Luke 7:22

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And Jesus answering said to them, `Having gone on, report to John what ye saw and heard, that blind men do see again, lame do walk, lepers are cleansed, deaf do hear, dead are raised, poor have good news proclaimed;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Πορευθέντες, ἀπαγγείλατε Ἰωάννῃ ἃ εἴδετε καὶ ἠκούσατε· ὅτι τυφλοὶ ἀναβλέπουσιν, χωλοὶ περιπατοῦσιν, λεπροὶ καθαρίζονται, κωφοὶ ἀκούουσιν, νεκροὶ ἐγείρονται, πτωχοὶ εὐαγγελίζονται.

Transliteration

And apokritheis the Iēsous eipen to-them, Poreuthentes, apangeilate Iōannē what eidete and ēkousate; that typhloi anablepousin, chōloi peripatousin, leproi katharizontai, kōphoi akouousin, nekroi egeirontai, ptōchoi euangelizontai.

Grammar Details

• *apokritheis*: aorist participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having answered
• *Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
• *eipen*: aorist indicative, 3rd singular - said/spoke
• *Poreuthentes*: aorist participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having gone/departed
• *apangeilate*: aorist imperative, 2nd plural - report/tell/announce
• *Iōannē*: dative, masculine, singular - to John
• *eidete*: aorist indicative, 2nd plural - you saw
• *ēkousate*: aorist indicative, 2nd plural - you heard
• *typhloi*: nominative, masculine, plural - blind ones
• *anablepousin*: present indicative, 3rd plural - see again/receive sight
• *chōloi*: nominative, masculine, plural - lame ones
• *peripatousin*: present indicative, 3rd plural - walk around/walk
• *leproi*: nominative, masculine, plural - lepers
• *katharizontai*: present passive indicative, 3rd plural - are cleansed
• *kōphoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - deaf ones
• *akouousin*: present indicative, 3rd plural - hear
• *nekroi*: nominative, masculine, plural - dead ones
• *egeirontai*: present passive indicative, 3rd plural - are raised
• *ptōchoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - poor ones
• *euangelizontai*: present passive indicative, 3rd plural - are evangelized/receive good news

Word Meanings

• *apokritheis*: answering/responding/replying
• *anablepousin*: regain sight/see again/look up
• *peripatousin*: walk around/walk/go about
• *katharizontai*: are cleansed/are purified
• *egeirontai*: are raised up/are awakened
• *euangelizontai*: receive good news/are evangelized/have the gospel preached to them

