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Luke 9:21

And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that thing;

KJV

ὁ δὲ ἐπιτιμήσας αὐτοῖς παρήγγειλεν μηδενὶ λέγειν τοῦτο,

Greek NT

At ille increpans illos, præcepit ne cui dicerent hoc,

Vulgate

But he charged them, and commanded them to tell this to no man;

ASV

But he strictly charging them, commanded they should tell this to no man.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μηδείς
medeis
adjective · 92×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
παραγγέλλω
paraggello
verb · 30×
ἐπιτιμάω
epitimao
verb · 29×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: λέγειν | WH/Treg/NIV: λέγειν | RP: εἰπεῖν
  • λέγεινSBLGNT
  • λέγεινWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • εἰπεῖνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

1. Concerning Those Who Asked Him to Show Them a Sign from Heaven. And the Sadducees and Pharisees came, and tempting Him kept asking Him to show them a sign from heaven. Matthew 16:1 The Sadducees and Pharisees who disagreed with each other in regard to the most essential truths, — for the Pharisees champion the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead, hoping that there will …

Cross-references

  • Mark 8:30 — And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.
  • Matt 16:20 — Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.
  • Matt 16:20 — Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.