Luke 12:32

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Feare not litle flocke, for it is your fathers pleasure to geue you a kyngdome.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Μὴ φοβοῦ, τὸ μικρὸν ποίμνιον· ὅτι εὐδόκησεν ὁ Πατὴρ ὑμῶν δοῦναι ὑμῖν τὴν βασιλείαν.

Transliteration

Mē phobou, the mikron poimnion; for eudokēsen the Patēr of you dounai to you the basileian.

Grammar Details

• *Mē*: negative particle - not
• *phobou*: present imperative middle/passive, 2nd person singular - fear
• *mikron*: nominative, neuter, singular - little/small
• *poimnion*: nominative, neuter, singular - flock
• *eudokēsen*: aorist indicative active, 3rd person singular - was well pleased/took delight
• *Patēr*: nominative, masculine, singular - Father
• *dounai*: aorist infinitive active - to give
• *basileian*: accusative, feminine, singular - kingdom

Word Meanings

• *phobou*: fear/be afraid
• *mikron*: little/small/insignificant
• *poimnion*: flock (of sheep)/small flock
• *eudokēsen*: was well pleased/took delight/chose gladly
• *dounai*: to give/grant/bestow

Referenced Verses

• Isa 40:11 : 11 He shall feede his flocke like an heardman, he shall gather the lambes together with his arme, and cary them in his bosome, and shall kyndly intreate those that beare young.
• Heb 12:28 : 28 Wherfore, we receauyng a kingdome which can not be moued, let vs haue grace, wherby we may so serue God acceptablie, with reuerence & godly feare.
• Matt 14:27 : 27 But strayght way, Iesus spake vnto them, saying: be of good cheare, it is I, be not afrayde.
• Matt 25:34 : 34 Then shall the king say vnto them on his right hande: Come ye blessed of my father, inherite the kyngdome, prepared for you from the foundation of the worlde.
• Eph 1:5-9 : 5 Who hath predestinate vs into the adoption of childre, by Iesus Christ vnto hym selfe, according to the good pleasure of his wyll: 6 To the prayse of the glorie of his grace, wherein he hath made vs accepted in the beloued. 7 In whom we haue redemption through his blood, the forgeuenesse of sinnes, accordyng to the rychesse of his grace, 8 Wherein he hath abounded towarde vs in all wysedome and prudence. 9 And hath opened vnto vs the misterie of his wyll, accordyng to his good pleasure which he had purposed in himselfe.
• Phil 2:13 : 13 For it is God which worketh in you, both to will and to do of good wyll.
• Luke 10:21 : 21 That same houre reioyced Iesus in the spirite, and sayde: I confesse vnto thee father, Lorde of heauen & earth, that thou hast hyd these thynges from the wise and prudent, and hast opened them vnto babes: Euen so father, for so it pleased thee.
• John 10:26-30 : 26 But ye beleue not, because ye are not of my sheepe, as I sayde vnto you. 27 My sheepe heare my voyce, and I knowe them, and they folowe me: 28 And I geue vnto them eternall lyfe, and they shal neuer perishe, neither shal any man plucke them out of my hande. 29 My father which gaue them me, is greater then all: and no man is able to take them out of my fathers hande. 30 I and my father are one.
• Matt 11:25-27 : 25 At that tyme Iesus aunswered and sayde: I thanke thee O father, Lorde of heauen and earth, because thou hast hid these thinges from the wise and prudent, and hast shewed them vnto babes. 26 Euen so it is O father, for so was it thy good pleasure. 27 All thinges are geuen vnto me of my father: And no man knoweth the sonne but the father, neither knoweth any man the father saue the sonne, and he to whomsoeuer the sonne wyll open him.
• Jer 3:19 : 19 I haue thought thus: howe shall I take thee to be my children, and geue a pleasaunt lande for thine heritage, yea and a goodly hoast of the heathen? And I sayd, Call me father, and shrincke not from me.
• 2 Pet 1:11 : 11 Yea, and by this meanes an entryng in shalbe ministred vnto you aboudantlye, into the euerlastyng kyngdome of our Lorde and sauiour Iesus Christe.
• Rev 1:6 : 6 And made vs kynges and priestes vnto God his father, be glorie and dominion for euermore. Amen.
• Rev 22:5 : 5 And there shalbe no nyght there, and they neede no candle, neither lyght of the sunne: for the Lorde God geueth them lyght, and they shall raigne for euermore.
