Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word

Luke 18:27

And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.

KJV

ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· τὰ ἀδύνατα παρὰ ἀνθρώποις δυνατὰ παρὰ τῷ θεῷ ἐστιν.

Greek NT

Ait illis : Quæ impossibilia sunt apud homines, possibilia sunt apud Deum.

Vulgate

But he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.

ASV

He said to them: The things that are impossible with men are possible with God.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δυνατός
dunatos
adjective · 32×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
παρά
para
preposition · 191×
ἀδύνατος
adunatos
adjective · 10×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: παρὰ τῷ θεῷ ἐστιν | WH/Treg/NIV: παρὰ τῷ θεῷ ἐστιν | RP: ἐστιν παρὰ τῷ θεῷ
  • παρὰ τῷ θεῷ ἐστιν — SBLGNT
  • παρὰ τῷ θεῷ ἐστιν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐστιν παρὰ τῷ θεῷ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Perverse interpretations of Scripture by the heretics: God created all things out of nothing, and not from pre-existent matter. 1. It is therefore in the highest degree irrational, that we should take no account of Him who is truly God, and who receives testimony from all, while we inquire whether there is above Him that [other being] who really has no existence, and has never …
That one God formed all things in the world, by means of the Word and the Holy Spirit: and that although He is to us in this life invisible and incomprehensible, nevertheless He is not unknown; inasmuch as His works do declare Him, and His Word has shown that in many modes He may be seen and known. 1. As regards His greatness, therefore, it is not possible to know God, for it i…
The prolonged life of the ancients, the translation of Elijah and of Enoch in their own bodies, as well as the preservation of Jonah, of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the midst of extreme peril, are clear demonstrations that God can raise up our bodies to life eternal. 1. [In order to learn] that bodies did continue in existence for a lengthened period, as long as it was …
2. See by how many things He has warned them. He said, You condemn your fathers, in that you say, We would not have been partakers with them; and this is no little thing to shame them. He said, While ye condemn them, you do worse things, even ye yourselves; and this is sufficient to cover them with disgrace. He said, These things shall not be without punishment; and hence he im…

Cross-references

  • Acts 26:8 — Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?
  • Dan 4:35 — And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto h
  • Eph 1:19 — And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
  • Eph 2:4 — But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
  • Gen 18:14 — Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
  • Jer 32:17 — Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
  • Jer 32:17 — Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
  • Job 42:2 — I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.
  • Job 42:2 — I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.
  • Luke 1:37 — For with God nothing shall be impossible.
  • Luke 1:37 — For with God nothing shall be impossible.
  • Mark 10:27 — And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.
  • Matt 17:20 — And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall
  • Matt 19:26 — But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
  • Matt 19:26 — But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
  • Zech 8:6 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts.