Luke 5:23
Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?
KJV
τί ἐστιν εὐκοπώτερον, εἰπεῖν· ἀφέωνταί σοι αἱ ἁμαρτίαι σου, ἢ εἰπεῖν· ἔγειρε καὶ περιπάτει;
Greek NT
Quid est facilius dicere : Dimittuntur tibi peccata : an dicere : Surge, et ambula ?
Vulgate
Which is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say, Arise and walk?
ASV
Which is easier to say: Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say: Arise and walk?
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εὐκοπώτερος
eukopoteros
adjective · 7×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
περιπατέω
peripateo
verb · 94×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἀφίημι
aphiemi
verb · 143×
ἁμαρτία
amartia
noun · 173×
ἐγείρω
egeiro
verb · 143×
ἤ
e
particle · 346×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: Ἔγειρε | WH/Treg/NIV: Ἔγειρε | RP: Ἔγειραι
- Ἔγειρε — SBLGNT
- Ἔγειρε — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- Ἔγειραι — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Mark 2:9 — Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
- Matt 9:5 — For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?
- Matt 9:5 — For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?