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Luke 22:30

That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

KJV

ἵνα ἔσθητε καὶ πίνητε ἐπὶ τῆς τραπέζης μου ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ μου, καὶ καθήσεσθε ἐπὶ θρόνων κρίνοντες τὰς δώδεκα φυλὰς τοῦ Ἰσραήλ.

Greek NT

ut edatis et bibatis super mensam meam in regno meo, et sedeatis super thronos judicantes duodecim tribus Israël.

Vulgate

that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom; and ye shall sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

ASV

That you may eat and drink at my table, in my kingdom: and may sit upon thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

βασιλεία
basileia
noun · 162×
δώδεκα
dodeka
adjective · 75×
θρόνος
thronos
noun · 62×
κάθημαι
kathemai
verb · 89×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κρίνω
krino
verb · 114×
πίνω
pino
verb · 73×
τράπεζα
trapeza
noun · 15×
φυλή
phule
noun · 31×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἐσθίω
esthio
verb · 65×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
Ἰσραήλ
israel
noun · 68×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

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

minor
SBLGNT: ἔσθητε | WH/Treg/NIV: ἔσθητε | RP: ἐσθίητε
  • ἔσθητεSBLGNT
  • ἔσθητεWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐσθίητεRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ μου | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ μου
  • ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ μουSBLGNT
  • ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ μουWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: καθήσεσθε | Treg/NIV: καθήσεσθε | WH: καθῆσθε | RP: καθίσεσθε
  • καθήσεσθεSBLGNT
  • καθήσεσθεTregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • καθῆσθεWestcott-Hort
  • καθίσεσθεRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: τὰς δώδεκα φυλὰς κρίνοντες | WH/NIV: τὰς … φυλὰς κρίνοντες | Treg/RP: κρίνοντες τὰς … φυλὰς
  • τὰς δώδεκα φυλὰς κρίνοντεςSBLGNT
  • τὰς … φυλὰς κρίνοντεςWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • κρίνοντες τὰς … φυλὰςTregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

§551From the beginning of his public life Jesus chose certain men, twelve in number, to be with him and to participate in his mission.280 He gives the Twelve a share in his authority and 'sent them out to preach the kingdom of God and to heal."281 They remain associated for ever with Christ's kingdom, for through them he directs the Church: As my Father appointed a kingdom for me, …
§765The Lord Jesus endowed his community with a structure that will remain until the Kingdom is fully achieved. Before all else there is the choice of the Twelve with Peter as their head.168 Representing the twelve tribes of Israel, they are the foundation stones of the new Jerusalem.169 The Twelve and the other disciples share in Christ's mission and his power, but also in his lot…
§787From the beginning, Jesus associated his disciples with his own life, revealed the mystery of the Kingdom to them, and gave them a share in his mission, joy, and sufferings.215 Jesus spoke of a still more intimate communion between him and those who would follow him: "Abide in me, and I in you.... I am the vine, you are the branches."216 and he proclaimed a mysterious and real …
2. But wherefore does He still go on, when the others have withdrawn, to speak to these also in parables? They had become wiser by His sayings, so as even to understand. At any rate, to them He says afterwards, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto Him, Yea, Lord. So completely, together with its other objects, did the parable effect this too, that it made them mor…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 6:2 — Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
  • 1Cor 6:2 — Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
  • 2Sam 9:7 — And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father’s sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table cont
  • Acts 26:7 — Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope’s sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.
  • Esth 5:1 — Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, over against the king’s house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in t
  • Exod 24:4 — And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
  • Isa 25:6 — And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
  • Jas 1:1 — James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
  • Luke 9:48 — And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great.
  • Luke 12:37 — Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
  • Luke 14:15 — And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.
  • Luke 14:15 — And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.
  • Luke 19:17 — And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.
  • 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.
  • Matt 8:11 — And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
  • Matt 19:28 — And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, ju
  • Ps 49:14 — Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
  • Rev 2:26 — And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:
  • Rev 3:21 — To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
  • Rev 3:21 — To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
  • Rev 4:4 — And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
  • Rev 7:4 — And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
  • Rev 19:9 — And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
  • Rev 20:4 — And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worship