Luke 9:12
And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in a desert place.
KJV
ἡ δὲ ἡμέρα ἤρξατο κλίνειν· προσελθόντες δὲ οἱ δώδεκα εἶπον αὐτῷ· ἀπόλυσον τὸν ὄχλον, ἵνα πορευθέντες εἰς τὰς κύκλῳ κώμας καὶ ἀγροὺς καταλύσωσιν καὶ εὕρωσιν ἐπισιτισμόν, ὅτι ὧδε ἐν ἐρήμῳ τόπῳ ἐσμέν.
Greek NT
Dies autem cœperat declinare, et accedentes duodecim dixerunt illi : Dimitte turbas, ut euntes in castella villasque quæ circa sunt, divertant, et inveniant escas : quia hic in loco deserto sumus.
Vulgate
And the day began to wear away; and the twelve came, and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages and country round about, and lodge, and get provisions: for we are here in a desert place.
ASV
Now the day began to decline. And the twelve came and said to him: Send away the multitude, that, going into the towns and villages round about, they may lodge and get victuals; for we are here in a desert place.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
27 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- πορευθέντες — SBLGNT
- πορευθέντες — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἀπελθόντες — Robinson-Pierpont
- καὶ — SBLGNT
- καὶ — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + τοὺς — Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. After this, lest any one should suppose His words to be a mere accusation, and lest men should say, Being our enemy He is bringing these charges and calumnies against us; He introduces the prophet also, pronouncing the same judgment as Himself. For in them is fulfilled, says He, the prophecy of Esaias, which says, By hearing you shall hear, and shall not understand, and seei…
Cross-references
- Hos 13:5 — I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
- John 6:1 — After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias.
- John 6:5 — When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
- John 6:5 — When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
- Mark 6:35 — And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed:
- Mark 6:35 — And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed:
- Mark 8:19 — When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.
- Matt 15:23 — But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.