Matthew 8:19
And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
KJV
καὶ προσελθὼν εἷς γραμματεὺς εἶπεν αὐτῷ, διδάσκαλε, ἀκολουθήσω σοι ὅπου ἐὰν ἀπέρχῃ.
Greek NT
Et accedens unus scriba, ait illi : Magister, sequar te, quocumque ieris.
Vulgate
And there came a scribe, and said unto him, Teacher, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
ASV
And a certain scribe came and said to him: Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou shalt go.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γραμματεύς
grammateus
noun · 64×
διδάσκαλος
didaskalos
noun · 60×
εἷς
eis
adjective · 336×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
προσέρχομαι
proserchomai
verb · 87×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
ἀκολουθέω
akoloutheo
verb · 91×
ἀπέρχομαι
aperchomai
verb · 117×
ἐάν
ean
conditional · 333×
ὅπου
opou
adverb · 82×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. When the evening had come, they brought unto Him many that were possessed with devils: and He cast out the spirits from them with a word, and healed all that were sick: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophet Esaias, that He took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses. Do you see the multitude, by this time growing in faith? For not even when the time pr…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 1:20 — Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
- John 13:36 — Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards.
- Luke 9:57 — And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
- Luke 14:25 — And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,
- Luke 14:33 — So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
- Luke 22:33 — And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death.
- Mark 12:32 — And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:
- Rev 14:4 — These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God
- Ruth 1:16 — And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God