Luke 12:37 — King James Version← Study notes
“Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.”
Luke 12:37 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Luke 12:3722 words
μακάριοιmakarioiblessed, happy(X -ier)
οἱhoithe
δοῦλοιdouloibond(-man), servant
ἐκεῖνοιekeinoithat one
οὓςhouswho / which
ἐλθὼνelthōncome / go
ὁhothe
κύριοςkyriosLord
εὑρήσειheurēseifind, get, obtain
γρηγοροῦνταςgrēgorountas
ἀμὴνamēnamen
λέγωlegōsay
ὑμῖνhyminyou
ὅτιhotithat / because
περιζώσεταιperizōsetaigird (about, self)
καὶkaiand / also
ἀνακλινεῖanaklineilay, (make) sit down
αὐτοὺςautoushe / she / it / same
καὶkaiand / also
παρελθὼνparelthōncome (forth), go, pass (away
διακονήσειdiakonēsei(ad-)minister (unto), serve, use the offic…
αὐτοῖςautoishe / she / it / same
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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