Luke 7:18
And the disciples of John shewed him of all these things.
KJV
Καὶ ἀπήγγειλαν Ἰωάννει οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ περὶ πάντων τούτων.
Greek NT
Et nuntiaverunt Joanni discipuli ejus de omnibus his.
Vulgate
And the disciples of John told him of all these things.
ASV
And John's disciples told him of all these things.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μαθητής
mathetes
noun · 261×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
περί
peri
preposition · 335×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
ἀπαγγέλλω
apaggello
verb · 47×
Ἰωάννης
ioannes
noun · 134×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 2 passages
§545Jesus invites sinners to the table of the kingdom: "I came not to call the righteous, but sinners."258 He invites them to that conversion without which one cannot enter the kingdom, but shows them in word and deed his Father's boundless mercy for them and the vast "joy in heaven over one sinner who repents".259 The supreme proof of his love will be the sacrifice of his own life…
§547Jesus accompanies his words with many "mighty works and wonders and signs", which manifest that the kingdom is present in him and attest that he was the promised Messiah.268
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