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Luke 6:5

And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

KJV

καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς ὅτι κύριός ἐστιν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου καὶ τοῦ σαββάτου.

Greek NT

Et dicebat illis : Quia dominus est Filius hominis etiam sabbati.

Vulgate

And he said unto them, The Son of man is lord of the sabbath.

ASV

And he said to them: The Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
σάββατον
sabbaton
noun · 68×
υἱός
uios
noun · 375×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Textual variants

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

notable
SBLGNT: αὐτοῖς | WH/NIV: αὐτοῖς | Treg/RP: + ὅτι
  • αὐτοῖςSBLGNT
  • αὐτοῖςWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + ὅτιTregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: τοῦ σαββάτου ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου | WH/NIV: τοῦ σαββάτου ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου
  • τοῦ σαββάτου ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπουSBLGNT
  • τοῦ σαββάτου ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπουWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Mark 2:27 — And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
  • Mark 2:28 — Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
  • Matt 12:8 — For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.