Luke 13:26

Luke 13:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.
• New International Version (NIV)“Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets.’

Context of Luke 13:26

24“Strive to enter through the narrow door [force aside unbelief and the attractions of sin]; for many, I tell you, will try to enter [by their own works] and will not be able. 25Once the head of the house gets up and closes the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door [again and again], saying, ‘Lord, open to us!’ then He will answer you, ‘I do not know where you are from [for you are not of My household].’ Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets’; 27but He will say to you, ‘I do not know where you are from; depart from Me, all you evildoers!’ 28In that place there will be weeping [in sorrow and pain] and grinding of teeth [in distress and anger] when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves being thrown out and driven away.

Luke 13:26 word by word

τότε ἄρξεσθε λέγειν· ἐφάγομεν ἐνώπιόν σου καὶ ἐπίομεν, καὶ ἐν ταῖς πλατείαις ἡμῶν ἐδίδαξας·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thenτότεtote · thenG5119
• shall ye beginἄρχομαιarchomai · to rule/beginG756
• to sayλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• We have eatenφαγεῖνphagō · to eatG5315
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• drunkπίνωpinō piō poō · to drinkG4095
• in thyσύsu · youG4771
• presenceἐνώπιονenōpion · beforeG1799
• thou hast taughtδιδάσκωdidaskō · to teachG1321
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• ourἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• streetsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• streetsπλατεῖαplateia · wide street/roadG4113

Cross-references for Luke 13:26

• Isaiah 58:2Yet they seek Me day by day and delight [superficially] to know My ways, As [if they were in reality] a nation that has done righteousness And has not abandoned (turned away from) the ordinance of their God. They ask of Me righteous judgments, They delight in the nearness of God.
• 2 Timothy 3:5holding to a form of [outward] godliness (religion), although they have denied its power [for their conduct nullifies their claim of faith]. Avoid such people and keep far away from them.

Commentaries on Luke 13:26

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26We have eaten … - Compare Matthew 7:22-23. To have eaten with one is evidence of acquaintanceship or friendship. So the sinner may allege that he was a professed follower of Jesus, and had some evidence that Jesus was his friend. There is no allusion here, however, to the sacrament. The figure is taken from the customs of people, and means simply that they had professed attachment, and perhaps supposed that Jesus was their friend. In thy presence - With…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-30Verses 23-30 Our Saviour came to guide men's consciences, not to gratify their curiosity. Ask not, How many shall be saved? But, Shall I be one of them? Not, What shall become of such and such? But, What shall I do, and what will become of me? Strive to enter in at the strait gate. This is directed to each of us; it is, Strive ye. All that will be saved, must enter in at the strait gate, must undergo a change of the whole man. Those that would enter in…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 26-2726-27. See on the similar passage (Mt 7:22, 23). eaten and drunk, &c.--We have sat with Thee at the same table. (See on Mt 7:22). taught in our streets--Do we not remember listening in our own streets to Thy teaching? Surely we are not to be denied admittance?Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 13:26

• Formalism
• Hypocrisy
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Judgment
• Opportunity
• Reprobacy
• Self-Delusion

In the dictionaries

• Bind
• Nay
• Repent
• Eschatology of the New Testament
• Jesus Christ
• Luke, the Gospel of
• Mark, the Gospel According to
• Martha

Commentaries on Luke 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings