Luke 11:37
And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.
KJV
Ἐν δὲ τῷ λαλῆσαι ἐρωτᾷ αὐτὸν Φαρισαῖος ὅπως ἀριστήσῃ παρ’ αὐτῷ· εἰσελθὼν δὲ ἀνέπεσεν.
Greek NT
Et cum loqueretur, rogavit illum quidam pharisæus ut pranderet apud se. Et ingressus recubuit.
Vulgate
Now as he spake, a Pharisee asketh him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.
ASV
And as he was speaking, a certain Pharisee prayed him that he would dine with him. And he going in, sat down to eat.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Φαρισαῖος
pharisaios
noun · 101×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰσέρχομαι
eiserchomai
verb · 195×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
παρά
para
preposition · 191×
ἀναπίπτω
anapipto
verb · 11×
ἀριστάω
aristao
verb · 3×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐρωτάω
erotao
verb · 65×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅπως
opos
adverb · 53×
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: ἐρωτᾷ | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐρωτᾷ | RP: ἠρωτᾷ
- ἐρωτᾷ — SBLGNT
- ἐρωτᾷ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἠρωτᾷ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: Φαρισαῖος | WH/Treg/NIV: Φαρισαῖος | RP: + τις
- Φαρισαῖος — SBLGNT
- Φαρισαῖος — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + τις — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§588Jesus scandalized the Pharisees by eating with tax collectors and sinners as familiarly as with themselves.364 Against those among them "who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others", Jesus affirmed: "I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."365 He went further by proclaiming before the Pharisees that, since sin is universal, t…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 9:19 — For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
- Luke 7:36 — And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat.
- Luke 7:36 — And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat.
- Luke 14:1 — And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.
- Mal 3:2 — But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:
- Prov 23:7 — For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.