LUKE 9:49 Parallel Verse View

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ULT Then answering, John said, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name and we were preventing him, because he does not follow with us.”

UST John replied to Jesus, “Master, we saw a man who was using your name to command demons to come out of people. But we told him to stop doing that, because he was not working closely with you the way we are.”

BSB “Master,” said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in Your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not accompany us.”

BLB And John answering said, "Master, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we were forbidding him, because he does not follow with us."

AICNT But John answered, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not follow with us.”

OEB John said, ‘Sir, we saw a man driving out demons by using your name, and we tried to prevent him, because he does not follow you with us.’

WEBBE John answered, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we forbade him, because he doesn’t follow with us.”

WMBB Yochanan answered, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we forbade him, because he doesn’t follow with us.”

NET John answered, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him because he is not a disciple along with us.”

LSV And John answering said, “Master, we saw a certain one casting forth the demons in Your Name, and we forbade him, because he does not follow with us”;

FBV John spoke up, saying, “Master, we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we tried to stop him because he wasn't one of us.”

TCNT John responded, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in yoʋr name, and we told him to stop because he does not follow us.”

T4T John replied to Jesus, “Master, we (exc) saw a man who was expelling demons, claiming that he had authority from you [MTY] to do that. So we told him to stop doing it, because he is not one of us disciples.”

LEB ¶ And John answered and[fn] said, “Master, we saw someone expelling demons in your name, and we tried to prevent him, because he does not follow in company with us.”

9:49 *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb

BBE And John, answering, said, Master, we saw a man driving out evil spirits in your name, and we did not let him do it, because he was not one of us.

Moff John said to him, "Master, we saw a man casting out daemons in your name, but we stopped him because he is not a follower of ours."

Wymth "Rabbi," replied John, "we have seen a man making use of your name to expel demons; and we forbad him, because he does not come with us."

ASV And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out demons in thy name; and we forbade him, because he followeth not with us.

DRA And John, answering, said: Master, we saw a certain man casting out devils in thy name, and we forbade him, because he followeth not with us.

YLT And John answering said, 'Master, we saw a certain one in thy name casting forth the demons, and we forbade him, because he doth not follow with us;'

Drby And John answering said, Master, we saw some one casting out demons in thy name, and we forbad him, because he follows not with us.

RV And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbade him, because he followeth not with us.
(And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy/your name; and we forbade him, because he followeth/follows not with us. )

SLT And John having answered said, Ruler, we saw a certain one casting out demons in thy name; and we hindered him, because he follows not with us.

Wbstr And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out demons in thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not with us.

KJB-1769 ¶ And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not with us.
(¶ And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy/your name; and we forbad him, because he followeth/follows not with us. )

KJB-1611 ¶ And Iohn answered, and said, Master, we saw one casting out deuils in thy Name, and we forbade him, because he followeth not with vs.
(¶ And Yohn answered, and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy/your Name, and we forbade him, because he followeth/follows not with us.)

Bshps And Iohn aunswered, and sayde: Maister, we sawe one castyng out deuyls in thy name, and we forbad hym, because he foloweth not with vs.
(And Yohn answered, and said: Master, we saw one casting/throwing out devils in thy/your name, and we forbad him, because he followeth/follows not with us.)

Gnva And Iohn answered and saide, Master, we sawe one casting out deuils in thy Name, and we forbad him, because he followeth thee not with vs.
(And Yohn answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy/your Name, and we forbad him, because he followeth/follows thee/you not with us. )

Cvdl Then answered Iho, and sayde: Master, we sawe one dryue out deuels in thy name, and we forbad him, for he folowed the not with vs.
(Then answered Iho, and said: Master, we saw one drive out devils in thy/your name, and we forbad him, for he followed the not with us.)

TNT And Iohn answered and sayde: Master we sawe one castinge out devyls in thy name and we forbade him because he foloweth not with vs.
(And Yohn answered and said: Master we saw one casting/throwing out devils in thy/your name and we forbade him because he followeth/follows not with us. )

Wycl And Joon answeride and seide, Comaundoure, we sayn a man castynge out feendis in thi name, and we han forbedun hym, for he sueth not thee with vs.
(And Yohn answered and said, Comaundoure, we saw a man casting/throwing out fiends/devils in thy/your name, and we have forbedun him, for he sueth not thee/you with us.)

Luth Da antwortete Johannes und sprach: Meister, wir sahen einen, der trieb die Teufel aus in deinem Namen, und wir wehreten ihm; denn er folget dir nicht mit uns.
(So replied Yohannes and spoke: master, we/us saw a, the/of_the drove the devil out_of in your name(s), and we/us fought_backn him; because/than he follows you/to_you(sg) not with us/to_us/ourselves.)

