Apothegm* — Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary

Short, pithy saying. As used by some biblical scholars, the term “apothegm” denotes brief stories in the Gospels that culminate in a saying of Jesus (e.g., Mt 8:18-22; 9:10-13; 16:1-4; Mk 2:18-22; 10:13-15; Lk 6:1-5; 11:37-44). Also known as “pronouncement stories,” the apothegmata (plural) are devoid of a larger historical setting and contain only enough detail to make the saying of Jesus intelligible. Because such stories were used in worship, in the education of new Christians, and in the correction of false teachings, they were of great interest to the early church.

Show passage in OET: MAT 8:18–22

OET-RV MAT 8:18

18 When Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) saw the crowd around him, he told his apprentices to take him across to the other side of the lake.

OET-RV MAT 8:19

19 One of the religious teachers came up to Yeshua and told him, “Teacher, I’ll follow you wherever you go.”

OET-RV MAT 8:20

20 “Foxes have burrows,” said Yeshua, “and birds have their nests, but the son of humanity doesn’t even have a place to lay his head.”

OET-RV MAT 8:21

21 Another one of his apprentices said to him, “I’ll follow you, Master, but first let me wait until I can bury my father.”

OET-RV MAT 8:22

22 “Follow after me,” Yeshua responded, “and leave the dead to bury the dead by themselves.”

OET-LV MAT 8:18

18 And the Yaʸsous having _seen crowd around him, he _commanded them to _go _away to the side across.

OET-LV MAT 8:19

19 And one scribe having _approached, said to _him:
Teacher, I _will _be _following after _you wherever if you _may _be _going _away.

OET-LV MAT 8:20

20 And the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) is _saying to _him:
- Foxes are _having burrows and the birds of _the sky nests, but the the_son of_ the _man is _having not somewhere he _may _be _laying his head.

OET-LV MAT 8:21

21 And another of _the apprentices/followers said to _him:
master, permit to _me first to _go _away and to _bury the father of _me.

OET-LV MAT 8:22

22 But the Yaʸsous is _saying to _him:
Be _following after _me and leave the dead to _bury the dead by _themselves.

Show passage in OET: MAT 9:10–13

OET-RV MAT 9:10

10 Later, when Yeshua was eating at Matay’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came in and sat at the table together with Yeshua and his apprentices.

OET-RV MAT 9:11

11 Some people from the Farisaios party noticed that and said to his apprentices, “How come your teacher eats with tax collectors and sinners?”

OET-RV MAT 9:12

12 But Yeshua heard that and said, “People who are well don’t need a doctor—only the ones with problems do.

OET-RV MAT 9:13

13 So go and find out the meaning of this: I like mercy, not sacrifice. After all, it’s sinners that I came to call, not people who are considered righteous.”

OET-LV MAT 9:10

10 And it _became of _him reclining in the house, and see, many tax _collectors and sinners having _come were _reclining the with_Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) and the apprentices/followers of _him.

OET-LV MAT 9:11

11 And having _seen it, the Farisaios_party were _saying to _the apprentices/followers of _him:
For/Because_ why _reason is_ the teacher of _you _all _eating with the tax _collectors and sinners?

OET-LV MAT 9:12

12 And he having _heard said:
The ones being _strong are_ not _having need of_a_doctor, but the ones being sickly.

OET-LV MAT 9:13

13 But having _been _gone, learn what is this:
I _am _wanting Mercy and not sacrifice, because/for I _came not to _call the_righteous ones, but sinners.

Show passage in OET: MAT 16:1–4

OET-RV MAT 16:1

16 Some people from the Farisaios’ party and some from the Saddoukaios (Sadducee) sect approached Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus), and, trying to tempt him, they asked him to make a sign in the sky to show his power to them.

OET-RV MAT 16:2

2 But he replied,

OET-RV MAT 16:3

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OET-RV MAT 16:4

4 “This is an evil and adulterous generation that’s wanting a sign, and no sign will be given to it except for the sign of Yonah (Jonah).” Then he left them and went away.

OET-LV MAT 16:1

16 And the Farisaios_party and Saddoukaios_sect having _approached, tempting him they _asked him for_a_sign out _of the sky to _show to _them.

OET-LV MAT 16:2

2 But he answering said to _them,

OET-LV MAT 16:3

OET-LV MAT 16:4

4 A_ evil and adulterous _generation is _seeking _after a_sign, and a_sign ˓will˒_ not _be _being _given to _it, except not/lest the sign of _Yōnas/(Yōnāh).
And having _left them he _went _away.

Show passage in OET: MRK 2:18–22

OET-RV MRK 2:18

18 Now the followers of Yohan-the-immerser, and members of the Farisaios party, regularly fasted. So a small group came to Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) and asked, “How come Yohan’s (John’s; Grk. Yoannes’) followers and the Farisaios party fast regularly, yet your followers don’t?”

OET-RV MRK 2:19

19 “Can the groomsmen fast when they’re celebrating along with him?” Yeshua answered, “No, as long as he’s still there, they won’t be fasting.

OET-RV MRK 2:20

20 But in the future, the groom will be taken away from them, and then they’ll be fasting.

OET-RV MRK 2:21

21 “No one sews a patch of new, unshrunken cloth onto used clothes, because the new patch will tear away from that old fabric, and it will end up with a worse tear.

