Chapter 4

Update:  2024.06.22

Mat. 4:9 (LIT/UBS4) And (kai) he enunciated (eipen) to him (autō), "All (panta) of these (tauta) [kingdoms of the cosmos, v8, RE] I shall give (dōsō) to you (soi), if perhaps (ean) falling⁴⁰⁹⁸ (pesōn) you may bow to⁴³⁵² (proskunēsēs) me (moi).”

Mat. 4:10 (LIT/UBS4) Then (tote) the (ho) Jesus (Iēsous) says (legei) to him (autō), "Get underway (hupage) Satan (Satana)!

Because (gar) it has been written (gegraptai), ‘You shall bow to⁴³⁵² (proskunēseis) [the] Lord (kurion, YHWH), the (ton) God (theon, elōhîm) of you (sou), and (kai) to him (autō) alone (monō) you shall serve (latreuseis).’"

(See Deut. 6:13, 11:3-4; 1 Sam. 7:3)

Mat. 4:11 (LIT/UBS4) Then (tote) the (ho) diabolical (diabolos) [Satan, v10, RE] let go (aphiēsin) of him (auton). 

And (kai) behold (idou), messengers (angeloi) came to (prosēlthon) [him, ER] and (kai) were ministering (diēkonoun) to him (autō)!

Mat. 4:12 (LIT/UBS4) But (de) [the Jesus, v10, RE] having heard (akousas) that (hoti) John (Iōannēs) was passed aside (paredothē), he made up room⁴⁰² (anechōrēsen) into (eis) the (tēn) Galilee (Galilaian).

Mat. 4:13 (LIT/UBS4) And (kai) having left (katalipōn) the (tēn) Nazareth (Nazara), he homed-down (katōkēsen) into (eis)  Capernaum (Kapharnaoum), the (tēn) [Capernaum, RE] alongside the sea (parathalassian), in (en) [the] boundaries (horiois) of Zabulun (Zaboulōn) and (kai) Nephthalim (Nephthalim);

Mat. 4:14 (LIT/UBS4) in order that (hina) the (to) [Word, AE] having been stated (rhēthen) through (dia) the (tou) prophet (prophētou) Isaiah (Hsaiou) may be fulfilled (plērōthē), saying (legontos),

Mat. 4:15 (LIT/UBS4) "Land (gē) of Zabulun (Zaboulōn), and (kai) land (gē) of Nephthalim (Nephthalim), way (hodon) of [the] sea (thalassēs), [on the, AE] other side (peran) of the (tou) Jordan (Iordanou), Galilee (Galilaia) of the (tōn) ethnic groups (ethnōn),

Mat. 4:16 (LIT/UBS4) the (ho) people (laos), the (ho) [people, RE] being caused to sit down (kathēmenos) in (en) darkness (skotei), saw (eiden) [a] great (mega) light (phōs).

And (kai) for the (tois) [people, RE] causing themselves to sit down (kathēmenois) in (en) [the] region (chōra) and (kai) shadow (skia) of death (thanatou), [the] light (phōs) rose up (aneteilen) for them (autois)."

(For Jesus Christ being prophesied as a great light coming, the one who would shed light on the knowledge of God’s Word for a people being caused to sit down in darkness, see Isa. 9:1-2, 49:1-6; Mat. 4:12-16, 10:26-27; Mark 4:21-23; Luke 1:76-79, 2:25-32, 8:16-17, 11:33, 12:1-3; John 1:1-14, 3:1-21, 8:12, 9:5, 11:9-10, 12:34-36, 41-46; Acts 13:46-47, 26:22-23; 2 Cor. 4:1-6; Eph. 5:8, 13, 14; Col. 1:12; 1 Thes. 5:5; 1 Pet. 2:9; 2 Pet. 1:19; 1 John 2:8-10.)

Mat. 4:17 (LIT/UBS4) From (apo) then (tote) the (ho) Jesus (Iēosous) caused himself to start (ērxato) to preach (kērussein), and (kai) to say (legein), “Repent (metanoeite), because (gar) the (hē) Kingdom⁹³² (basileia) of the (tōn) Heavens (ouranōn) has come near¹⁴⁴⁸ (ēngiken).”

Simon (Simōna), the one (ton) being said (legomenon) [to be] Peter (Petron), and (kai) Andrew (Andrean) the (ton) brother (adelphon) of him (autou), were throwing (ballontas) [a] throw-around net²⁹³ (amphiblēstron) into (eis) the (tēn) sea (thalassan), because (gar) they were being (ēsan) fishermen (halieis).

Mat. 4:19 (LIT/UBS4) And (kai) he says (legei) to them (autois), “[Come, vMat. 16:24; Luke 9:23; etc., RE] behind (opisō) me (mou), and (kai) I shall make (poiēsō) you (humas) fishermen (halieis) of mortals (anthrōpōn).”

Mat. 4:20 (LIT/UBS4) But (de) the (hoi) [Peter and Andrew, v18, RE] straightaway (eutheōs) having let go (aphentes) of the (ta) nets (diktua), they followed (ēkolouthēsan) him (autō).

Mat. 4:21 (LIT/UBS4) And (kai) [the Jesus, v17, RE] having progressed (probas) from there (ekeithen), he saw (eiden) two (duo) others (allous) [being] brothers (adelphous);

James (Iakōbon), the (ton) [James, RE] of the (tou) Zebedee (Zebedaiou), and (kai) John (Iōannēn) the (ton) brother (adelphon) of him (autou), in (en) the (tō) ship (ploiō) with (meta) Zebedee (Zebedaiou) the (tou) father (patros) of them (autōn).

They were making fit (katartizontas) the (ta) nets (diktua) of them (autōn).

And (kai) he called them aloud (ekalesen autous).

Mat. 4:22 (LIT/UBS4) But (de) the (hoi) [brothers, v21, RE] straightaway (eutheōs) having let go (aphentes) of the (to) ship (ploion), and (kai) the (ton) father (patera) of them (autōn), they followed (ēkolouthēsan) him (autō).

Mat. 4:23 (LIT/UBS4) And (kai) he was going around (periēgen) in (en) the (tēn) whole (holēn) of Galilee (Galilaia) teaching (didaskōn) in (en) the (tais) synagogues (sunagōgais) of them (autōn), and (kai) preaching (kērussōn) the (to) Evangelism (euangelion) of the (tēs) Kingdom⁹³² (basileias), and (kai) giving therapy (therapeuōn) for every (pasan) sickness (noson) and (kai) every (pasan) malady (malakian) among (en) the (tō) people (laō).