Luke 7:19
And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?
KJV
καὶ προσκαλεσάμενος δύο τινὰς τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ ὁ Ἰωάννης ἔπεμψεν πρὸς τὸν κύριον λέγων· σὺ εἶ ὁ ἐρχόμενος ἢ ἄλλον προσδοκῶμεν;
Greek NT
Et convocavit duos de discipulis suis Joannes, et misit ad Jesum, dicens : Tu es qui venturus es, an alium exspectamus ?
Vulgate
And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to the Lord, saying, Art thou he that cometh, or look we for another?
ASV
And John called to him two of his disciples and sent them to Jesus, saying: Art thou he that art to come? Or look we for another?
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- κύριον — SBLGNT
- κύριον — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- Ἰησοῦν — Robinson-Pierpont
- ἄλλον — SBLGNT
- ἄλλον — Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- ἕτερον — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§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
What is "to believe," which is the internal act of faith? In how many ways is it expressed? Is it necessary for salvation to believe in anything above natural reason? Is it necessary to believe those things that are attainable by natural reason? Is it necessary for salvation to believe certain things explicitly? Are all equally bound to explicit faith? Is explicit faith in Chri…
Cross-references
- Heb 10:5 — Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
- Isa 9:6 — For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prin
- John 4:25 — The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.