ClVg Respondens autem Joannes dixit: Præceptor, vidimus quemdam in nomine tuo ejicientem dæmonia, et prohibuimus eum: quia non sequitur nobiscum.[fn]
(Respondens however Yoannes he/she_said: Præceptor, we_saw someone in/into/on by_name your eyicientem demons, and I_forbademus him: because not/no follows with_us. )

9.49 Joannes dixit. Joannes diligens Deum et a Domino dilectus, excludendum putat a beneficio qui non utatur obsequio, ideo docetur neminem a bono quod ex parte habet, esse arcendum, sed ad hoc potius quod nondum habet esse provocandum. Tales etiam ob aliorum salutem admittendi censentur. Igitur in hæreticis vel in malis catholicis, non sacramenta communia in quibus nobiscum sunt, et adversum nos non sunt, sed divisionem paci veritatique contrariam, qua adversum nos sunt, et Dominum non sequuntur nobiscum, detestari et prohibere debemus.

9.49 Yoannes he/she_said. Yoannes diligens God and from Master beloved, excludendum thinks from beneficio who/which not/no utatur obey, therefore/for_that_reason teachesur no_one from good that from in_part/partly has, to_be arcendum, but to this rather that not_yet has to_be provocandum. Tales also because of_others health admittendi censentur. Therefore in/into/on heretics or in/into/on bad_things catholicis, not/no sacraments common in/into/on to_whom with_us are, and against us not/no are, but divisionem paci to_the_truthque opposite, which against us are, and the_Master not/no they_follow with_us, detestari and to_prohibit we_must.

UGNT ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ Ἰωάννης εἶπεν, Ἐπιστάτα, εἴδομέν τινα ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί σου ἐκβάλλοντα δαιμόνια, καὶ ἐκωλύομεν αὐτὸν, ὅτι οὐκ ἀκολουθεῖ μεθ’ ἡμῶν.
(apokritheis de Yōannaʸs eipen, Epistata, eidomen tina en tōi onomati sou ekballonta daimonia, kai ekōluomen auton, hoti ouk akolouthei meth’ haʸmōn.)

SBL-GNT Ἀποκριθεὶς ⸀δὲ Ἰωάννης εἶπεν· Ἐπιστάτα, εἴδομέν τινα ⸀ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί σου ἐκβάλλοντα δαιμόνια, καὶ ⸀ἐκωλύομεν αὐτὸν ὅτι οὐκ ἀκολουθεῖ μεθʼ ἡμῶν.
(Apokritheis ⸀de Yōannaʸs eipen; Epistata, eidomen tina ⸀en tōi onomati sou ekballonta daimonia, kai ⸀ekōluomen auton hoti ouk akolouthei methʼ haʸmōn.)

RP-GNT Ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ Ἰωάννης εἶπεν, Ἐπιστάτα, εἴδομέν τινα ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί σου ἐκβάλλοντα δαιμόνια· καὶ ἐκωλύσαμεν αὐτόν, ὅτι οὐκ ἀκολουθεῖ μεθ' ἡμῶν.
(Apokritheis de ho Yōannaʸs eipen, Epistata, eidomen tina epi tōi onomati sou ekballonta daimonia; kai ekōlusamen auton, hoti ouk akolouthei meth' haʸmōn.)

TC-GNT Ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ [fn]ὁ [fn]Ἰωάννης εἶπεν, Ἐπιστάτα, [fn]εἴδομέν τινα [fn]ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί σου ἐκβάλλοντα [fn]δαιμόνια· καὶ [fn]ἐκωλύσαμεν αὐτόν, ὅτι οὐκ ἀκολουθεῖ μεθ᾽ ἡμῶν.
(Apokritheis de ho Yōannaʸs eipen, Epistata, eidomen tina epi tōi onomati sou ekballonta daimonia; kai ekōlusamen auton, hoti ouk akolouthei meth haʸmōn. )

9:49 ο ¦ — CT

9:49 ιωαννης ¦ ιωανης WH

9:49 ειδομεν ¦ ειδαμεν WH

9:49 επι ¦ εν CT

9:49 δαιμονια ¦ τα δαιμονια TR

9:49 εκωλυσαμεν ¦ εκωλυομεν CT

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

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 9:49–50: Jesus told who is for him and who is against him

The connection of this section to the previous section is probably in the phrase “in my name.” In the previous Section 9:46–48, Jesus taught his disciples that a truly great person was one who humbly welcomed even a little child in his name. In this section, the disciple John responded that he and the other disciples had tried to stop a man from expelling demons in Jesus’ name. They did this because the man was not one of the twelve disciples. Jesus then taught them that anyone who did not oppose them was on their side.

Some other examples of headings for this section are:

Whoever Is Not against You Is for You (GNT)

Those who do not oppose you help you

There is a parallel passage for this section in Mark 9:38–40.

9:49a

“Master,” said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in Your name,

¶ Then John said to Jesus, “Master, we^(excl) saw someone using your^(sing) name/authority to cast demons out of people,
¶ Then John responded, saying, “Sir, we^(excl) saw a man/person forcing demons out of people by using the power/authority of your^(sing) name.

