Matthew
Matthew 25:43
43I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, I was naked and you did not clothe Me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after Me.’
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I was | ἤμην | ēmēn | Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle - 1st Person Singular | G1510 I am, exist |
| a stranger | ξένος | xenos | Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular | G3581 new, novel, a foreigner |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| you did not take Me in | συνηγάγετέ | synēgagete | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural | G4863 I gather together |
| naked | γυμνὸς | gymnos | Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular | G1131 wearing only the under-garment, bare |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| you did not clothe | περιεβάλετέ | periebalete | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural | G4016 I cast around, clothe |
| Me | με | me | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular | G1473 I |
| sick | ἀσθενὴς | asthenēs | Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular | G772 weak, infirm, sick |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| in | ἐν | en | Preposition | G1722 in, on, among |
| prison | φυλακῇ | phylakē | Noun - Dative Feminine Singular | G5438 a watching, guard, prison, imprisonment |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| you did not look after | ἐπεσκέψασθέ | epeskepsasthe | Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 2nd Person Plural | G1980 I look upon, visit, look out, select |
| Me | με | me | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular | G1473 I |
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.