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Luke 19:10

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
Luke 19:10
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Study notes

Jesus says the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.

Explanation

Jesus says this at the home of Zacchaeus, a chief tax collector whom people considered a sinner (19:1-9). Zacchaeus has just promised to give to the poor and repay anyone he cheated. Jesus describes His whole mission in this one sentence.

Original language
  • ἦλθεν (ēlthen): to come/go
    Greek · Verb, 2nd aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · Strong's G2064 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Came.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Luke 19:10, word 1

  • ἀνθρώπου (anthrōpou): a human
    Greek · Noun, genitive, singular, masculine · Strong's G0444 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Of Man.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Luke 19:10, word 6

  • ζητῆσαι (zētēsai): to seek
    Greek · Verb, aorist, active, infinitive · Strong's G2212 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    To seek.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Luke 19:10, word 7

  • σῶσαι (sōsai): to save
    Greek · Verb, aorist, active, infinitive · Strong's G4982 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    To save.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Luke 19:10, word 9

  • ἀπολωλός (apolōlos): to destroy
    Greek · Verb, 2nd perfect, active, participle, accusative, singular, neuter · Strong's G0622 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Lost.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Luke 19:10, word 11

Places
  • Jericho
    From the surrounding passage · Location: unknown

    Setting from Luke 19:1.

Cross-references
  • Ezekiel 34:16 · Background

    I will seek the lost.

  • Luke 15:4 · Same theme

    The shepherd goes after the lost sheep.

  • 1 Timothy 1:15 · Same theme

    Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.

Sources

Original language and places

Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Greek)

ἦλθεν γὰρ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ζητῆσαι καὶ σῶσαι τὸ ἀπολωλός.

  1. ἦλθενēlthen“Came”
    Verb, 2nd aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from ἔρχομαι · “to come/go” · Strong's G2064
  2. γὰρgar“for”
    Conjunction · from γάρ · “for” · Strong's G1063
  3. ὁho“the”
    Article, nominative, singular, masculine · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  4. υἱὸςhuios“Son”
    Noun, nominative, singular, masculine · from υἱός · “son” · Strong's G5207
  5. τοῦtou“<the>”
    Article, genitive, singular, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  6. ἀνθρώπουanthrōpou“of Man”
    Noun, genitive, singular, masculine · from ἄνθρωπος · “a human” · Strong's G0444
  7. ζητῆσαιzētēsai“to seek”
    Verb, aorist, active, infinitive · from ζητέω · “to seek” · Strong's G2212
  8. καὶkai“and”
    Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
  9. σῶσαιsōsai“to save”
    Verb, aorist, active, infinitive · from σῴζω · “to save” · Strong's G4982
  10. τὸto“that”
    Article, accusative, singular, neuter · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  11. ἀπολωλός.apolōlos“having been lost.”
    Verb, 2nd perfect, active, participle, accusative, singular, neuter · from ἀπολλύω · “to destroy” · Strong's G0622
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  • Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)