LUKE 18:28 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

Some manuscripts read our own possessions, but the best manuscripts read everything.

UST Then Peter said, “What about us? We have left everything we had in order to become your disciples.”

18:28 Literally left our own; BYZ and TR left all

AICNT And Peter said, “Behold, we have left {our own things};[fn] [[and]][fn] we have followed you.”

18:28, our own things: B(03) Latin(b ff² i) NA28 SBLGNT THGNT ‖ Some manuscripts read “all.” ℵ(01) A(02) W(032) BYZ TR ‖ Some manuscripts read “all our own things.” D(05) Latin(a e)

18:28, and: Some manuscripts include. ℵ(01) A(02) BYZ TR ‖ Absent from B(03) D(05) NA28 SBLGNT THGNT.

OEB ‘But we,’ said Peter, ‘we left what belonged to us and followed you.’

WEBBE Peter said, “Look, we have left everything and followed you.”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET And Peter said, “Look, we have left everything we own to follow you!”

LSV And Peter said, “Behold, we left all, and followed You”;

FBV Peter said, “We left everything to follow you!”

TCNT Then Peter said, “Behold, we have left [fn]everything and followed yoʋ.”

18:28 everything ¦ what belongs to us CT

T4T Then Peter said, “You know that we(exc) have left everything we had and have become your disciples [RHQ]. So what about us? (OR, So will God accept/save us?”)

LEB And Peter said, “Behold, we have left _⌊all that is ours_⌋[fn] and[fn] followed you.”

18:28 Literally “our own”

18:28 *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“have left”) has been translated as a finite verb

BBE And Peter said, See, we have given up what is ours to come after you.

Moff Peter said, "Well, we have left our homes and followed you!"

Wymth Then Peter said, "See, we have given up our homes and have followed you."

ASV And Peter said, Lo, we have left our own, and followed thee.

DRA Then Peter said: Behold, we have left all things, and have followed thee.

YLT And Peter said, 'Lo, we left all, and did follow thee;'

Drby And Peter said, Behold, we have left all things and have followed thee.

RV And Peter said, Lo, we have left our own, and followed thee.
(And Peter said, Lo, we have left our own, and followed thee/you. )

SLT And Peter said, Behold, we have left all, and followed thee.

Wbstr Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.

KJB-1769 Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.
(Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee/you. )

KJB-1611 Then Peter said, Loe, we haue left all, and followed thee.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Then Peter sayde: Lo, we haue forsaken all, and folowed thee.
(Then Peter said: Lo, we have forsaken all, and followed thee/you.)

Gnva Then Peter said, Loe, we haue left all, and haue followed thee.
(Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee/you. )

Cvdl Then sayde Peter: Beholde, we haue forsake all, and folowed the.
(Then said Peter: Behold, we have forsake all, and followed them.)

TNT Then Peter sayde: Loo we have lefte all and have folowed the.
(Then Peter said: Loo we have left all and have followed them. )

Wycl But Petir seide, Lo! we han left alle thingis, and han sued thee.
(But Peter said, Lo! we have left all things, and have sued thee/you.)

Luth Da sprach Petrus: Siehe, wir haben alles verlassen und sind dir nachgefolget.
(So spoke Peter: See/Look, we/us have all/everything leave and are you/to_you(sg) succeeded.)

ClVg Ait autem Petrus: Ecce nos dimisimus omnia et secuti sumus te.
(He_said however Peter: Behold us dimisimus everything and followed we_are you(sg). )

UGNT εἶπεν δὲ ὁ Πέτρος, ἰδοὺ, ἡμεῖς ἀφήκαμεν πάντα καὶ ἠκολουθήσαμέν σοι.
(eipen de ho Petros, idou, haʸmeis afaʸkamen panta kai aʸkolouthaʸsamen soi.)

SBL-GNT Εἶπεν δὲ ⸀ὁ Πέτρος· Ἰδοὺ ἡμεῖς ⸂ἀφέντες τὰ ἴδια⸃ ἠκολουθήσαμέν σοι.
(Eipen de ⸀ho Petros; Idou haʸmeis ⸂afentes ta idia⸃ aʸkolouthaʸsamen soi.)

