Matthew 17:8
And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only.
KJV
ἐπάραντες δὲ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτῶν οὐδένα εἶδον εἰ μὴ τὸν Ἰησοῦν μόνον.
Greek NT
Levantes autem oculos suos, neminem viderunt, nisi solum Jesum.
Vulgate
And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, save Jesus only.
ASV
And they lifting up their eyes, saw no one, but only Jesus.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
μόνον
monon
adverb · 66×
οὐδείς
oudeis
adjective · 235×
ἐπαίρω
epairo
verb · 19×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
ὀφθαλμός
ophthalmos
noun · 100×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
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SBLGNT: αὐτὸν | WH/NIV: αὐτὸν | Treg/RP: τὸν
- αὐτὸν — SBLGNT
- αὐτὸν — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- τὸν — Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
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Theophany
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§554From the day Peter confessed that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God, the Master "began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things. . . and be killed, and on the third day be raised."290 Peter scorns this prediction, nor do the others understand it any better than he.291 In this context the mysterious episode of Jesus' Transfiguration …
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
- Acts 12:10 — When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street;
- Luke 9:36 — And when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone. And they kept it close, and told no man in those days any of those things which they had seen.
- Mark 9:8 — And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man any more, save Jesus only with themselves.