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Luke 22:18

For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come.

KJV

λέγω γὰρ ὑμῖν ὅτι οὐ μὴ πίω ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν ἀπὸ τοῦ γενήματος τῆς ἀμπέλου ἕως ὅτου ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ ἔλθῃ.

Greek NT

Dico enim vobis quod non bibam de generatione vitis donec regnum Dei veniat.

Vulgate

for I say unto you, I shall not drink from henceforth of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come.

ASV

For I say to you that I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, till the kingdom of God come.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

βασιλεία
basileia
noun · 162×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
γέννημα
gennema
noun · 9×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
νῦν
nun
adverb · 147×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πίνω
pino
verb · 73×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἄμπελος
ampelos
noun · 9×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
ἕως
eos
adverb · 145×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅστις
ostis
relative_pronoun · 146×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Textual variants

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

minor
SBLGNT: οὐ | WH/Treg/NIV: οὐ | NA/RP: ὅτι οὐ
  • οὐ — SBLGNT
  • οὐ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ὅτι οὐ — Nestle-Aland 27, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: νῦν ἀπὸ τοῦ | WH/Treg/NIV: νῦν ἀπὸ τοῦ
  • νῦν ἀπὸ τοῦ — SBLGNT
  • νῦν ἀπὸ τοῦ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: οὗ | WH/Treg/NIV: οὗ | RP: ὅτου
  • οὗ — SBLGNT
  • οὗ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ὅτου — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

§1151Signs taken up by Christ. In his preaching the Lord Jesus often makes use of the signs of creation to make known the mysteries of the Kingdom of God.17 He performs healings and illustrates his preaching with physical signs or symbolic gestures.18 He gives new meaning to the deeds and signs of the Old Covenant, above all to the Exodus and the Passover,19 for he himself is the me…
§1339Jesus chose the time of Passover to fulfill what he had announced at Capernaum: giving his disciples his Body and his Blood: Then came the day of Unleavened Bread, on which the passover lamb had to be sacrificed. So Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the passover meal for us, that we may eat it...." They went ... and prepared the passover. and when the hour came…
§1403At the Last Supper the Lord himself directed his disciples' attention toward the fulfillment of the Passover in the kingdom of God: "I tell you I shall not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom."240 Whenever the Church celebrates the Eucharist she remembers this promise and turns her gaze "to him who is to come.…

Cross-references

  • Col 1:13 — Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
  • Isa 55:1 — Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
  • Luke 9:27 — But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.
  • Luke 21:31 — So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.
  • Luke 22:16 — For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.
  • Mark 9:1 — And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.
  • Mark 14:22 — And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body.
  • Mark 14:25 — Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God.
  • Mark 15:23 — And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not.
  • Matt 26:26 — And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
  • Matt 26:29 — But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.