KJV: And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
YLT: And other fell upon the good ground, and having sprung up, it made fruit an hundred fold.' These things saying, he was calling, 'He having ears to hear -- let him hear.'
Darby: and other fell into the good ground, and having sprung up bore fruit a hundredfold. As he said these things he cried, He that has ears to hear, let him hear.
ASV: And other fell into the good ground, and grew, and brought forth fruit a hundredfold. As he said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
ἕτερον | other |
Parse: Adjective, Nominative Neuter Singular Root: ἀλλοιόω Sense: the other, another, other. |
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ἔπεσεν | fell |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: πίπτω Sense: to descend from a higher place to a lower. |
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εἰς | upon |
Parse: Preposition Root: εἰς Sense: into, unto, to, towards, for, among. |
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γῆν | soil |
Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Singular Root: γῆ Sense: arable land. |
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τὴν | - |
Parse: Article, Accusative Feminine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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ἀγαθήν | good |
Parse: Adjective, Accusative Feminine Singular Root: ἀγαθός Sense: of good constitution or nature. |
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φυὲν | having sprung up |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Passive, Nominative Neuter Singular Root: φύω Sense: to beget, bring forth, produce. |
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ἐποίησεν | it produced |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: ποιέω Sense: to make. |
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καρπὸν | fruit |
Parse: Noun, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: καρπός Sense: fruit. |
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ἑκατονταπλασίονα | a hundredfold |
Parse: Adjective, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: ἑκατονταπλασίων Sense: hundredfold, a hundred times as much. |
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Ταῦτα | These things |
Parse: Demonstrative Pronoun, Accusative Neuter Plural Root: οὗτος Sense: this. |
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λέγων | saying |
Parse: Verb, Present Participle Active, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: λέγω Sense: to say, to speak. |
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ἐφώνει | He was calling out |
Parse: Verb, Imperfect Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: φωνέω Sense: to sound, emit a sound, to speak. |
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Ὁ | The [one] |
Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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ὦτα | ears |
Parse: Noun, Accusative Neuter Plural Root: οὖς Sense: the ear. |
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ἀκούειν | to hear |
Parse: Verb, Present Infinitive Active Root: ἀκουστός Sense: to be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf. |
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ἀκουέτω | let him hear |
Parse: Verb, Present Imperative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: ἀκουστός Sense: to be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf. |
Greek Commentary for Luke 8:8
Luke omits the thirty and sixty of Mark 4:8; Matthew 13:8. [source]
Imperfect active, and in a loud voice, the verb means. The warning about hearing with the ears occurs also in Mark 4:9; Matthew 13:9. [source]
Omitting the thirty and sixty of Matthew and Mark. See on Matthew 13:8. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Luke 8:8
Impersonal plural. This saying about salt is another of Christ‘s repeated sayings (Matthew 5:13; Mark 9:50). Another repeated saying is the one here about having ears to hear (Luke 8:8; Luke 14:35, Matthew 11:15; Matthew 13:43). [source]
Peculiar to Luke. In Luke 8:8 the land So Luke uses both adjectives of the heart. The Greeks used καλος κ αγατος kalos k' agathos of the high-minded gentleman. It is probable that Luke knew this idiom. It occurs here alone in the N.T. It is not easy to translate. We have such phrases as “good and true,” “sound and good,” “right and good,” no one of which quite suits the Greek. Certainly Luke adds new moral qualities not in the Hellenic phrase. The English word “honest” here is like the Latin honestus (fair, noble). The words are to be connected with “hold fast” That is the proof of spiritual life. [source]
An individualizing note calling on each of the hearers (Revelation 1:3) to listen (Revelation 2:7, Revelation 2:11, Revelation 2:17, Revelation 2:28; Revelation 3:3, Revelation 3:6, Revelation 3:13, Revelation 3:22) and a reminiscence of the words of Jesus in the Synoptics (Matthew 11:15; Matthew 13:9, Matthew 13:43; Mark 4:9, Mark 4:23; Luke 8:8; Luke 14:35), but not in John‘s Gospel. [source]