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Luke 11:40 — King James Version← Study notes

Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?


Luke 11:40Greek Interlinear

Greek · Luke 11:4010 words
GreekMeaning
ἄφρονεςaphrones
FoolsadjectiveG878
οὐχouch
SurelyparticleG3756
ho
the OnearticleG3588
ποιήσαςpoiēsas
having madeverbG4160
τὸto
thearticleG3588
ἔξωθενexōthen
outsideadverbG1855
καὶkai
alsoadverbG2532
τὸto
thearticleG3588
ἔσωθενesōthen
insideadverbG2081
ἐποίησενepoiēsen
made?verbG4160
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Luke 11:40

The Pharisee, while our Lord still continued on speaking, invites Him to his own house. As it is said And while he was speaking, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him.

Cyril of Alexandria · 5th century

Luke expressly says, And he spoke these things, to show that He had not quite finished what He had purposed to say, but was somewhat interrupted by the Pharisee asking Him to dine.

Bede · 8th century

For in order to relate this, Luke has made a variation from Matthew, at that place where both had mentioned what out Lord said concerning the sign of Jonah, and the queen of the south, and the unclean spirit; after which discourse Matthew says, While he yet talked to the people, behold his mother and his brethren stood without desiring to speak to him, but Luke having also in that discourse of our Lord related some of our Lord’s sayings which Matthew omitted, now departs from…

Augustine · 4th century
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