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Luke 13:35

Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

KJV

ἰδοὺ ἀφίεται ὑμῖν ὁ οἶκος ὑμῶν. λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι οὐ μὴ ἴδητέ με ἕως ἥξει ὅτε εἴπητε· εὐλογημένος ὁ ἐρχόμενος ἐν ὀνόματι κυρίου.

Greek NT

Ecce relinquetur vobis domus vestra deserta. Dico autem vobis, quia non videbitis me donec veniat cum dicetis : Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini.

Vulgate

Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

ASV

Behold your house shall be left to you desolate. And I say to you that you shall not see me till the time come when you shall say: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

εὐλογέω
eulogeo
verb · 41×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
οἶκος
oikos
noun · 115×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
ἀφίημι
aphiemi
verb · 143×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
ἕως
eos
adverb · 145×
ἥκω
eko
verb · 26×
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
ὄνομα
onoma
noun · 228×
ὅτε
ote
adverb · 100×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Intertextual echoes

This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.

  • Ps 118:26 · adapted
    "Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD."
    Psalm 118: blessed is he who comes — Jesus laments over Jerusalem

Textual variants

5 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: ὑμῶν | WH/Treg/NA: ὑμῶν | NIV/RP: + ἔρημος
  • ὑμῶνSBLGNT
  • ὑμῶνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Nestle-Aland 27
  • + ἔρημοςReader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: δὲ | WH/Treg/NA/RP: δὲ
  • δὲSBLGNT
  • δὲWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Nestle-Aland 27, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: ὑμῖν | WH/Treg/NIV: ὑμῖν | RP: + ὅτι
  • ὑμῖνSBLGNT
  • ὑμῖνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + ὅτιRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἴδητέ με | WH/Treg/NIV: ἴδητέ με | RP: με ἴδητε
  • ἴδητέ μεSBLGNT
  • ἴδητέ μεWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • με ἴδητεRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἥξει ὅτε | Treg/NA: ἥξει ὅτε | RP: ἄν ἥξει ὅτε
  • ἥξει ὅτεSBLGNT
  • ἥξει ὅτεTregelles, Nestle-Aland 27
  • ἄν ἥξει ὅτεRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§585On the threshold of his Passion Jesus announced the coming destruction of this splendid building, of which there would not remain "one stone upon another".356 By doing so, he announced a sign of the last days, which were to begin with his own Passover.357 But this prophecy would be distorted in its telling by false witnesses during his interrogation at the high priest's house, …

Cross-references

  • Acts 6:13 — And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
  • Hos 3:4 — For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:
  • Isa 52:7 — How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God rei
  • John 8:22 — Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.
  • John 12:13 — Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.
  • John 12:35 — Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
  • John 14:19 — Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
  • Luke 19:38 — Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.
  • Luke 19:38 — Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.
  • Luke 21:5 — And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said,
  • Luke 21:24 — And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
  • Mark 11:9 — And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord:
  • Matt 21:9 — And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
  • Matt 23:38 — Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
  • Ps 69:25 — Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.
  • Ps 118:26 — Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD.
  • Ps 118:26 — Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD.
  • Rom 10:9 — That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
  • Zech 12:10 — And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for h