KJV: And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
YLT: and saith to him, 'See thou mayest say nothing to any one, but go away, thyself shew to the priest, and bring near for thy cleansing the things Moses directed, for a testimony to them.'
Darby: and says to him, See thou say nothing to any one, but go, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing what Moses ordained, for a testimony to them.
ASV: and saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go show thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing the things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
| λέγει | He says |
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Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: λέγω Sense: to say, to speak. |
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| αὐτῷ | to him |
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Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular Root: αὐτός Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself. |
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| Ὅρα | See [that] |
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Parse: Verb, Present Imperative Active, 2nd Person Singular Root: εἶδον Sense: to see with the eyes. |
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| μηδενὶ | nothing |
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Parse: Adjective, Dative Masculine Singular Root: μηδείς Sense: nobody, no one, nothing. |
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| μηδὲν | to none |
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Parse: Adjective, Accusative Neuter Singular Root: μηδείς Sense: nobody, no one, nothing. |
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| εἴπῃς | you speak |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Subjunctive Active, 2nd Person Singular Root: λέγω Sense: to speak, say. |
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| ὕπαγε | go |
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Parse: Verb, Present Imperative Active, 2nd Person Singular Root: ὑπάγω Sense: to lead under, bring under. |
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| σεαυτὸν | yourself |
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Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Accusative Masculine 2nd Person Singular Root: σεαυτοῦ Sense: thyself, thee. |
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| δεῖξον | show |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Imperative Active, 2nd Person Singular Root: δείκνυμι Sense: to show, expose to the eyes. |
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| τῷ | to the |
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Parse: Article, Dative Masculine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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| ἱερεῖ | priest |
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Parse: Noun, Dative Masculine Singular Root: ἱερεύς Sense: a priest, one who offers sacrifices and in general in busied with sacred rites. |
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| προσένεγκε | offer |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Imperative Active, 2nd Person Singular Root: προσφέρω Sense: to bring to, lead to. |
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| καθαρισμοῦ | cleansing |
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Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: καθαρισμός Sense: a cleansing, purification, a ritual purgation or washing. |
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| σου | of you |
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Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive 2nd Person Singular Root: σύ Sense: you. |
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| προσέταξεν | commanded |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: προστάσσω Sense: to assign or ascribe to, join to. |
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| Μωϋσῆς | Moses |
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Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: Μωσεύς Sense: the legislator of the Jewish people and in a certain sense the founder of the Jewish religion. |
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| μαρτύριον | a testimony |
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Parse: Noun, Accusative Neuter Singular Root: μαρτύριον Sense: testimony. |
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| αὐτοῖς | to them |
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Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural Root: αὐτός Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself. |
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Greek Commentary for Mark 1:44
Without the formal testimony of the priests the people would not receive the leper as officially clean. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Mark 1:44
Imperfect tense, continued action. Double comparative as occurs elsewhere for emphasis as in Philemon 1:23 “much more better” See Robertson‘s Grammar, pp. 663f. Human nature is a peculiar thing. The command not to tell provoked these people to tell just as the leper had done (Mark 1:44.). The more Jesus commanded (οσον αυτοις διεστελλετο hoson autois diestelleto) them not to tell the more they told. It was a continuous performance. Prohibitions always affect some people that way, especially superficial and light-headed folks. But we have to have prohibitions or anarchy. [source]
The use of αυτοις autois (them) here is “according to sense,” as we say, for it has no antecedent in the context, just to people in general. But this identical phrase with absence of direct reference occurs in Mark and Matthew, pretty good proof of the use of one by the other. Both Matthew 8:4; Luke 5:14 follow Mark 1:44. [source]
Old word from υδωρ hudōr (water) and used in papyri for pots or pans for holding money or bread as well as water. These stone See Mark 1:44; Luke 2:22 for the word καταρισμος katharismos (from καταριζω katharizō) which fact also raised a controversy with disciples of John because of his baptizing (John 3:25). Containing Present active participle feminine plural of χωρεω chōreō old verb from χωρος chōros place, space, having space or room for. Two or three firkins apiece The word μετρητης metrētēs from μετρεω metreō to measure, simply means “measurer,” an amphora for measuring liquids (in Demosthenes, Aristotle, Polybius), the Hebrew υδρια bath (2 Chronicles 4:5), here only in N.T., about 8-1/2 English gallons. Each ανα hudria thus held about 20 gallons. This common distributive use of υδρια ana occurs here only in this Gospel, but is in Revelation 4:8. In John 4:28 a much smaller hudria was used for carrying water. [source]
Repeated in Revelation 22:9. Here there is no verb after μη mē (ellipse of ποιησηις τουτο poiēsēis touto) as in Mark 1:44; 1 Thessalonians 5:15), the aorist subjunctive of negative purpose with μη mē after ορα hora (present active imperative of οραω horaō), a common enough idiom.Fellow-servant (συνδουλος sundoulos). The angel refuses worship from John on this ground. All Christians are συνδουλοι sundouloi (fellow-servants) as Christ taught (Matthew 18:28.; Matthew 24:49) and as Paul (Colossians 1:7; Colossians 4:7) and John (Revelation 6:11) taught. Angels are God‘s servants also (Hebrews 1:4-14). For “the testimony of Jesus” see Revelation 1:2, Revelation 1:9; Revelation 6:9; Revelation 12:17; Revelation 22:4.Worship God And Christ, who is the Son of God (Revelation 5:13.).The spirit of prophecy (το πνευμα της προπητειας to pneuma tēs prophēteias). Explanatory use of γαρ gar (for) here as in Revelation 19:8. The possession of the prophetic spirit shows itself in witness to Jesus. In illustration see Mark 1:10; Matthew 3:16; Luke 3:21; John 1:51; Revelation 4:1; Revelation 10:1; Revelation 11:19; Revelation 14:17; Revelation 15:5; Revelation 18:1; Revelation 19:1, Revelation 19:7-9. [source]