To carry inward (literally or figuratively)
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G1533 is a Greek verb for bringing or carrying someone or something into a place, situation, or sphere. Luke 5:18 shows friends trying to bring a paralyzed man inside and set him before Jesus; when the crowd blocks access, their care becomes practical and persistent.
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G1533 is a Greek verb for bringing or carrying someone or something into a place, situation, or sphere. Luke 5:18 shows friends trying to bring a paralyzed man inside and set him before Jesus; when the crowd blocks access, their care becomes practical and persistent.
The BSB source-word alignment has 8 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include lead (2), - (1), are brought (1), brings (1), to bring him inside (1).
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 6:13. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (4), 1 Timothy (1), Acts (1), Hebrews (1).
G1533 is a Greek verb for bringing or carrying someone or something into a place, situation, or sphere. Luke 5:18 shows friends trying to bring a paralyzed man inside and set him before Jesus; when the crowd blocks access, their care becomes practical and persistent. In the Lord's Prayer, Matthew 6:13 asks God not to lead His people into temptation but to deliver them from the evil one, so entry into a testing situation becomes a matter of dependence rather than self-confidence.
Luke 12:11 anticipates disciples being brought before synagogues, rulers, and authorities and promises the Spirit's timely help. Other uses concern ideas brought to an audience, sacrificial blood carried into the Holy Place, and the fact that humans bring nothing into the world. G1533 opens access, advocacy, testing, custody, worship, and mortality without assigning one moral value to every act of bringing in.
G1533 describes movement inward, whether people are carried into a room, defendants are brought before authorities, concepts reach listeners, blood enters a sacred place, or a person is led into testing. Agent, destination, purpose, and consent determine the force of the movement.
Just then some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. They tried to bring him inside to set him before Jesus,
Friends carry a paralyzed man toward Jesus and seek a real path through an inaccessible crowd.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’
Jesus teaches disciples to pray for God's guidance and deliverance when temptation threatens to engulf them.
When you are brought before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say.
Disciples brought before religious and civil authorities receive assurance of the Spirit's timely instruction.
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Greek word. Brings someone or something into a space or situation, often implying a formal or consequential entry.
Brings someone or something into a space or situation, often implying a formal or consequential entry.
to bring in, into: with accusative of person(s), Luk.5:18-19; before εἰς, Mat.6:13, Luk.11:4; ἐπί, Luk.12:11; with accusative of thing(s), before εἰς, 1Ti.6:7; pass., Heb.13:11.
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
7 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
I lead into, bring in
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Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
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How this verb appears across 8 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
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G1533 places attention on thresholds. The friends in Luke 5 do more than feel concern: they carry a man, encounter an obstructing crowd, and find another route into Jesus' presence. Their action invites churches to notice stairs, transportation, communication barriers, cost, and the dignity of receiving help. Matthew 6 addresses another threshold, the movement into temptation.
Prayer asks for divine guidance and rescue while disciples also practice watchfulness, honesty, and distance from known patterns of harm. Luke 12 then describes people brought before authorities against their preference. Jesus does not call oppressive custody good, yet He assures vulnerable witnesses that God is present and the Spirit can supply what is needed.
These scenes should not be collapsed into a promise that every barrier will disappear. Some people need advocacy to enter; others need protection from being forced into a room, relationship, interrogation, or spiritual demand. Faithful ministry asks whether access is real, whether consent is honored, and whether the destination serves life, truth, and worship.
Luke.5.18
G1533 joins a preposition of inward movement to a common carrying verb. It can take a person or thing as its object and may name a destination, allowing literal transport, formal appearance, and figurative entry into testing.
Old Testament narratives repeatedly ask who may enter sacred, royal, or communal space and how the vulnerable gain access. The New Testament locates welcome in Christ, teaches prayer amid testing, and promises God's presence when witnesses are compelled to appear before authorities.