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Luke 9:60

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And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.	Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.	And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

^G1161 Jesus^G2424 said^G2036 unto him^G846, Let^G863 the dead^G3498 bury^G2290 their^G1438 dead^G3498: but^G1161 go^G565 thou^G4771 and preach^G1229 the kingdom^G932 of God^G2316.

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Original Greek

εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Ἄφες τοὺς νεκροὺς θάψαι τοὺς ἑαυτῶν νεκρούς· σὺ δὲ ἀπελθὼν διάγγελλε τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ.

Greek	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
εἶπε	eipe	G2036	V-2AAI-3S	said
δὲ	de	G1161	CONJ
αὐτῷ	autō	G846	P-DSM	unto him
ὁ	ho	G3588	T-NSM	*
Ἰησοῦς,	Iēsous	G2424	N-NSM	Jesus
Ἄφες	Aphes	G863	V-2AAM-2S	Let
τοὺς	tous	G3588	T-APM	the
νεκροὺς	nekrous	G3498	A-APM	dead
θάψαι	thapsai	G2290	V-AAN	bury
τοὺς	tous	G3588	T-APM	*
ἑαυτῶν	heautōn	G1438	F-3GPM	their
νεκρούς·	nekrous	G3498	A-APM	dead
σὺ	su	G4771	P-2NS	thou
δὲ	de	G1161	CONJ	but
ἀπελθὼν	apelthōn	G565	V-2AAP-NSM	go
διάγγελλε	diangelle	G1229	V-PAM-2S	and preach
τὴν	tēn	G3588	T-ASF	the
βασιλείαν	basileian	G932	N-ASF	kingdom
τοῦ	tou	G3588	T-GSM	*
Θεοῦ.	Theou	G2316	N-GSM	of God

Source: Textus Receptus (Scrivener 1894)

Strong's References

• G565 — ἀπέρχομαι (apérchomai, ap-erkh'-om-ahee): I come or go away from, depart, return — from ἀπό and ἔρχομαι; to go off (i.e. depart), aside (i.e. apart) or behind (i.e. follow), literally or figuratively:--come, depart, go (aside, away, back, out, … ways), pass away, be past.
• G846 — αὐτός (autós, ow-tos'): he, she, it, they, them, same — from the particle (perhaps akin to the base of ἀήρ through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative ἑαυτοῦ) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons:--her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare αὑτοῦ.
• G863 — ἀφίημι (aphíēmi, af-ee'-ay-mee): I send away, release, remit, forgive, permit — from ἀπό and (to send; an intensive form of , to go); to send forth, in various applications (as follow):--cry, forgive, forsake, lay aside, leave, let (alone, be, go, have), omit, put (send) away, remit, suffer, yield up.
• G932 — βασιλεία (basileía, bas-il-i'-ah): kingship, sovereignty, authority, rule, kingdom — from βασιλεύς; properly, royalty, i.e. (abstractly) rule, or (concretely) a realm (literally or figuratively):--kingdom, + reign.
• G1161 — δέ (dé, deh): but, on the other hand, and — a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.:--also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
• G1229 — διαγγέλλω (diangéllō, de-ang-gel'-lo): I announce throughout, spread the news of — from διά and the base of ἄγγελος; to herald thoroughly:--declare, preach, signify.
• G1438 — ἑαυτοῦ (heautoû, heh-ow-too'): himself, herself, itself — from a reflexive pronoun otherwise obsolete and the genitive case (dative case or accusative case) of αὐτός; him- (her-, it-, them-, also (in conjunction with the personal pronoun of the other persons) my-, thy-, our-, your-) self (selves), etc.:--alone, her (own, -self), (he) himself, his (own), itself, one (to) another, our (thine) own(-selves), + that she had, their (own, own selves), (of) them(-selves), they, thyself, you, your (own, own conceits, own selves, -selves).
• G2036 — ἔπω (épō, ep'-o): a primary verb (used only in the definite past tense, the others being borrowed from ἐρέω, ῥέω, and φημί); to speak or say (by word or writing):--answer, bid, bring word, call, command, grant, say (on), speak, tell. Compare λέγω.
• G2290 — θάπτω (tháptō, thap'-to): I bury — a primary verb; to celebrate funeral rites, i.e. inter:--bury.
• G2316 — θεός (theós, theh'-os): God, a god — of uncertain affinity; a deity, especially (with ὁ) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very:--X exceeding, God, god(-ly, -ward).
• G2424 — Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs, ee-ay-sooce'): Jesus — of Hebrew origin (יְהוֹשׁוּעַ); Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites:--Jesus.
• G3498 — νεκρός (nekrós, nek-ros'): dead, a corpse — from an apparently primary (a corpse); dead (literally or figuratively; also as noun):--dead.
• G4771 — σύ (sý, soo): you — the personal pronoun of the second person singular; thou:-- thou. See also σέ, σοί, σοῦ; and for the plural ὑμᾶς, ὑμεῖς, ὑμῖν, ὑμῶν.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Greek (Textus Receptus, Scrivener 1894) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• G3588 — ὁ (ho, ho): the — the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• but — John 21:15-17, 1 Corinthians 9:16, 2 Corinthians 5:16-18, 2 Timothy 2:3-4, 2 Timothy 4:2, 2 Timothy 4:5
• Let — Luke 15:32, Ephesians 2:1, Ephesians 2:5, 1 Timothy 5:6, Revelation 3:1

Reciprocal references (13): Genesis 50:5, Exodus 4:14, Leviticus 10:7, Leviticus 21:11, Numbers 6:6, Ezekiel 44:25, Matthew 4:22, Matthew 10:7, Luke 10:4, John 5:25, Acts 8:12, Acts 20:25, Colossians 2:13

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: LEADERS, RELIGIOUS
• Torrey’s: MISSIONARY WORK BY MINISTERS, PROCRASTINATION
• Nave’s: CARE, CHARACTER, DECISION, EXCUSES, INSTABILITY, JESUS, THE CHRIST, PROCRASTINATION, SELF-DENIAL

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