Matthew · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Matthew 14 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Κατ' εκείνον τον καιρόν ήκουσεν Ηρώδης ο τετράρχης την φήμην του Ιησού
1 At that time, Herod the tetrarch heard the report concerning Jesus,
2 και είπε προς τους δούλους αυτού· Ούτος είναι Ιωάννης ο Βαπτιστής· αυτός ηγέρθη από των νεκρών, και διά τούτο ενεργούσιν αι δυνάμεις εν αυτώ.
2 and said to his servants, “This is John the Baptizer. He is risen from the dead. That is why these powers work in him.”
3 Διότι ο Ηρώδης συλλαβών τον Ιωάννην έδεσεν αυτόν και έβαλεν εν φυλακή διά Ηρωδιάδα την γυναίκα Φιλίππου του αδελφού αυτού.
3 For Herod had arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife.
4 Διότι έλεγε προς αυτόν ο Ιωάννης· Δεν σοι είναι συγκεχωρημένον να έχης αυτήν.
4 For John said to him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”
5 Και θέλων να θανατώση αυτόν εφοβήθη τον όχλον, διότι είχον αυτόν ως προφήτην.
5 When he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
6 Ότε δε ετελούντο τα γενέθλια του Ηρώδου, εχόρευσεν η θυγάτηρ της Ηρωδιάδος εν τω μέσω και ήρεσεν εις τον Ηρώδην·
6 But when Herod’s birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced among them and pleased Herod.
7 όθεν μεθ' όρκου ώμολόγησεν εις αυτήν να δώση ό,τι αν ζητήση.
7 Therefore he promised with an oath to give her whatever she should ask.
8 Η δε, παρακινηθείσα υπό της μητρός αυτής, Δος μοι, λέγει, εδώ επί πίνακι την κεφαλήν Ιωάννου του Βαπτιστού.
8 She, being prompted by her mother, said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptizer.”
9 Και ελυπήθη ο βασιλεύς, διά τους όρκους όμως και τους συγκαθημένους προσέταξε να δοθή,
9 The king was grieved, but for the sake of his oaths and of those who sat at the table with him, he commanded it to be given,
10 και πέμψας απεκεφάλισε τον Ιωάννην εν τη φυλακή.
10 and he sent and beheaded John in the prison.
11 Και εφέρθη η κεφαλή αυτού επί πίνακι και εδόθη εις το κοράσιον, και έφερεν αυτήν προς την μητέρα αυτής.
11 His head was brought on a platter and given to the young lady; and she brought it to her mother.
12 Και προσελθόντες οι μαθηταί αυτού εσήκωσαν το σώμα και έθαψαν αυτό, και ελθόντες απήγγειλαν τούτο εις τον Ιησούν.
12 His disciples came, took the body, and buried it. Then they went and told Jesus.
13 Και ακούσας ο Ιησούς ανεχώρησεν εκείθεν εν πλοίω εις έρημον τόπον κατ' ιδίαν· και ακούσαντες οι όχλοι ηκολούθησαν αυτόν πεζοί από των πόλεων.
13 Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a deserted place apart. When the multitudes heard it, they followed him on foot from the cities.
14 Και ότε ο Ιησούς, είδε πολύν όχλον και εσπλαγχνίσθη δι' αυτούς και εθεράπευσε τους αρρώστους αυτών.
14 Jesus went out, and he saw a great multitude. He had compassion on them and healed their sick.
15 Ότε δε έγεινεν εσπέρα, προσήλθον προς αυτόν οι μαθηταί αυτού, λέγοντες· Έρημος είναι ο τόπος και η ώρα ήδη παρήλθεν· απόλυσον τους όχλους, διά να υπάγωσιν εις τας κώμας και αγοράσωσιν εις εαυτούς τροφάς.
15 When evening had come, his disciples came to him, saying, “This place is deserted, and the hour is already late. Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves food.”
16 Ο δε Ιησούς είπε προς αυτούς· Δεν έχουσι χρείαν να υπάγωσι· δότε εις αυτούς σεις να φάγωσιν.
16 But Jesus said to them, “They don’t need to go away. You give them something to eat.”
17 Οι δε λέγουσι προς αυτόν· Δεν έχομεν εδώ ειμή πέντε άρτους και δύο οψάρια.
17 They told him, “We only have here five loaves and two fish.”
18 Ο δε είπε· Φέρετέ μοι αυτά εδώ.
18 He said, “Bring them here to me.”
19 Και προστάξας τους όχλους να καθήσωσιν επί τα χόρτα, και λαβών τους πέντε άρτους και τα δύο οψάρια, αναβλέψας εις τον ουρανόν ευλόγησε, και κόψας έδωκεν εις τους μαθητάς τους άρτους, οι δε μαθηταί εις τους όχλους.
19 He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass; and he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, broke and gave the loaves to the disciples; and the disciples gave to the multitudes.
20 Και έφαγον πάντες και εχορτάσθησαν, και εσήκωσαν το περίσσευμα των κλασμάτων, δώδεκα κοφίνους πλήρεις.