OET-RV MRK 2:22

22 And no one puts new wine into old wineskin containers, because the wine will burst the already stretched wineskins, and then both the wine and the wineskins will be destroyed. New wine must be put into new wineskins.”

OET-LV MRK 2:18

18 And the apprentices/followers of _Yōannaʸs and the Farisaios_party were fasting.
And they _are _coming and they _are _saying to _him:
For/Because_ why _reason the apprentices/followers of _Yōannaʸs and the apprentices/followers of _the Farisaios_party are _fasting, but the your apprentices/followers are_ not _fasting?

OET-LV MRK 2:19

19 And the Yaʸsous said to _them:
The sons of _the bridal _chamber in which the bridegroom is with them are_ not _being _able to _be _fasting?
As _long _as time they _are _having the bridegroom with them, are_ not _being _able to _be _fasting.

OET-LV MRK 2:20

20 But days will _be _coming when the bridegroom may _be _taken _away from them, and then they _will _be _fasting in that the day.

OET-LV MRK 2:21

21 No _one is _sewing _on a_patch of_ unshrunken _cloth on an_ old _garment, and if not the patch is _tearing _away from it, the new from _the old, and is _becoming a_worse tear.

OET-LV MRK 2:22

22 And no _one is _putting new wine into old wineskins, and if not the wine will _be _bursting the wineskins, and the wine and the wineskins is _being _destroyed.
But new wine is placeable into new wineskins.

Show passage in OET: MRK 10:13–15

OET-RV MRK 10:13

13 The people were bringing small children for Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) to touch, but his apprentices scolded them.

OET-RV MRK 10:14

14 However, Yeshua noticed it and was upset, “Just let those kids come. Don’t prevent them, because God’s kingdom consists of people like them.

OET-RV MRK 10:15

15 Actually, you can’t even enter God’s kingdom unless you accept it just like a small child does.”

OET-LV MRK 10:13

13 And they _were _bringing little _children to _him, in _order _that he _may _touch against _them, but the apprentices/followers gave _rebuke to _them.

OET-LV MRK 10:14

14 But the Yaʸsous having _seen, resented, and said to _them:
Allow the little _children to _be _coming to me and be_ not _forbidding them, because/for the kingdom of_ the _god is the of _such.

OET-LV MRK 10:15

15 Truly, I _am _saying to _you _all, whoever wishfully may_ not _receive the kingdom of_ the _god as a_little _child by _no _means may_ not _come _in into it.

Show passage in OET: LUK 6:1–5

OET-RV LUK 6:1

6 One Rest Day, Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) was walking through some fields of grain and his followers were plucking the heads of grain and rubbing them apart in their hands, then chewing the grains.

OET-RV LUK 6:2

2 But some from the Farisaios party asked, “Why are you doing that? It’s prohibited to harvest on a Rest Day.”

OET-RV LUK 6:3

3 “Haven’t you read about David,” Yeshua answered, “when him and his men were hungry and what they did?

OET-RV LUK 6:4

4 “He went into God’s temple and took the ‘bread of the presence’ and ate some and gave some to his men, even though it’s only priests that are allowed to eat that.”

OET-RV LUK 6:5

5 Then he added, “The son of humanity is the master of the rest days.”

OET-LV LUK 6:1

6 And it _became on the_day _of _rest him to _be _passing _through through grainfields, and the apprentices/followers of _him were _plucking, and were _eating the heads _of _grain, rubbing them in _their hands.

OET-LV LUK 6:2

2 But some of _the Farisaios_party said:
Why you _all _are _doing what is_ not _permitting on _the days _of _rest?

OET-LV LUK 6:3

3 And answering to them the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) said:
You _all_ not _even _read this, what Dawid/(Dāvid) did when he and the ones with him hungered?

OET-LV LUK 6:4

4 how he _came _in into the house of_ the _god, and having _taken the bread of _the presence, he _ate and gave to _the ones with him, which not is _permitting to _eat, except not/lest only the priests?

OET-LV LUK 6:5

5 And he _was _saying to _them:
The son of_ the _man is master of _the day _of _rest.

Show passage in OET: LUK 11:37–44

OET-RV LUK 11:37

37 When Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) had a break from speaking, a member of the Farisaios party invited him over for breakfast, so he went into the house and sat down,

OET-RV LUK 11:38

38 and the man was very surprised that he didn’t observe the handwashing ceremony before he ate.

OET-RV LUK 11:39

39 But the master said to his host, “Yes, all of you in the Farisaios party clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but your insides are full of theft and wickedness.

OET-RV LUK 11:40

40 How stupid! Didn’t God who made the outside part, also make what’s inside?

OET-RV LUK 11:41

41 However, if you sacrificially give what’s inside, then everything would then become clean for you.

OET-RV LUK 11:42

42 “But you Farisaios won’t end well, because you give a tenth of your herbs and vegetables, yet you all ignore giving justice and loving God, both of which need to be done and cannot be ignored.

OET-RV LUK 11:43

43 “You Farisaios won’t end well, because you all love the best seats in the Jewish meeting halls and the honoured greetings in the marketplaces.

OET-RV LUK 11:44

44 You all won’t end well, because you’re like unmarked graves that people walk all over without even realising—the people simply don’t know that you’re dead inside.”

OET-LV LUK 11:37