Referenced Verses

• Isa 35:5-6 : 5 Then opened are eyes of the blind, And ears of the deaf are unstopped, 6 Then leap as a hart doth the lame, And sing doth the tongue of the dumb, For broken up in a wilderness have been waters, And streams in a desert.
• Isa 29:18-19 : 18 And heard in that day have the deaf the words of a book, And out of thick darkness, and out of darkness, The eyes of the blind do see. 19 And the humble have added joy in Jehovah, And the poor among men In the Holy One of Israel rejoice.
• Luke 4:18 : 18 `The Spirit of the Lord `is' upon me, Because He did anoint me; To proclaim good news to the poor, Sent me to heal the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives deliverance, And to blind receiving of sight, To send away the bruised with deliverance,
• Isa 61:1-3 : 1 The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah `is' on me, Because Jehovah did anoint me To proclaim tidings to the humble, He sent me to bind the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives liberty, And to bound ones an opening of bands. 2 To proclaim the year of the good pleasure of Jehovah, And the day of vengeance of our God, To comfort all mourners. 3 To appoint to mourners in Zion, To give to them beauty instead of ashes, The oil of joy instead of mourning, A covering of praise for a spirit of weakness, And He is calling to them, `Trees of righteousness, The planting of Jehovah -- to be beautified.'
• Jas 2:5 : 5 Hearken, my brethren beloved, did not God choose the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the reign that He promised to those loving Him?
• Jer 31:8 : 8 Lo, I am bringing them in from the north country, And have gathered them from the sides of the earth, Among them `are' blind and lame, Conceiving and travailing one -- together, A great assembly -- they turn back hither.
• Zeph 3:12 : 12 And I have left in thy midst a people humble and poor, And they have trusted in the name of Jehovah.
• Matt 9:28-30 : 28 And he having come to the house, the blind men came to him, and Jesus saith to them, `Believe ye that I am able to do this?' They say to him, `Yes, sir.' 29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, `According to your faith let it be to you,' 30 and their eyes were opened, and Jesus strictly charged them, saying, `See, let no one know;'
• Matt 15:30-31 : 30 and there came to him great multitudes, having with them lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and they did cast them at the feet of Jesus, and he healed them, 31 so that the multitudes did wonder, seeing dumb ones speaking, maimed whole, lame walking, and blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.
• Matt 21:14 : 14 And there came to him blind and lame men in the temple, and he healed them,
• Mark 7:32-37 : 32 and they bring to him a deaf, stuttering man, and they call on him that he may put the hand on him. 33 And having taken him away from the multitude by himself, he put his fingers to his ears, and having spit, he touched his tongue, 34 and having looked to the heaven, he sighed, and saith to him, `Ephphatha,' that is, `Be thou opened;' 35 and immediately were his ears opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he was speaking plain. 36 And he charged them that they may tell no one, but the more he was charging them, the more abundantly they were proclaiming `it', 37 and they were being beyond measure astonished, saying, `Well hath he done all things; both the deaf he doth make to hear, and the dumb to speak.'
• Luke 5:12-15 : 12 And it came to pass, in his being in one of the cities, that lo, a man full of leprosy, and having seen Jesus, having fallen on `his' face, he besought him, saying, `Sir, if thou mayest will, thou art able to cleanse me;' 13 and having stretched forth `his' hand, he touched him, having said, `I will; be thou cleansed;' and immediately the leprosy went away from him. 14 And he charged him to tell no one, `But, having gone away, shew thyself to the priest, and bring near for thy cleansing according as Moses directed, for a testimony to them;' 15 but the more was the report going abroad concerning him, and great multitudes were coming together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities,
• Luke 7:14-15 : 14 and having come near, he touched the bier, and those bearing `it' stood still, and he said, `Young man, to thee I say, Arise;' 15 and the dead sat up, and began to speak, and he gave him to his mother;
• Luke 7:21 : 21 And in that hour he cured many from sicknesses, and plagues, and evil spirits, and to many blind he granted sight.
• Luke 8:53-55 : 53 and they were deriding him, knowing that she did die; 54 and he having put all forth without, and having taken hold of her hand, called, saying, `Child, arise;' 55 and her spirit came back, and she arose presently, and he directed that there be given to her to eat;
• Luke 17:12-19 : 12 and he entering into a certain village, there met him ten leprous men, who stood afar off, 13 and they lifted up the voice, saying, `Jesus, master, deal kindly with us;' 14 and having seen `them', he said to them, `Having gone on, shew yourselves to the priests;' and it came to pass, in their going, they were cleansed, 15 and one of them having seen that he was healed did turn back, with a loud voice glorifying God, 16 and he fell upon `his' face at his feet, giving thanks to him, and he was a Samaritan. 17 And Jesus answering said, `Were not the ten cleansed, and the nine -- where? 18 There were not found who did turn back to give glory to God, except this alien;' 19 and he said to him, `Having risen, be going on, thy faith hath saved thee.'
• Luke 18:35-43 : 35 And it came to pass, in his coming nigh to Jericho, a certain blind man was sitting beside the way begging, 36 and having heard a multitude going by, he was inquiring what this may be, 37 and they brought him word that Jesus the Nazarene doth pass by, 38 and he cried out, saying, `Jesus, Son of David, deal kindly with me;' 39 and those going before were rebuking him, that he might be silent, but he was much more crying out, `Son of David, deal kindly with me.' 40 And Jesus having stood, commanded him to be brought unto him, and he having come nigh, he questioned him, 41 saying, `What wilt thou I shall do to thee?' and he said, `Sir, that I may receive sight.' 42 And Jesus said to him, `Receive thy sight; thy faith hath saved thee;' 43 and presently he did receive sight, and was following him, glorifying God; and all the people, having seen, did give praise to God.
• John 1:46 : 46 and Nathanael said to him, `Out of Nazareth is any good thing able to be?' Philip said to him, `Come and see.'
• John 9:30-33 : 30 The man answered and said to them, `Why, in this is a wonderful thing, that ye have not known whence he is, and he opened my eyes! 31 and we have known that God doth not hear sinners, but, if any one may be a worshipper of God, and may do His will, him He doth hear; 32 from the age it was not heard, that any one did open eyes of one who hath been born blind; 33 if this one were not from God, he were not able to do anything.'
• Acts 3:2-8 : 2 and a certain man, being lame from the womb of his mother, was being carried, whom they were laying every day at the gate of the temple, called Beautiful, to ask a kindness from those entering into the temple, 3 who, having seen Peter and John about to go into the temple, was begging to receive a kindness. 4 And Peter, having looked stedfastly toward him with John, said, `Look toward us;' 5 and he was giving heed to them, looking to receive something from them; 6 and Peter said, `Silver and gold I have none, but what I have, that I give to thee; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and be walking.' 7 And having seized him by the right hand, he raised `him' up, and presently his feet and ankles were strengthened, 8 and springing up, he stood, and was walking, and did enter with them into the temple, walking and springing, and praising God;
• Acts 8:7 : 7 for unclean spirits came forth from many who were possessed, crying with a loud voice, and many who have been paralytic and lame were healed,
• Acts 14:8-9 : 8 And a certain man in Lystra, impotent in the feet, was sitting, being lame from the womb of his mother -- who never had walked, 9 this one was hearing Paul speaking, who, having stedfastly beheld him, and having seen that he hath faith to be saved, 10 said with a loud voice, `Stand up on thy feet upright;' and he was springing and walking,
• Acts 26:18 : 18 to open their eyes, to turn `them' from darkness to light, and `from' the authority of the Adversary unto God, for their receiving forgiveness of sins, and a lot among those having been sanctified, by faith that `is' toward me.
• Isa 32:3-4 : 3 And not dazzled are the eyes of beholders, And the ears of hearers do attend. 4 And the heart of those hastened Understandeth to know, And the tongue of stammerers hasteth to speak clearly.
• Job 29:15 : 15 Eyes I have been to the blind, And feet to the lame `am' I.
• Ps 146:8 : 8 Jehovah is loosing the prisoners, Jehovah is opening (the eyes of) the blind, Jehovah is raising the bowed down, Jehovah is loving the righteous,
• Isa 42:6-7 : 6 I, Jehovah, did call thee in righteousness, And I lay hold on thy hand, and keep thee, And I give thee for a covenant of a people, And a light of nations. 7 To open the eyes of the blind, To bring forth from prison the bound one, From the house of restraint those sitting in darkness.
• Isa 42:16 : 16 And I have caused the blind to go, In a way they have not known, In paths they have not known I cause them to tread, I make a dark place before them become light, And unlevelled places become a plain, These `are' the things I have done to them, And I have not forsaken them.
• Isa 43:8 : 8 He brought out a blind people who have eyes, And deaf ones who have ears.