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Mark 10:28

Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.

KJV

Ἤρξατο λέγειν ὁ Πέτρος αὐτῷ· ἰδοὺ ἡμεῖς ἀφήκαμεν πάντα καὶ ἠκολουθήκαμέν σοι.

Greek NT

Et cœpit ei Petrus dicere : Ecce nos dimisimus omnia, et secuti sumus te.

Vulgate

Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.

ASV

And Peter began to say unto him: Behold, we have left all things and have followed thee.

Douay-Rheims

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In this verse

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In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Πέτρος
petros
noun · 154×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
ἀκολουθέω
akoloutheo
verb · 91×
ἀφίημι
aphiemi
verb · 143×
ἄρχομαι
archomai
verb · 85×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: λέγειν ὁ Πέτρος | WH/NIV: λέγειν ὁ Πέτρος | Treg/RP: ὁ Πέτρος λέγειν
  • λέγειν ὁ ΠέτροςSBLGNT
  • λέγειν ὁ ΠέτροςWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ὁ Πέτρος λέγεινTregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἠκολουθήκαμέν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἠκολουθήκαμέν | RP: ἠκολουθήσαμέν
  • ἠκολουθήκαμένSBLGNT
  • ἠκολουθήκαμένWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἠκολουθήσαμένRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

§1618Christ is the center of all Christian life. the bond with him takes precedence over all other bonds, familial or social.113 From the very beginning of the Church there have been men and women who have renounced the great good of marriage to follow the Lamb wherever he goes, to be intent on the things of the Lord, to seek to please him, and to go out to meet the Bridegroom who i…

Cross-references

  • Eccl 3:6 — A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
  • Luke 14:33 — So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
  • Luke 18:28 — Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.
  • Luke 18:28 — Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.
  • Mark 1:16 — Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
  • Mark 1:18 — And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.
  • Matt 4:20 — And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.
  • Matt 4:20 — And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.
  • Matt 4:22 — And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.
  • Matt 13:46 — Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
  • Matt 19:27 — Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?
  • Matt 19:27 — Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?
  • Phil 3:7 — But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.