Matthew 7:29

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

for he was teaching them as having authority, and not as the scribes.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἦν γὰρ διδάσκων αὐτοὺς ὡς ἐξουσίαν ἔχων, καὶ οὐχ ὡς οἱ γραμματεῖς.

Transliteration

He was ēn for gar didaskōn them as exousian echōn, and not as the grammateis.

Grammar Details

• *ēn*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - was/existed
• *gar*: postpositive conjunction - for/because
• *didaskōn*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - teaching
• *exousian*: accusative, feminine, singular - authority/power
• *echōn*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having/possessing
• *grammateis*: nominative, masculine, plural - scribes

Word Meanings

• *ēn*: was/existed/continued to be
• *didaskōn*: teaching/instructing
• *exousian*: authority/power/right
• *echōn*: having/possessing/holding
• *grammateis*: scribes/scholars/experts in the law

Referenced Verses

• Heb 4:12-13 : 12 for the reckoning of God is living, and working, and sharp above every two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing asunder both of soul and spirit, of joints also and marrow, and a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart; 13 and there is not a created thing not manifest before Him, but all things `are' naked and open to His eyes -- with whom is our reckoning.
• Matt 15:1-9 : 1 Then come unto Jesus do they from Jerusalem -- scribes and Pharisees -- saying, 2 `Wherefore do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they do not wash their hands when they may eat bread.' 3 And he answering said to them, `Wherefore also do ye transgress the command of God because of your tradition? 4 for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother -- let him die the death; 5 but ye say, Whoever may say to father or mother, An offering `is' whatever thou mayest be profited by me; -- 6 and he may not honour his father or his mother, and ye did set aside the command of God because of your tradition. 7 `Hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, 8 This people doth draw nigh to Me with their mouth, and with the lips it doth honour Me, but their heart is far off from Me; 9 and in vain do they worship Me, teaching teachings -- commands of men.'
• Matt 21:23-27 : 23 And he having come to the temple, there came to him when teaching the chief priests and the elders of the people, saying, `By what authority dost thou do these things? and who gave thee this authority?' 24 And Jesus answering said to them, `I will ask you -- I also -- one word, which if ye may tell me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things; 25 the baptism of John, whence was it? -- from heaven, or from men?' And they were reasoning with themselves, saying, `If we should say, From heaven; he will say to us, Wherefore, then, did ye not believe him? 26 and if we should say, From men, we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.' 27 And answering Jesus they said, `We have not known.' He said to them -- he also -- `Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
• Matt 23:2-6 : 2 saying, `On the seat of Moses sat down the scribes and the Pharisees; 3 all, then, as much as they may say to you to observe, observe and do, but according to their works do not, for they say, and do not; 4 for they bind together burdens heavy and grievous to be borne, and lay upon the shoulders of men, but with their finger they will not move them. 5 `And all their works they do to be seen by men, and they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the fringes of their garments, 6 they love also the chief couches in the supper, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
• Matt 23:15-24 : 15 `Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye go round the sea and the dry land to make one proselyte, and whenever it may happen -- ye make him a son of gehenna twofold more than yourselves. 16 `Wo to you, blind guides, who are saying, Whoever may swear by the sanctuary, it is nothing, but whoever may swear by the gold of the sanctuary -- is debtor! 17 Fools and blind! for which `is' greater, the gold, or the sanctuary that is sanctifying the gold? 18 `And, whoever may swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever may swear by the gift that is upon it -- is debtor! 19 Fools and blind! for which `is' greater, the gift, or the altar that is sanctifying the gift? 20 `He therefore who did swear by the altar, doth swear by it, and by all things on it; 21 and he who did swear by the sanctuary, doth swear by it, and by Him who is dwelling in it; 22 and he who did swear by the heaven, doth swear by the throne of God, and by Him who is sitting upon it. 23 `Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye give tithe of the mint, and the dill, and the cumin, and did neglect the weightier things of the Law -- the judgment, and the kindness, and the faith; these it behoved `you' to do, and those not to neglect. 24 `Blind guides! who are straining out the gnat, and the camel are swallowing.
• Matt 28:18 : 18 And having come near, Jesus spake to them, saying, `Given to me was all authority in heaven and on earth;
• Mark 7:5-9 : 5 Then question him do the Pharisees and the scribes, `Wherefore do thy disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but with unwashed hands do eat the bread?' 6 and he answering said to them -- `Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you, hypocrites, as it hath been written, This people with the lips doth honor Me, and their heart is far from Me; 7 and in vain do they worship Me, teaching teachings, commands of men; 8 for, having put away the command of God, ye hold the tradition of men, baptisms of pots and cups; and many other such like things ye do.' 9 And he said to them, `Well do ye put away the command of God that your tradition ye may keep; 10 for Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother -- let him die the death; 11 and ye say, If a man may say to father or to mother, Korban (that is, a gift), `is' whatever thou mayest be profited out of mine, 12 and no more do ye suffer him to do anything for his father or for his mother, 13 setting aside the word of God for your tradition that ye delivered; and many such like things ye do.'
• Luke 20:8 : 8 and Jesus said to them, `Neither do I say to you by what authority I do these things.'
• Luke 20:46-47 : 46 `Take heed of the scribes, who are wishing to walk in long robes, and are loving salutations in the markets, and first seats in the synagogues, and first couches in the suppers, 47 who devour the houses of the widows, and for a pretence make long prayers, these shall receive more abundant judgment.'
• Luke 21:15 : 15 for I will give to you a mouth and wisdom that all your opposers shall not be able to refute or resist.
• Acts 3:22-23 : 22 `For Moses, indeed, unto the fathers said -- A prophet to you shall the Lord your God raise up out of your brethren, like to me; him shall ye hear in all things, as many as he may speak unto you; 23 and it shall be, every soul that may not hear that prophet shall be utterly destroyed out of the people;
• Acts 6:10 : 10 and they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit with which he was speaking;
• Deut 18:18-19 : 18 a prophet I raise up to them, out of the midst of their brethren, like to thee; and I have given my words in his mouth, and he hath spoken unto them all that which I command him; 19 and it hath been -- the man who doth not hearken unto My words which he doth speak in My name, I require `it' of him.
• Eccl 8:4 : 4 Where the word of a king `is' power `is', and who saith to him, `What dost thou?'
• Isa 50:4 : 4 The Lord Jehovah hath given to me The tongue of taught ones, To know to aid the weary `by' a word, He waketh morning by morning, He waketh for me an ear to hear as taught ones.
• Jer 23:28-29 : 28 The prophet with whom `is' a dream, Let him recount the dream, And he with whom `is' My word, Let him truly speak My word. What -- to the straw with the corn? An affirmation of Jehovah. 29 Is it not thus? My word `is' as a fire, An affirmation of Jehovah. And as a hammer -- it breaketh in pieces a rock.
• Mic 3:8 : 8 And yet I have been full of power by the Spirit of Jehovah, And of judgment, and of might, To declare to Jacob his transgression, And to Israel his sin.
• Matt 5:20 : 20 `For I say to you, that if your righteousness may not abound above that of the scribes and Pharisees, ye may not enter to the reign of the heavens.
• Matt 5:28 : 28 but I -- I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.
• Matt 5:32 : 32 but I -- I say to you, that whoever may put away his wife, save for the matter of whoredom, doth make her to commit adultery; and whoever may marry her who hath been put away doth commit adultery.
• Matt 5:44 : 44 but I -- I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you,