• Jas 2:5 : 5 Hearken my deare beloued brethren. Hath not God chosen the poore of this worlde, such as are riche in fayth, and heyres of the kyngdome, which he promised to them that loue hym?
• 1 Pet 1:3-5 : 3 Blessed be God the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe, which accordyng to his aboundaunt mercie begat vs agayne vnto a lyuely hope, by that that Iesus Christe rose agayne from death, 4 To an inheritaunce immortall, and vndefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserued in heauen for you, 5 Which are kept by the power of God through fayth vnto saluation, which is prepared alredie to be shewed in the last tyme.
• Matt 7:15 : 15 Beware of false prophetes, which come to you in sheepes clothyng: but inwardly they are rauenyng woolfes.
• Isa 41:14 : 14 Be not afraide thou litle worme Iacob, and thou despised Israel: for I wil helpe thee saith the Lorde, and the holy one of Israel thy redeemer.
• Isa 53:6 : 6 As for vs we are all gone astray lyke sheepe, euery one hath turned his owne way: but the Lord hath throwen vpon hym all our sinnes.
• Song 1:7-8 : 7 Tell me O thou whom my soule loueth, where thou feedest the sheepe, where thou makest them rest at the noone day: for why shall I be like hym that goeth wrong about the flockes of thy companions? 8 If thou knowe not thy selfe (O thou fayrest among women) then go thy way foorth after the footesteppes of the sheepe, and feede thy goates besyde the shepheardes tentes.
• John 18:36 : 36 Iesus aunswered: My kyngdome is not of this worlde. Yf my kyngdome were of this worlde, then woulde my seruauntes surely fyght, that I shoulde not be deliuered to the Iewes: but now is my kyngdome not from hence.
• John 21:15-17 : 15 So when they had dyned, Iesus saith to Simon Peter: Simon Ioanna, louest thou me more then these? He sayd vnto hym: Yea Lorde, thou knowest that I loue thee. He sayth vnto hym: feede my lambes. 16 He sayth to hym agayne the seconde tyme: Simon Ioanna, louest thou me? He sayth vnto hym: Yea Lorde, thou knowest that I loue thee. He sayde vnto hym: feede my sheepe. 17 He sayde vnto hym the thirde tyme: Simon Ioanna, louest thou me? Peter was sory, because he sayde vnto hym the thirde tyme, louest thou me: And he sayde vnto hym, Lorde thou knowest all thynges, thou knowest that I loue thee. Iesus sayth vnto hym: feede my sheepe.
• Rom 6:23 : 23 For the rewarde of sinne is death: but the gyft of God is eternall lyfe, thorowe Iesus Christe our Lorde.
• Rom 8:28-32 : 28 For we knowe yt all thinges worke for the best, vnto them that loue God, to them which also are called of purpose. 29 For those which he knewe before, he also dyd predestinate, that they shoulde be lyke fashioned vnto the shape of his sonne, that he myght be ye first begotten among many brethren. 30 Moreouer, whom he dyd predestinate, the also he called. And whom he called, them also he iustified: And whom he iustified, them he also glorified. 31 What shall we then say to these thynges? If God be on our syde, who can be agaynst vs? 32 Which spared not his owne sonne, but gaue hym for vs all: Howe shall he not with hym also geue vs all thynges?
• 2 Thess 1:5 : 5 Which is a token of the ryghteous iudgment of God, that ye may be counted woorthy of the kyngdome of God, for which ye also suffer.
• 2 Thess 1:11 : 11 Wherfore also we praye alwayes for you, that our God woulde make you worthy of the callyng, & fulfyll all good pleasure of goodnesse in the worke of fayth in power:
• Matt 18:12-14 : 12 Howe thynke ye? If a man haue an hundred sheepe, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leaue ninetie & nine, and goeth into the mountaynes, and seketh that which went astray? 13 And yf it so be that he fynde it, veryly I say vnto you, he reioyceth more of that sheepe, then of the ninetie and nine, which went not astray. 14 Euen so, it is not the wyll of your father in heauen, that one of these litle ones shoulde peryshe.
• Matt 20:16 : 16 So the last, shalbe the first, & the first shalbe last: For many be called, but fewe be chosen.