Skip to main content

Luke 7:5

For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue.

KJV

ἀγαπᾷ γὰρ τὸ ἔθνος ἡμῶν, καὶ τὴν συναγωγὴν αὐτὸς ᾠκοδόμησεν ἡμῖν.

Greek NT

diligit enim gentem nostram, et synagogam ipse ædificavit nobis.

Vulgate

for he loveth our nation, and himself built us our synagogue.

ASV

For he loveth our nation: and he hath built us a synagogue.

Douay-Rheims

Open in reader with connections →

In the original Greek

9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
οἰκοδομέω
oikodomeo
verb · 41×
συναγωγή
sunagoge
noun · 56×
ἀγαπάω
agapao
verb · 143×
ἔθνος
ethnos
noun · 162×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
o
article · 19778×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 29:3 — Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared
  • 2Chr 2:11 — Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them.