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Matthew 20:17

And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them,

KJV

Καὶ ἀναβαίνων ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα παρέλαβεν τοὺς δώδεκα κατ’ ἰδίαν, καὶ ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς·

Greek NT

Et ascendens Jesus Jerosolymam, assumpsit duodecim discipulos secreto, et ait illis :

Vulgate

And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples apart, and on the way he said unto them,

ASV

And Jesus going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples apart and said to them:

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δώδεκα
dodeka
adjective · 75×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
παραλαμβάνω
paralambano
verb · 49×
ἀναβαίνω
anabaino
verb · 81×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἴδιος
idios
adjective · 114×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
Ἱεροσόλυμα
ierosoluma
noun · 61×
o
article · 19778×
ὁδός
odos
noun · 101×

Textual variants

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

minor
SBLGNT: Καὶ ἀναβαίνων ὁ | Treg/NIV/RP: Καὶ ἀναβαίνων ὁ | WH: Μέλλων δὲ ἀναβαίνειν
  • Καὶ ἀναβαίνων ὁSBLGNT
  • Καὶ ἀναβαίνων ὁTregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
  • Μέλλων δὲ ἀναβαίνεινWestcott-Hort
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: μαθητὰς | WH/NIV/RP: μαθητὰς
  • μαθητὰςSBLGNT
  • μαθητὰςWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: καὶ ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ | WH/Treg/NA: καὶ ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ | RP: ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ καὶ | NIV: καὶ
  • καὶ ἐν τῇ ὁδῷSBLGNT
  • καὶ ἐν τῇ ὁδῷWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Nestle-Aland 27
  • ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ καὶRobinson-Pierpont
  • καὶReader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Homilies on Matthew · 2 passages
2. Yet none of these things made them take courage, and this when they were continually hearing about His resurrection. For together with His death this also especially troubled them, to hear that men should mock and scourge Him, and the like. For when they considered His miracles, the possessed persons whom He had delivered, the dead whom He had raised, all the other marvellou…
2. Not any therefore of these things does He here intimate, but it is what I said, He displays His power to punish, and this is shown by saying, The time was not yet, making it clear that of this special purpose He went, and not for hunger, but for His disciples' sake, who indeed marvelled exceedingly, although many miracles had been done greater; but, as I said, this was stran…
1. Relation of the Baptist to Elijah. The Theory of Transmigration Considered. The disciples asked Him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elijah must first come? Matthew 17:10 The disciples indeed who went up with Jesus remembered the traditions of the scribes concerning Elijah, that before the advent of Christ, Elijah would come and prepare for Him the souls of those who w…

Cross-references

  • Luke 18:31 — Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.
  • Mark 10:32 — And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them what thin
  • Mark 10:32 — And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them what thin
  • Mark 10:33 — Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles:
  • Matt 16:21 — From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again
  • Matt 17:22 — And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men: