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Luke 6:49 — King James Version← Study notes

But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.


Luke 6:49Greek Interlinear

Greek · Luke 6:4931 words
GreekMeaning
ho
The onearticleG3588
δὲde
howeverwordG1161
ἀκούσαςakousas
having heardverbG191
καὶkai
andwordG2532
μὴ
notadverbG3361
ποιήσαςpoiēsas
having doneverbG4160
ὅμοιόςhomoios
likeadjectiveG3664
ἐστινestin
it isverbG1510
ἀνθρώπῳanthrōpō
to a mannounG444
οἰκοδομήσαντιoikodomēsanti
having builtverbG3618
οἰκίανoikian
a housenounG3614
ἐπὶepi
onprepositionG1909
τὴνtēn
thearticleG3588
γῆνgēn
groundnounG1093
χωρὶςchōris
withoutprepositionG5565
θεμελίουthemeliou
a foundationnounG2310
on whichrelative pronounG3739
προσέρηξενproserēxen
burstverbG4366
ho
thearticleG3588
ποταμόςpotamos
streamnounG4215
καὶkai
andwordG2532
εὐθὺςeuthys
anon, by and by, forthwithadjectiveG2117
συνέπεσενsynepesen
immediatelyverbG2112
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ἐγένετοegeneto
wasverbG1096
τὸto
thearticleG3588
ῥῆγμαrhēgma
ruinnounG4485
τῆςtēs
of thearticleG3588
οἰκίαςoikias
housenounG3614
ἐκείνηςekeinēs
thatdemonstrativeG1565
μέγαmega
great oneadjectiveG3173
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Luke 6:49

Lest any one should vainly flatter himself with the words, Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks, as if words only and not rather works were required of a Christian, our Lord adds the following, But why call you me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? As if He said, Why do you boast of sending forth the leaves of a right confession, and show forth no fruit of good works.

Bede · 8th century

But Lordship both in name and reality belongs only to the Highest Nature.

Cyril of Alexandria · 5th century

This is not then the word of man, but the Word of God, manifesting His own birth from the Father, for He is the Lord Who is born of the Lord alone. But fear not the duality of Persons, for they are not separate in nature.

ATHAN ·
Read all 13 entries in the readerCatena Aurea · St. Thomas Aquinas, tr. J. H. Newman · public domain
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