RP-GNT Εἶπεν δὲ Πέτρος, Ἰδού, ἡμεῖς ἀφήκαμεν πάντα καὶ ἠκολουθήσαμέν σοι.
(Eipen de Petros, Idou, haʸmeis afaʸkamen panta kai aʸkolouthaʸsamen soi.)

TC-GNT Εἶπε δὲ [fn]Πέτρος, Ἰδού, ἡμεῖς [fn]ἀφήκαμεν πάντα καὶ ἠκολουθήσαμέν σοι.
(Eipe de Petros, Idou, haʸmeis afaʸkamen panta kai aʸkolouthaʸsamen soi. )

18:28 πετρος ¦ ο πετρος ANT CT TR

18:28 αφηκαμεν παντα και ¦ αφεντες τα ιδια CT

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

TTN Tyndale Theme Notes:

Rich and Poor in the Gospel of Luke

Throughout Luke’s Gospel, a reversal of worldly fortunes characterizes entrance into, or exclusion from, the Kingdom of God. Mary announced that God would lift up the poor and humble and bring down the rich and powerful (1:52-53). Jesus announced at Nazareth that the gospel is “Good News to the poor” (4:18). He pronounced blessings on the poor and hungry, and woes against the rich and satisfied (6:20-26). This was a reversal of conventional wisdom, which held that God had blessed the rich and cursed the poor.

A number of Jesus’ parables severely warn against the danger of riches. The parable of the rich fool (12:13-21) reveals the consequence of storing up treasures on earth instead of having a rich relationship with God. The parable of the rich man and Lazarus (16:19-31) shows the eternal cost of ignoring the poor and helpless while enjoying the good things in life. The rich man who asked Jesus the way to eternal life was devastated when Jesus said he must sell all that he had and give to the poor (18:18-23).

Who are the poor in Luke’s Gospel? Are they the physically poor or those that are poor in spirit (cp. Matt 5:3)? Almost certainly it is both. The physically poor, who have very little, are naturally dependent on God for their needs. The rich and powerful are likely to be self-sufficient, forgetting their need for God. It is impossible for rich people to enter God’s Kingdom as long as they trust in their riches to get them there (16:25-26). God accepts those who put their faith in him alone.

Passages for Further Study

Matt 5:3; Luke 1:52-53; 4:18; 6:20-25; 12:13-34; 14:12-23; 16:19-31; 18:18-30

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 18:18–30: It is hard for rich people to enter God’s kingdom

The theme of this section is similar in some ways to the theme of the preceding section. In both sections Jesus talked about entering the kingdom of God. This section also contrasts with the preceding one. In that section the children represent humble people who easily depend on God and welcome his rule/reign. The ruler in this section represents people who are rich and powerful. It is very difficult for such people to welcome God’s reign and submit to it.

The ruler asked Jesus how he could obtain eternal life. Jesus told him to obey God’s commands. Among the Jews, this was a well-known answer to the question of how to obtain eternal life. The ruler said that he had obeyed God’s commands since he was a child. Then Jesus told him to sell what he had, give the money to the poor, and become his disciple. But the ruler valued his riches too much to do that. Then Jesus said that it is very hard for rich people to enter God’s kingdom.

At the end of the section Jesus promised that people who left their possessions and family behind to serve him would receive great rewards.

Other examples of headings for this section are:

Jesus taught that riches make it difficult to obtain eternal life

A Rich Man’s Question (NCV)

The rich young man (NJB)

There are parallel passages for this section in Matthew 19:16–30 and Mark 10:17–31.

18:28a

“Look,” said Peter, “we have left all we had

Peter said to Jesus, “See/look, we^(excl) have left everything that belonged to us^(excl)
Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, notice/remember that we^(excl) followers have abandoned everything of ours

Look…we have left: In Greek Peter began his reply to Jesus with a word that draws attention to what he was about to say. Sometimes it is translated in English as Look, as in the BSB, or “Listen.” Some versions, such as the NIV, have not translated this Greek word here. Other English versions translate it in several ways in this context. For example:

Look! We have left… (GNT)

Remember, we left… (CEV)

What about us? We left… (REB)

Use a natural way in your language to indicate that Peter wanted Jesus to pay special attention to what he was about to say.

we: The pronoun we refers to the disciples. It does not include Jesus.

