Luke 4:31

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And he came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and was teaching them on the sabbaths,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ κατῆλθεν εἰς Καπερναοὺμ, πόλιν τῆς Γαλιλαίας, καὶ ἦν διδάσκων αὐτοὺς ἐν τοῖς σάββασιν.

Transliteration

And katēlthen to Kapernaoum, polin of Galilaias, and was didaskōn them on the sabbasin.

Grammar Details

• *katēlthen*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd singular - went down/came down
• *Kapernaoum*: accusative, feminine, singular - Capernaum
• *polin*: accusative, feminine, singular - city
• *Galilaias*: genitive, feminine, singular - of Galilee
• *didaskōn*: present, active, participle, nominative, masculine, singular - teaching
• *sabbasin*: dative, neuter, plural - sabbaths

Word Meanings

• *katēlthen*: went down/came down/descended
• *didaskōn*: teaching/instructing [continuous]
• *sabbasin*: sabbaths/sabbath days

Referenced Verses

• Matt 4:13 : 13 and having left Nazareth, having come, he dwelt at Capernaum that is by the sea, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtalim,
• Matt 10:23 : 23 `And whenever they may persecute you in this city, flee to the other, for verily I say to you, ye may not have completed the cities of Israel till the Son of Man may come.
• Mark 1:21-28 : 21 And they go on to Capernaum, and immediately, on the sabbaths, having gone into the synagogue, he was teaching, 22 and they were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as having authority, and not as the scribes. 23 And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out, 24 saying, `Away! what -- to us and to thee, Jesus the Nazarene? thou didst come to destroy us; I have known thee who thou art -- the Holy One of God.' 25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, `Be silenced, and come forth out of him,' 26 and the unclean spirit having torn him, and having cried with a great voice, came forth out of him, 27 and they were all amazed, so as to reason among themselves, saying, `What is this? what new teaching `is' this? that with authority also the unclean spirits he commandeth, and they obey him!' 28 And the fame of him went forth immediately to all the region, round about, of Galilee.
• Luke 4:23 : 23 And he said unto them, `Certainly ye will say to me this simile, Physician, heal thyself; as great things as we heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country;'
• Acts 13:50-14:2 : 50 And the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the first men of the city, and did raise persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and did put them out from their borders; 51 and they having shaken off the dust of their feet against them, came to Iconium, 52 and the disciples were filled with joy and the Holy Spirit. 1 And it came to pass in Iconium, that they did enter together into the synagogue of the Jews, and spake, so that there believed both of Jews and Greeks a great multitude; 2 and the unbelieving Jews did stir up and made evil the souls of the nations against the brethren;
• Acts 14:6-7 : 6 they having become aware, did flee to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra, and Derbe, and to the region round about, 7 and there they were proclaiming good news.
• Acts 14:19-21 : 19 And there came thither, from Antioch and Iconium, Jews, and they having persuaded the multitudes, and having stoned Paul, drew him outside of the city, having supposed him to be dead; 20 and the disciples having surrounded him, having risen he entered into the city, and on the morrow he went forth with Barnabas to Derbe. 21 Having proclaimed good news also to that city, and having discipled many, they turned back to Lystra, and Iconium, and Antioch,
• Acts 17:1-3 : 1 And having passed through Amphipolis, and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was the synagogue of the Jews, 2 and according to the custom of Paul, he went in unto them, and for three sabbaths he was reasoning with them from the Writings, 3 opening and alleging, `That the Christ it behoved to suffer, and to rise again out of the dead, and that this is the Christ -- Jesus whom I proclaim to you.'
• Acts 17:10-11 : 10 And the brethren immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went to the synagogue of the Jews; 11 and these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, they received the word with all readiness of mind, every day examining the Writings whether those things were so;
• Acts 17:16-17 : 16 and Paul waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, beholding the city wholly given to idolatry, 17 therefore, indeed, he was reasoning in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the worshipping persons, and in the market-place every day with those who met with him.
• Acts 18:4 : 4 and he was reasoning in the synagogue every sabbath, persuading both Jews and Greeks.
• Acts 20:1-2 : 1 And after the ceasing of the tumult, Paul having called near the disciples, and having embraced `them', went forth to go on to Macedonia; 2 and having gone through those parts, and having exhorted them with many words, he came to Greece;
• Acts 20:23-24 : 23 save that the Holy Spirit in every city doth testify fully, saying, that for me bonds and tribulations remain; 24 but I make account of none of these, neither do I count my life precious to myself, so that I finish my course with joy, and the ministration that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify fully the good news of the grace of God.