The Meaning of Luke 13:26 Explained

Luke 13:26

KJV: Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.

YLT: then ye may begin to say, We did eat before thee, and did drink, and in our broad places thou didst teach;

Darby: then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten in thy presence and drunk, and thou hast taught in our streets;

ASV: then shall ye begin to say, We did eat and drink in thy presence, and thou didst teach in our streets;

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Luke 13:26?

MEANING: What does Luke 13:26 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Luke 13:26 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Luke 13:26?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then  shall ye begin  to say,  We have eaten  and  drunk  in thy  presence,  and  thou hast taught  in  our  streets. 

What does Luke 13:26 Mean?

Context Summary

Luke 13:18-30 - The Penalty Of Neglected Opportunity
Notice here the inward movement and the outward effect of the gospel whether in the heart or in the world of men. The garden and the kitchen, the lives of men and women, respectively yield the same lesson. Though the seed of the divine nature is sown in secret, it cannot remain secret, but works its way into manifestation. Man's method is from without inward; God's, from within outward. You cannot estimate the results when a little child receives the incorruptible seed, 1 Peter 1:23.
But the entrance into the full power and blessedness of Christ is by a narrow way. The strait gate is open to all, but it means that we have to deny and leave behind all that is carnal, whether good or bad in the estimate of men, so that the divine life may have the entire field. Merely to eat and drink in Christ's presence betrays a self-indulgence which is foreign to His Spirit. You may sit at the Lord's table and yet be a worker of iniquity! We may be first in privilege, but last in grace. Luke 13:29-30 remind us of Acts 10:34-35 and Romans 2:13. [source]

Chapter Summary: Luke 13

1  Jesus preaches repentance upon the punishment of the Galilaeans and others
6  The fruitless fig tree may not stand
10  He heals the crooked woman;
18  shows the powerful working of the word, by the parable of the grain of mustard seed,
20  and of leaven;
22  exhorts to enter in at the strait gate;
31  and reproves Herod and Jerusalem

Greek Commentary for Luke 13:26

Shall ye begin [αρχεστε]
Future middle, though Westcott and Hort put αρχηστε — arxēsthe (aorist middle subjunctive of αρχομαι — archomai) and in that case a continuation of the απ ου — aph' hou construction. It is a difficult passage and the copyists had trouble with it. [source]
In thy presence [ενωπιον σου]
As guests or hosts or neighbours some claim, or the master of the house. It is grotesque to claim credit because Christ taught in their streets, but they are hard run for excuses and claims. [source]
In thy presence [ἐνώπιον σοῦ]
Not as beloved and familiar guests. Compare with you ( μεθ ' ὑμῶν ) Matthew 26:29. [source]

What do the individual words in Luke 13:26 mean?

Then will you begin to say We ate in presence of you and drank in the streets of us you taught
Τότε ἄρξεσθε λέγειν Ἐφάγομεν ἐνώπιόν σου καὶ ἐπίομεν ἐν ταῖς πλατείαις ἡμῶν ἐδίδαξας

ἄρξεσθε  will  you  begin 
Parse: Verb, Future Indicative Middle, 2nd Person Plural
Root: ἄρχω  
Sense: to be the first to do (anything), to begin.
λέγειν  to  say 
Parse: Verb, Present Infinitive Active
Root: λέγω 
Sense: to say, to speak.
Ἐφάγομεν  We  ate 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 1st Person Plural
Root: ἐσθίω  
Sense: to eat.
ἐνώπιόν  in  presence 
Parse: Preposition
Root: ἐνώπιον  
Sense: in the presence of, before.
σου  of  you 
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive 2nd Person Singular
Root: σύ  
Sense: you.
ἐπίομεν  drank 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 1st Person Plural
Root: πίνω  
Sense: to drink.
πλατείαις  streets 
Parse: Noun, Dative Feminine Plural
Root: πλατεῖα  
Sense: a broad way, a street.
ἡμῶν  of  us 
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive 1st Person Plural
Root: ἐγώ  
Sense: I, me, my.
ἐδίδαξας  you  taught 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 2nd Person Singular
Root: διδάσκω  
Sense: to teach.

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