In Greek, this verse begins literally, “And answering, John said.” One way to translate this is:

John answered and said (NASB)

However, John was not answering a question. He was probably responding to Jesus’ statement in the previous section about welcoming a little child in his name. Therefore the BSB and some other English versions do not use a verb such as “answer.” Here are other ways to translate this:

Then John responded and said (TRT)

When John heard what Jesus said, he responded/said to him

John spoke up (GNT)

Master: The Greek word that the BSB translates as Master was used to show respect when people addressed a person who had authority over them. John used this word here to show his respect for Jesus as well as his close relationship with him as his teacher and spiritual leader. See the note on 9:33b, where the same word is used.

said John: The BSB places the words said John in the middle of John’s spoken words. It also puts the subject John after the verb said. In Greek, these words occur at the beginning of 9:49, as part of the clause “And answering, John said.” Place the words said John or “John replied” where it is natural in your language.

John: Here the name John refers to one of Jesus’ twelve disciples. It does not refer to John the Baptizer. If people in your area will think that this name refers to John the Baptizer, you may want to include some implied information. For example:

the disciple John

Another option would be to add a footnote giving this information.

driving out: The Greek verb that the BSB translates as driving out was also used in 9:40. See the note there for translation suggestions.

demons: The word demons also occurs in 9:1b. See the note there for information about translating this term.

in Your name: In this context the phrase in Your name refers to invoking or using Jesus’ name, with all the power and authority associated with that name. Some ways to translate it are:

by using the power and authority of your name (GW)

using your name (NCV)

through your power

A similar phrase “in my name” occurs in 9:48a. Both phrases refer to Jesus’ name, but the context here is different. In some languages it may be possible to use the same expression in both contexts. In other languages, you will have to use different expressions.

9:49b

and we tried to stop him, because he does not accompany us.”

and we^(excl) tried to stop/prevent him because he does not belong to our^(incl) group.”
He does not follow you^(sing) as we^(excl) do, so we^(excl) were telling him not to do that.”

we tried to stop him: There is a textual issue here. (1) Some Greek manuscripts have the imperfect tense of the verb, meaning in this context “tried to stop.” (2) Other Greek manuscripts (followed by the KJV) have the past tense, meaning “stopped.” It is recommended that you follow option (1). The Greek word that the BSB translates as tried to stop is literally “were preventing” or “were forbidding.” The tense indicates that the disciples tried to make the man stop. They did this with words. They did not try to restrain him physically. Probably more than one of the disciples told him to stop. But the man probably continued to cast out demons.

Some other ways to translate this are:

we tried to hinder him (NASB)

we were forbidding him to do that

We told him to stop (NCV)

to stop: It is implied that the disciples tried to make the man stop using Jesus’ name to cast out demons. If your language needs to say what was stopped, you could say:

to stop doing that

to stop driving/casting out demons using your name

because he does not accompany us: The Greek clause that the BSB translates as he does not accompany us is literally “he does not follow with us.” The word us probably refers to Jesus and the twelve disciples. Some other ways to translate this are:

he doesn’t belong to our group (GNT)

he is not associated with us^(incl)

General Comment on 9:49b

In some languages it may be more natural to reverse the order of the two clauses in 9:49b. It may be necessary to say first why the disciples tried to stop the man:

He is not one of us^(incl), so we^(excl) tried to stop him.

He does not follow you^(sing) as we^(excl) do. That is why we^(excl) tried to stop him.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hendiadys

ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ Ἰωάννης εἶπεν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἀποκριθείς Δέ Ἰωάννης εἶπεν Ἐπιστάτα εἴδομεν τινά ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι σοῦ ἐκβάλλοντα δαιμόνια καί ἐκωλύομεν αὐτόν ὅτι οὐκ ἀκολουθεῖ μεθʼ ἡμῶν)

Together answering and said mean that John responded to what Jesus had just said. Alternate translation: [Then John responded]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive

εἴδομέν & μεθ’ ἡμῶν

When John says we, he is speaking of himself and some other disciples who spoke to this man, so we would be exclusive, if your language uses that form. However, when John says us, he seems to be referring to the disciples and Jesus traveling together, and since he is speaking to Jesus, us would be inclusive.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί σου

in the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἀποκριθείς Δέ Ἰωάννης εἶπεν Ἐπιστάτα εἴδομεν τινά ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι σοῦ ἐκβάλλοντα δαιμόνια καί ἐκωλύομεν αὐτόν ὅτι οὐκ ἀκολουθεῖ μεθʼ ἡμῶν)

The term name is a figurative way of referring to a person by reference to something associated with them. This expression means the person was acting with the power and authority of Jesus. Alternate translation: [on your behalf] or [as your representative]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

οὐκ ἀκολουθεῖ μεθ’ ἡμῶν

not ˱he˲_˓is˒_following with us

In this case, to follow Jesus does not seem to mean to be one of his disciples, as in [5:27](../05/27.md), since this man was acting in Jesus’ name. Rather, in this context it seems to refer to traveling together in this group with Jesus. Alternate translation: [he does not travel with you in our group]

Parallel LUKE 9:49

Section 9:49–50: Jesus told who is for him and who is against him

9:49a

9:49b

General Comment on 9:49b