KJV: Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
YLT: neither may we tempt the Christ, as also certain of them did tempt, and by the serpents did perish;
Darby: Neither let us tempt the Christ, as some of them tempted, and perished by serpents.
ASV: Neither let us make trial of the Lord, as some of them made trial, and perished by the serpents.
| μηδὲ | Neither |
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Parse: Conjunction Root: μηδέ Sense: and not, but not, nor, not. |
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| ἐκπειράζωμεν | should we test |
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Parse: Verb, Present Subjunctive Active, 1st Person Plural Root: ἐκπειράζω Sense: to prove, test, thoroughly. |
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| Χριστόν | Christ |
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Parse: Noun, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: Χριστός Sense: Christ was the Messiah, the Son of God. |
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| τινες | some |
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Parse: Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: τὶς Sense: a certain, a certain one. |
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| αὐτῶν | of them |
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Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural Root: αὐτός Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself. |
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| ἐπείρασαν | tested |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural Root: πειράζω Sense: to try whether a thing can be done. |
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| τῶν | - |
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Parse: Article, Genitive Masculine Plural Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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| ὄφεων | serpents |
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Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Plural Root: ὄφις Sense: snake, serpent. |
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| ἀπώλλυντο | were destroyed |
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Parse: Verb, Imperfect Indicative Passive, 3rd Person Plural Root: ἀπόλλυμι Sense: to destroy. |
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Greek Commentary for 1 Corinthians 10:9
So the best MSS. instead of Christ. This compound occurs in lxx and in N.T. always about Christ (here and Matthew 4:7; Luke 4:12; Luke 10:25). Let us cease sorely (εκ ek̇) tempting the Lord by such conduct. [source]
Vivid imperfect middle (cf. aorist middle απωλοντο apōlonto in 1 Corinthians 10:10), were perishing day by day. The story is told in Numbers 21:6. The use of υπο hupo for agent with the intransitive middle of απολλυμι apollumi is regular. Note the Ionic uncontracted genitive plural οπεων opheōn rather than οπων ophōn f0). [source]
The compound word is very significant, “to tempt out ” ( ἐκ ); tempt thoroughly; try to the utmost. It occurs in three other places: Matthew 4:7; Luke 4:12; Luke 10:25; and, in every case, is used of tempting or testing Christ. Compare Psalm 77:18(Sept.). For Christ read Κύριον theLord. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for 1 Corinthians 10:9
Present active participle, conative idea, trying to tempt him. There is no “and” in the Greek. He “stood up Here and 1 Corinthians 10:9. The spirit of this lawyer was evil. He wanted to entrap Jesus if possible. [source]
By implying that God had made a mistake this time, though right about Cornelius. It is a home-thrust. They were refusing to follow the guidance of God like the Israelites at Massah and Meribah (Exodus 17:7; Deuteronomy 6:16; 1 Corinthians 10:9). [source]
Lit. tried (me ) in proving. The text differs from lxx, which reads ἐπείρασαν, ἐδοκίμασαν temptedproved, as A.V. The phrase here means tempted by putting to the test. Comp. ἐκπειράζειν totempt or try with a view to seeing how far one can go. See on 1 Corinthians 10:9. [source]
Concessive perfect (sense of present) active participle as in 2 Peter 1:12, but without καιπερ kaiper Lord Some MSS. add Ιησους Iēsous The use of κυριος kurios here is usually understood to mean the Lord Jesus Christ, as Clement of Alex. (Adumbr. p. 133) explains, Exodus 23:20, by ο μυστικος εκεινος αγγελος Ιησους ho mustikos ekeinos aggelos Iēsous (that mystical angel Jesus). For the mystic reference to Christ see 1 Corinthians 10:4, 1 Corinthians 10:9; Hebrews 11:26. Some MSS. here add τεος theos instead of Ιησους Iēsous Adverbial accusative, “the second time.” After having saved the people out of Egypt.Destroyed (απωλεσεν apōlesen). First aorist active indicative of απολλυμι apollumi old verb, to destroy.Them that believed not First aorist active articular participle of πιστευω pisteuō The reference is to Numbers 14:27-37, when all the people rescued from Egypt perished except Caleb and Joshua. This first example by Jude is not in 2 Peter, but is discussed in 1 Corinthians 10:5-11; Heb 3:18-4:2. [source]