Focused Passage

Luke 6:12-16

The Lord of the Sabbath Forms a Kingdom People

Luke moves from Sabbath controversy to apostolic formation, from healing power to kingdom teaching, and from blessing and enemy-love to the demand for obedient foundations under Jesus' word.

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12In those days Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God.

13When daylight came, He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also designated as apostles:

14Simon, whom He named Peter, and his brother Andrew; James and John; Philip and Bartholomew;

15Matthew and Thomas; James son of Alphaeus and Simon called the Zealot;

16Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

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Verse 12

Original words

-δὲG1161Conjunction-ἘγένετοG1096Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person SingularInἐνG1722PrepositionthoseταύταιςG3778Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Feminine Plural-ταῖςG3588Article - Dative Feminine PluraldaysἡμέραιςG2250Noun - Dative Feminine PluralvvvαὐτὸνG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular[Jesus] went outἐξελθεῖνG1831Verb - Aorist Infinitive ActivetoεἰςG1519PrepositiontheτὸG3588Article - Accusative Neuter SingularmountainὄροςG3735Noun - Accusative Neuter Singularto prayπροσεύξασθαιG4336Verb - Aorist Infinitive MiddleandκαὶG2532ConjunctionvvvἦνG1510Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularHe spent the nightδιανυκτερεύωνG1273Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingularinἐνG1722Preposition-τῇG3588Article - Dative Feminine SingularprayerπροσευχῇG4335Noun - Dative Feminine Singular-τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine Singularto GodΘεοῦG2316Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Verse 13

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-καὶG2532ConjunctionWhenὅτεG3753AdverbdaylightἡμέραG2250Noun - Nominative Feminine SingularcameἐγένετοG1096Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person SingularHe calledπροσεφώνησενG4377Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularHisαὐτοῦG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular-τοὺςG3588Article - Accusative Masculine Pluraldisciples {to Him}μαθητὰςG3101Noun - Accusative Masculine PluralandκαὶG2532ConjunctionchoseἐκλεξάμενοςG1586Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine SingulartwelveδώδεκαG1427Adjective - Accusative Masculine Pluralofἀπ’G575PrepositionthemαὐτῶνG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person PluralwhomοὓςG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Plural-καὶG2532ConjunctionHe also designated asὠνόμασενG3687Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularapostlesἀποστόλουςG652Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Verse 14

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SimonΣίμωναG4613Noun - Accusative Masculine SingularwhomὃνG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular-καὶG2532ConjunctionHe namedὠνόμασενG3687Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularPeterΠέτρονG4074Noun - Accusative Masculine SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctionhisαὐτοῦG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular-τὸνG3588Article - Accusative Masculine SingularbrotherἀδελφὸνG80Noun - Accusative Masculine SingularAndrewἈνδρέανG406Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular-καὶG2532ConjunctionJamesἸάκωβονG2385Noun - Accusative Masculine SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctionJohnἸωάννηνG2491Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular-καὶG2532ConjunctionPhilipΦίλιππονG5376Noun - Accusative Masculine SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctionBartholomewΒαρθολομαῖονG918Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Verse 15

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-καὶG2532ConjunctionMatthewΜαθθαῖονG3156Noun - Accusative Masculine SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctionThomasΘωμᾶνG2381Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular-καὶG2532ConjunctionJamesἸάκωβονG2385Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular[son of] AlphaeusἉλφαίουG256Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctionSimonΣίμωναG4613Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular-τὸνG3588Article - Accusative Masculine SingularcalledκαλούμενονG2564Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine Singular[the] ZealotΖηλωτὴνG2207Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Verse 16

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-καὶG2532ConjunctionJudas [son]ἸούδανG2455Noun - Accusative Masculine Singularof JamesἸακώβουG2385Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctionJudasἸούδανG2455Noun - Accusative Masculine SingularIscariotἸσκαριὼθG2469Noun - Accusative Masculine SingularwhoὃςG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine SingularbecameἐγένετοG1096Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular[a] traitorπροδότηςG4273Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular

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