Matthew 9:15 — King James Version← Study notes
“And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.”
Matthew 9:15 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Matthew 9:1531 words
καὶkaiand / also
εἶπενeipensay
αὐτοῖςautoishe / she / it / same
ὁhothe
ἸησοῦςIēsousJesus
ΜὴMēnot
δύνανταιdynantaibe able
οἱhoithe
υἱοὶhyioison
τοῦtouthe
νυμφῶνοςnymphōnosbridechamber
πενθεῖνpentheinmourn, (be-)wail
ἐφ’eph’about (the times), above, after
ὅσονhosonall
(that), as (long, many
μετ’met’after(-ward), he again, against
αὐτῶνautōnhe / she / it / same
ἐστινestinam, have been, is I
ὁhothe
νυμφίοςnymphiosbridegroom
ἐλεύσονταιeleusontaicome / go
δὲdeand / but
ἡμέραιhēmeraiage, + alway, (mid-)day (by day
ὅτανhotanas long
(soon) as, that, + till
ἀπαρθῇaparthētake (away)
ἀπ’ap’from
αὐτῶνautōnhe / she / it / same
ὁhothe
νυμφίοςnymphiosbridegroom
καὶkaiand / also
τότεtotethat time, then
νηστεύσουσινnēsteusousinfast
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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