In this context the pronoun is emphatic. It implies a contrast with the rich man or with rich people in general. (See 18:24.) In contrast to the rich leader who would not give up his possessions, the disciples had left everything to follow Jesus. In some languages it may be necessary to make this contrast explicit. For example:

Unlike the rich leader/peopleSimilarly, the TRT.

Indicate this contrast in a natural way in your language.

have left all we had: The Greek verb that the BSB translates as have left means “left behind” or “abandoned.” This verb implies here that the disciples thought that following Jesus was more important than keeping their possessions. Whether they gave away their possessions or just left them with relatives is not known.

Some other ways to translate this are:

abandoned everything that we had

put aside all that we owned

all we had: The Greek phrase that the BSB translates as all we had is literally “our own things.” There are two ways to interpret it in this context:

It refers in general to property and possessions, including homes and families. For example:
we have left everything we own (NET) (BSB, NET, NIV, KJV, CEV, NCV, GW, REB, NJB)
It refers specifically to homes. For example:
We have left our homes (GNT) (GNT, NASB, NLT, RSV)

It is recommended that you follow interpretation (1). Peter was saying that he and the other disciples of Jesus had left everything so that they could be his disciples. The phrase all we had probably includes the things that Jesus mentioned in 18:29.

18:28b

to follow You.”

and followed you^(sing).”
to be your^(sing) disciples.”
so that we^(excl) could follow you^(sing) as your disciples.”

to follow You: The Greek phrase that the BSB translates as to follow You is literally “and we^(excl) followed you.” It expresses the purpose that the disciples had for leaving everything. They left everything to become his disciples. Express this purpose in a natural way in your language.

The disciples followed Jesus in both a literal and figurative way. They literally followed him wherever he went, and they also “followed him” by learning from him as his disciples. In some languages it may be necessary to indicate the figurative meaning along with the literal meaning. For example:

in order to follow you as your disciples

to follow you and learn from you

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἰδοὺ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: εἶπεν Δέ ὁ Πέτρος Ἰδού ἡμεῖς ἀφήκαμεν παντᾶ καί ἠκολουθήσαμεν σοί)

Peter uses the term Behold to get Jesus to focus his attention on what he is about to say. Alternate translation: [Listen]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive

ἡμεῖς ἀφήκαμεν & ἠκολουθήσαμέν

we left & (Some words not found in SR-GNT: εἶπεν Δέ ὁ Πέτρος Ἰδού ἡμεῖς ἀφήκαμεν παντᾶ καί ἠκολουθήσαμεν σοί)

Peter is referring to himself and his fellow disciples, but not to Jesus, so if your language distinguishes between exclusive and inclusive we, use the exclusive form in both of these cases.

πάντα

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: εἶπεν Δέ ὁ Πέτρος Ἰδού ἡμεῖς ἀφήκαμεν παντᾶ καί ἠκολουθήσαμεν σοί)

This is not hyperbole. Peter and the others did leave behind everything they had in order to become Jesus’ disciples. Alternate translation: [all our possessions]

Note 3 topic: translate-textvariants

πάντα

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: εἶπεν Δέ ὁ Πέτρος Ἰδού ἡμεῖς ἀφήκαμεν παντᾶ καί ἠκολουθήσαμεν σοί)

Some manuscripts say “our own possessions” here instead of “everything.” See the discussion of textual issues at the end of the General Notes to this chapter to decide which reading to use in your translation.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

καὶ ἠκολουθήσαμέν σοι

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: εἶπεν Δέ ὁ Πέτρος Ἰδού ἡμεῖς ἀφήκαμεν παντᾶ καί ἠκολουθήσαμεν σοί)

As in [18:22](../18/22.md), to follow Jesus means to be one of his disciples. Alternate translation: [in order to become your disciples]

Parallel LUKE 18:28

Section 18:18–30: It is hard for rich people to enter God’s kingdom

18:28a

18:28b