Luke 4:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jesus answered and said unto him, It is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς αὐτῷ εἶπεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Ὑπαγε ὀπίσω μου, Σατανᾶ: γέγραπται γάρ, Προσκυνήσεις Κύριον τὸν Θεόν σου, καὶ αὐτῷ μόνῳ λατρεύσεις.

Transliteration

And apokritheis to him eipen the Iēsous, Hypage opisō of me, Satana: gegraptai gar, Proskynēseis Kyrion the Theon of you, and him monō latreuseis.

Grammar Details

• *apokritheis*: aorist, passive, participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having answered
• *eipen*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd singular - said
• *Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
• *Hypage*: present, active, imperative, 2nd singular - go away/depart
• *opisō*: preposition + genitive - behind/after
• *Satana*: vocative, masculine, singular - Satan
• *gegraptai*: perfect, passive, indicative, 3rd singular - it has been written
• *gar*: postpositive conjunction - for/because
• *Proskynēseis*: future, active, indicative, 2nd singular - you shall worship
• *Kyrion*: accusative, masculine, singular - Lord
• *Theon*: accusative, masculine, singular - God
• *monō*: dative, masculine, singular, adjective - only/alone
• *latreuseis*: future, active, indicative, 2nd singular - you shall serve/worship

Word Meanings

• *Hypage*: go away/depart/begone
• *Proskynēseis*: you shall worship/bow down to/pay homage to
• *latreuseis*: you shall serve/worship/render religious service

Referenced Verses

• Deut 6:13 : 13 Thou shalt fear Jehovah thy God; and him shalt thou serve, and shalt swear by his name.
• Matt 4:10 : 10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
• Deut 10:20 : 20 Thou shalt fear Jehovah thy God; him shalt thou serve; and to him shalt thou cleave, and by his name shalt thou swear.
• Luke 4:4 : 4 And Jesus answered unto him, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone.
• Jas 4:7 : 7 Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
• 1 Pet 5:9 : 9 whom withstand stedfast in your faith, knowing that the same sufferings are accomplished in your brethren who are in the world.
• Rev 19:10 : 10 And I fell down before his feet to worship him. And he saith unto me, See thou do it not: I am a fellow-servant with thee and with thy brethren that hold the testimony of Jesus: worship God; for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
• 1 Sam 7:3 : 3 And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto Jehovah with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts unto Jehovah, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
• 2 Kgs 19:15 : 15 And Hezekiah prayed before Jehovah, and said, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, that sittest [above] the cherubim, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.
• Ps 83:18 : 18 That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, Art the Most High over all the earth.
• Isa 2:11 : 11 The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.
• Matt 16:23 : 23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art a stumbling-block unto me: for thou mindest not the things of God, but the things of men.
• Rev 22:9 : 9 And he saith unto me, See thou do it not: {G1063} I am a {G4675} fellow-servant with thee and with thy brethren the prophets, and with them that keep the words of this book: worship God.