The Meaning of Luke 22:10 Explained

Luke 22:10

KJV: And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in.

YLT: And he said to them, 'Lo, in your entering into the city, there shall meet you a man, bearing a pitcher of water, follow him to the house where he doth go in,

Darby: And he said to them, Behold, as ye enter into the city a man will meet you, carrying an earthen pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he goes in;

ASV: And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house whereinto he goeth.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And  he said  unto them,  Behold,  when ye  are entered  into  the city,  there shall  a man  meet  you,  bearing  a pitcher  of water;  follow  him  into  the house  where  he entereth in. 

What does Luke 22:10 Mean?

Context Summary

Luke 22:1-13 - Selling Or Serving The Master
The world seemed in arms against the greatest Lover of souls that had ever trod earth's soil. Satan entered the heart of Judas, for it was his hour, and he gathered all his strength for one last prodigious effort to overthrow the Son of man and thwart His sublime purpose of redemption. Judas, one of the inner circle, did not hesitate to choose thirty pieces of silver rather than love, purity, compassion, as they were incarnate in the Son of man. The religious leaders of the age also eagerly caught at their chance.
In the meanwhile the Lord girded Himself for the conflict by gathering to His heart the remainder of the apostolic band, though none of them really understood. The arrangement of the man with the waterpot was evidently to elude arrest during the supper, as Judas could not inform his accomplices beforehand of the selected supper room. Remember that Jesus asks each of us for the guest chamber of our heart! Ask Him, not to be as a wayfaring man who tarries for the night, but to abide always. [source]

Chapter Summary: Luke 22

1  The leaders conspire against Jesus
3  Satan prepares Judas to betray him
7  The apostles prepare the Passover
19  Jesus institutes his holy supper;
21  covertly foretells of the traitor;
24  rebukes the rest of his apostles from ambition;
31  assures Peter his faith should not fail;
34  and yet he should deny him thrice
39  He prays in the mount, and sweats blood;
47  is betrayed with a kiss;
50  he heals Malchus' ear;
54  he is thrice denied by Peter;
63  shamefully abused;
66  and confesses himself to be the Son of God

Greek Commentary for Luke 22:10

When you are entered [εισελτοντων υμων]
Genitive absolute. [source]
Meet you [συναντησει υμιν]
An old verb συνανταω — sunantaō (from συν — sun with, and ανταω — antaō to face, αντι — anti) with associative instrumental See Mark 14:13 about the “man bearing a pitcher of water.” [source]
A man - pitcher []
See on Mark 14:13. [source]

Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Luke 22:10

Matthew 26:18 To such a man [προς τον δεινα]
The only instance in the N.T. of this old Attic idiom. The papyri show it for “Mr. X” and the modern Greek keeps it. Jesus may have indicated the man‘s name. Mark (Mark 14:13) and Luke (Luke 22:10) describe him as a man bearing a pitcher of water. It may have been the home of Mary the mother of John Mark. [source]
Acts 12:12 To the house of Mary [επι την οικιαν της Μαριας]
Another Mary (the others were Mary the mother of Jesus, Mary of Bethany, Mary Magdalene, Mary wife of Cleopas, Mary the mother of James and Joses). She may have been a widow and was possessed of some means since her house was large enough to hold the large group of disciples there. Barnabas, cousin of John Mark her son (Colossians 4:10), was also a man of property or had been (Acts 4:36.). It is probable that the disciples had been in the habit of meeting in her house, a fact known to Peter and he was evidently fond of John Mark whom he afterwards calls “my son” (1 Peter 5:13) and whom he had met here. The upper room of Acts 1:13 may have been in Mary‘s house and Mark may have been the man bearing a pitcher of water (Luke 22:10) and the young man who fled in the Garden of Gethsemane (Mark 14:51.). There was a gate and portress here as in the house of the highpriest (John 18:16). Peter knew where to go and even at this early hour hoped to find some of the disciples. Mary is one of the many mothers who have become famous by reason of their sons, though she was undoubtedly a woman of high character herself. Were gathered together and were praying (ησαν συνητροισμενοι και προσευχομενοι — ēsan sunēthroisōmenoi kai proseuchomenoi). Note difference in the tenses, one periphrastic past perfect passive (συνατροιζω — sunathroizō old verb, in the N.T. here only and Acts 19:25 and the uncompounded τροιζω — throizō in Luke 24:33) and the periphrastic imperfect. The praying apparently had been going on all night and a large number (many, ικανοι — hikanoi) of the disciples were there. One recalls the time when they had gathered to pray (Acts 4:31) after Peter had told the disciples of the threats of the Sanhedrin (Acts 4:23). God had rescued Peter then. Would he let him be put to death now as James had been? [source]

What do the individual words in Luke 22:10 mean?

- And He said to them Behold having entered of you into the city will meet you a man a pitcher of water carrying follow him house which he enters
δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς Ἰδοὺ εἰσελθόντων ὑμῶν εἰς τὴν πόλιν συναντήσει ὑμῖν ἄνθρωπος κεράμιον ὕδατος βαστάζων ἀκολουθήσατε αὐτῷ οἰκίαν ἣν εἰσπορεύεται

  - 
Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root:  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
εἶπεν  He  said 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: λέγω  
Sense: to speak, say.
αὐτοῖς  to  them 
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Root: αὐτός  
Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself.
Ἰδοὺ  Behold 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Imperative Active, 2nd Person Singular
Root: ἰδού  
Sense: behold, see, lo.
εἰσελθόντων  having  entered 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Active, Genitive Masculine Plural
Root: εἰσέρχομαι  
Sense: to go out or come in: to enter.
ὑμῶν  of  you 
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive 2nd Person Plural
Root: σύ  
Sense: you.
εἰς  into 
Parse: Preposition
Root: εἰς  
Sense: into, unto, to, towards, for, among.
πόλιν  city 
Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Singular
Root: πόλις  
Sense: a city.
συναντήσει  will  meet 
Parse: Verb, Future Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: συναντάω  
Sense: to meet with.
ἄνθρωπος  a  man 
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: ἄνθρωπος  
Sense: a human being, whether male or female.
κεράμιον  a  pitcher 
Parse: Noun, Accusative Neuter Singular
Root: κεράμιον  
Sense: an earthen vessel, a pot, jar.
ὕδατος  of  water 
Parse: Noun, Genitive Neuter Singular
Root: ὕδωρ  
Sense: water.
βαστάζων  carrying 
Parse: Verb, Present Participle Active, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: βαστάζω  
Sense: to take up with the hands.
ἀκολουθήσατε  follow 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Imperative Active, 2nd Person Plural
Root: ἀκολουθέω  
Sense: to follow one who precedes, join him as his attendant, accompany him.
οἰκίαν  house 
Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Singular
Root: οἰκία  
Sense: a house.
εἰσπορεύεται  he  enters 
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Middle or Passive, 3rd Person Singular
Root: εἰσπορεύομαι  
Sense: to go into, enter.

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