of the Pentecost being fulfilled, they were all with one accord at the same place, 2 and there came suddenly out of the heaven a sound as of a bearing violent breath, and it filled all the house where they were sitting, 3 and there appeared to them divided tongues, as it were of fire; it sat also upon each one of them, 4 and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, according as the Spirit was giving them to declare. 5 And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation of those under the heaven, 6 and the rumour of this having come, the multitude came together, and was confounded, because they were each one hearing them speaking in his proper dialect, 7 and they were all amazed, and did wonder, saying one unto another, `Lo, are not all these who are speaking Galileans? 8 and how do we hear, each in our proper dialect, in which we were born? 9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and those dwelling in Mesopotamia, in Judea also, and Cappadocia, Pontus, and Asia, 10 Phrygia also, and Pamphylia, Egypt, and the parts of Libya, that `are' along Cyrene, and the strangers of Rome, both Jews and proselytes, 11 Cretes and Arabians, we did hear them speaking in our tongues the great things of God.' 12 And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one unto another, `What would this wish to be?' 13 and others mocking said, -- `They are full of sweet wine;' 14 and Peter having stood up with the eleven, lifted up his voice and declared to them, `Men, Jews! and all those dwelling in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and harken to my sayings, 15 for these are not drunken, as ye take it up, for it is the third hour of the day. 16 `But this is that which hath been spoken through the prophet Joel: 17 And it shall be in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of My Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams; 18 and also upon My men-servants, and upon My maid-servants, in those days, I will pour out of My Spirit, and they shall prophesy; 19 and I will give wonders in the heaven above, and signs upon the earth beneath -- blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke, 20 the sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the day of the Lord -- the great and illustrious; 21 and it shall be, every one -- whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, he shall be saved.