Matthew 19:28

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And Jesus said to them, `Verily I say to you, that ye who did follow me, in the regeneration, when the Son of Man may sit upon a throne of his glory, shall sit -- ye also -- upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, Ὅτι ὑμεῖς οἱ ἀκολουθήσαντές μοι, ἐν τῇ παλιγγενεσίᾳ ὅταν καθίσῃ ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐπὶ θρόνου δόξης αὐτοῦ, καθίσεσθε καὶ ὑμεῖς ἐπὶ δώδεκα θρόνους, κρίνοντες τὰς δώδεκα φυλὰς τοῦ Ἰσραήλ.

Transliteration

The de Iēsous eipen to them, Amēn legō to you, That you, the ones akolouthēsantes me, in the palingenesia when kathisē the Huios tou anthrōpou epi thronou doxēs of him, kathisesthe also you epi dōdeka thronous, krinontes the dōdeka phylas tou Israēl.

Grammar Details

• *de*: postpositive particle - but/and
• *Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
• *eipen*: aorist, 3rd singular, active - said
• *Amēn*: Hebrew transliteration - truly/verily
• *legō*: present, 1st singular, active - I say
• *akolouthēsantes*: aorist participle, active, nominative, masculine, plural - having followed
• *palingenesia*: dative, feminine, singular - regeneration/renewal
• *kathisē*: aorist subjunctive, 3rd singular, active - might sit
• *Huios*: nominative, masculine, singular - Son
• *anthrōpou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of man
• *epi*: preposition + accusative - upon
• *thronou*: genitive, masculine, singular - throne
• *doxēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - glory
• *kathisesthe*: future, 2nd plural, middle - you will sit
• *dōdeka*: numeral - twelve
• *thronous*: accusative, masculine, plural - thrones
• *krinontes*: present participle, active, nominative, masculine, plural - judging
• *phylas*: accusative, feminine, plural - tribes
• *Israēl*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Israel

Word Meanings

• *Amēn*: truly/verily/certainly
• *akolouthēsantes*: who have followed/having followed
• *palingenesia*: regeneration/renewal/rebirth
• *Huios tou anthrōpou*: Son of Man
• *thronou doxēs*: throne of glory/glorious throne
• *kathisesthe*: will sit/shall be seated
• *krinontes*: judging/ruling

Referenced Verses

• Rev 3:21 : 21 He who is overcoming -- I will give to him to sit with me in my throne, as I also did overcome and did sit down with my Father in His throne.
• Matt 25:31 : 31 `And whenever the Son of Man may come in his glory, and all the holy messengers with him, then he shall sit upon a throne of his glory;
• Luke 22:28-30 : 28 `And ye -- ye are those who have remained with me in my temptations, 29 and I appoint to you, as my Father did appoint to me, a kingdom, 30 that ye may eat and may drink at my table, in my kingdom, and may sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.'
• Matt 16:27 : 27 `For, the Son of Man is about to come in the glory of his Father, with his messengers, and then he will reward each, according to his work.
• Matt 20:21 : 21 and he said to her, `What wilt thou?' She saith to him, `Say, that they may sit -- these my two sons -- one on thy right hand, and one on the left, in thy reign.'
• Rev 21:5 : 5 And He who is sitting upon the throne said, `Lo, new I make all things; and He saith to me, `Write, because these words are true and stedfast;'
• Rev 4:4 : 4 And around the throne `are' thrones twenty and four, and upon the thrones I saw the twenty and four elders sitting, clothed in white garments, and they had upon their heads crowns of gold;
• Rev 7:4 : 4 And I heard the number of those sealed, (144 thousands were sealed out of all the tribes of the sons of Israel):
• Rev 12:1 : 1 And a great sign was seen in the heaven, a woman arrayed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars,
• Rev 20:4 : 4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them, and the souls of those who have been beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus, and because of the word of God, and who did not bow before the beast, nor his image, and did not receive the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand, and they did live and reign with Christ the thousand years;
• Rev 20:11-15 : 11 And I saw a great white throne, and Him who is sitting upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven did flee away, and place was not found for them; 12 and I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and scrolls were opened, and another scroll was opened, which is that of the life, and the dead were judged out of the things written in the scrolls -- according to their works; 13 and the sea did give up those dead in it, and the death and the hades did give up the dead in them, and they were judged, each one according to their works; 14 and the death and the hades were cast to the lake of the fire -- this `is' the second death; 15 and if any one was not found written in the scroll of the life, he was cast to the lake of the fire.
• Rev 22:2 : 2 in the midst of its broad place, and of the river on this side and on that, `is' a tree of life, yielding twelve fruits, in each several month rendering its fruits, and the leaves of the tree `are' for the service of the nations;
• Acts 3:21 : 21 whom it behoveth heaven, indeed, to receive till times of a restitution of all things, of which God spake through the mouth of all His holy prophets from the age.
• 1 Cor 6:2-3 : 2 have ye not known that the saints shall judge the world? and if by you the world is judged, are ye unworthy of the smaller judgments? 3 have ye not known that we shall judge messengers? why not then the things of life?
• 2 Thess 1:7-9 : 7 and to you who are troubled -- rest with us in the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven, with messengers of his power, 8 in flaming fire, giving vengeance to those not knowing God, and to those not obeying the good news of our Lord Jesus Christ; 9 who shall suffer justice -- destruction age-during -- from the face of the Lord, and from the glory of his strength, 10 when He may come to be glorified in his saints, and to be wondered at in all those believing -- because our testimony was believed among you -- in that day;
• 2 Tim 2:12 : 12 if we do endure together -- we shall also reign together; if we deny `him', he also shall deny us;
• 2 Pet 3:13 : 13 and for new heavens and a new earth according to His promise we do wait, in which righteousness doth dwell;
• Rev 2:26-27 : 26 and he who is overcoming, and who is keeping unto the end my works, I will give to him authority over the nations, 27 and he shall rule them with a rod of iron -- as the vessels of the potter they shall be broken -- as I also have received from my Father;
• Exod 15:27 : 27 And they come to Elim, and there `are' twelve fountains of water, and seventy palm trees; and they encamp there by the waters.
• Exod 24:4 : 4 And Moses writeth all the words of Jehovah, and riseth early in the morning, and buildeth an altar under the hill, and twelve standing pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel;
• Exod 28:21 : 21 and the stones are according to the names of the sons of Israel, twelve, according to their names, openings of a signet, each by his name are they for the twelve tribes.
• Lev 24:5 : 5 `And thou hast taken flour, and hast baked twelve cakes with it, two tenth deals are in the one cake,
• Josh 3:12 : 12 and now, take for you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, one man -- one man for a tribe;
• 1 Kgs 18:31 : 31 and Elijah taketh twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of Jehovah was, saying, `Israel is thy name;'
• Ezra 6:17 : 17 and have brought near for the dedication of this house of God, bullocks a hundred, rams two hundred, lambs four hundred; and young he-goats for a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve, according to the number of the tribes of Israel;
• Isa 65:17 : 17 For, lo, I am creating new heavens, and a new earth, And the former things are not remembered, Nor do they ascend on the heart.
• Isa 66:22 : 22 For, as the new heavens and the new earth that I am making, Are standing before Me, An affirmation of Jehovah! So remain doth your seed and your name.
• Rev 21:12-14 : 12 having also a wall great and high, having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve messengers, and names written thereon, which are `those' of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel, 13 at the east three gates, at the north three gates, at the south three gates, at the west three gates; 14 and the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.