KJV: And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
YLT: And the messengers of John having gone away, he began to say unto the multitudes concerning John: 'What have ye gone forth to the wilderness to look on? a reed by the wind shaken?
Darby: And the messengers of John having departed, he began to speak to the crowds concerning John: What went ye out into the wilderness to behold? a reed shaken by the wind?
ASV: And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to behold? a reed shaken with the wind?
| Ἀπελθόντων | Having departed |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Active, Genitive Masculine Plural Root: ἀπέρχομαι Sense: to go away, depart. |
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| ἀγγέλων | messengers |
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Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Plural Root: ἄγγελος Sense: a messenger, envoy, one who is sent, an angel, a messenger from God. |
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| Ἰωάννου | of John |
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Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: Ἰωάννης Sense: John the Baptist was the son of Zacharias and Elisabeth, the forerunner of Christ. |
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| ἤρξατο | He began |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Middle, 3rd Person Singular Root: ἄρχω Sense: to be the first to do (anything), to begin. |
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| λέγειν | to speak |
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Parse: Verb, Present Infinitive Active Root: λέγω Sense: to say, to speak. |
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| ὄχλους | crowds |
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Parse: Noun, Accusative Masculine Plural Root: ὄχλος Sense: a crowd. |
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| περὶ | concerning |
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Parse: Preposition Root: περί Sense: about, concerning, on account of, because of, around, near. |
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| Ἰωάννου | John |
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Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: Ἰωάννης Sense: John the Baptist was the son of Zacharias and Elisabeth, the forerunner of Christ. |
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| ἐξήλθατε | have you gone out |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 2nd Person Plural Root: ἐξέρχομαι Sense: to go or come forth of. |
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| εἰς | into |
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Parse: Preposition Root: εἰς Sense: into, unto, to, towards, for, among. |
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| ἔρημον | wilderness |
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Parse: Adjective, Accusative Feminine Singular Root: ἔρημος Sense: solitary, lonely, desolate, uninhabited. |
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| θεάσασθαι | to see |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Infinitive Middle Root: θεάομαι Sense: to behold, look upon, view attentively, contemplate (often used of public shows). |
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| κάλαμον | A reed |
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Parse: Noun, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: κάλαμος Sense: a reed. |
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| ἀνέμου | [the] wind |
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Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: ἄνεμος Sense: wind, a violent agitation and stream of air. |
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| σαλευόμενον | shaken |
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Parse: Verb, Present Participle Middle or Passive, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: σαλεύω Sense: a motion produced by winds, storms, waves, etc. |
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Greek Commentary for Luke 7:24
Genitive absolute of aorist active participle. Matthew 11:7 has the present middle participle πορευομενων poreuomenōn suggesting that Jesus began his eulogy of John as soon as the messengers (angels, Luke calls them) were on their way. The vivid questions about the people‘s interest in John are precisely alike in both Matthew and Luke. [source]
Rev. is correct but awkward, to behold. The verb implies steadfast, intent gazing. See on Matthew 11:7. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Luke 7:24
The torment is thus personified. Messenger is the word commonly rendered angel in the New Testament, though sometimes used of human messengers, as Luke 7:24, Luke 7:27; Luke 9:52; James 2:25; see also on the angels of the churches, Revelation 1:20. Messenger and Satan are not to be taken in apposition - a messenger who was Satan - because Satan is never called ἄγγελος in the New Testament. Messenger is figurative, in the sense of agent. Satan is conceived in the New Testament as the originator of bodily evil. Thus, in the gospel narrative, demoniac possession is often accompanied with some form of disease. Compare Luke 13:16; Acts 10:38, and see on 1 Corinthians 5:5. [source]