20 They all ate and were filled. They took up twelve baskets full of that which remained left over from the broken pieces.
21 οι δε τρώγοντες ήσαν έως πεντακισχίλιοι άνδρες, εκτός γυναικών και παιδίων.
21 Those who ate were about five thousand men, in addition to women and children.
22 Και ευθύς ηνάγκασεν ο Ιησούς τους μαθητάς αυτού να εμβώσιν εις το πλοίον και να υπάγωσι προ αυτού εις το πέραν, εωσού απολύση τους όχλους.
22 Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.
23 Και αφού απέλυσε τους όχλους, ανέβη εις το όρος κατ' ιδίαν διά να προσευχηθή. Και ότε έγεινεν εσπέρα, ήτο μόνος εκεί.
23 After he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into the mountain by himself to pray. When evening had come, he was there alone.
24 Το δε πλοίον ήτο ήδη εν τω μέσω της θαλάσσης, βασανιζόμενον υπό των κυμάτων· διότι ήτο εναντίος ο άνεμος.
24 But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, distressed by the waves, for the wind was contrary.
25 Εν δε τη τετάρτη φυλακή της νυκτός υπήγε προς αυτούς ο Ιησούς, περιπατών επί την θάλασσαν.
25 In the fourth watch of the night, Jesus came to them, walking on the sea.
26 Και ιδόντες αυτόν οι μαθηταί επί την θάλασσαν περιπατούντα, εταράχθησαν, λέγοντες ότι φάντασμα είναι, και από του φόβου έκραξαν.
26 When the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, “It’s a ghost!” and they cried out for fear.
27 Ευθύς δε ελάλησε προς αυτούς ο Ιησούς λέγων· Θαρσείτε, εγώ είμαι· μη φοβείσθε.
27 But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Cheer up! It is I! Don’t be afraid.”
28 Αποκριθείς δε προς αυτόν ο Πέτρος είπε· Κύριε, εάν ήσαι συ, πρόσταξόν με να έλθω προς σε επί τα ύδατα.
28 Peter answered him and said, “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the waters.”
29 Ο δε είπεν, Ελθέ. Και καταβάς από του πλοίου ο Πέτρος περιεπάτησεν επί τα ύδατα, διά να έλθη προς τον Ιησούν.
29 He said, “Come!” Peter stepped down from the boat and walked on the waters to come to Jesus.
30 Βλέπων όμως τον άνεμον δυνατόν εφοβήθη, και αρχίσας να καταποντίζηται, έκραξε λέγων· Κύριε, σώσον με.
30 But when he saw that the wind was strong, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!”
31 Και ευθύς ο Ιησούς εκτείνας την χείρα επίασεν αυτόν και λέγει προς αυτόν· Ολιγόπιστε, εις τι εδίστασας;
31 Immediately Jesus stretched out his hand, took hold of him, and said to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?”
32 Και αφού εισήλθον εις το πλοίον, έπαυσεν ο άνεμος·
32 When they got up into the boat, the wind ceased.
33 οι δε εν τω πλοίω ελθόντες προσεκύνησαν αυτόν, λέγοντες· Αληθώς Θεού Υιός είσαι.
33 Those who were in the boat came and worshiped him, saying, “You are truly the Son of God!”
34 Και διαπεράσαντες ήλθον εις την γην Γεννησαρέτ.
34 When they had crossed over, they came to the land of Gennesaret.
35 Και γνωρίσαντες αυτόν οι άνθρωποι του τόπου εκείνου, απέστειλαν εις όλην την περίχωρον εκείνην και έφεραν προς αυτόν πάντας τους πάσχοντας,
35 When the people of that place recognized him, they sent into all that surrounding region and brought to him all who were sick;
36 και παρεκάλουν αυτόν να εγγίσωσι μόνον το άκρον του ιματίου αυτού· και όσοι ήγγισαν ιατρεύθησαν.
36 and they begged him that they might just touch the fringe of his garment. As many as touched it were made whole.
People & places in this chapter
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Herod Antipas
Herod, tetrarch of Galilee, who had John the Baptist arrested over Herodias, his brother's wife whom he had married, and had him beheaded, and before whom Jesus appeared.
Cited in the guide: Matthew 14:1; Matthew 14:3; Mark 6:17
Herodias
Previously the wife of Herod's brother Philip, whom Herod married, and for whom John the Baptist rebuked him; she bore a grudge against John and sought his death.
Cited in the guide: Matthew 14:3; Mark 6:17; Mark 6:19
John the Baptist
Son of Zechariah, who preached in the wilderness and baptized in the Jordan, pointed to Jesus as the Lamb of God, rebuked Herod over Herodias and was imprisoned and beheaded.
Cited in the guide: Matthew 3:1; Matthew 14:3; Luke 1:13
Cross references (35)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Luke 3:1; Mark 8:15; Mark 6:14–29; Luke 9:7–9; Acts 4:27
- 2 John 10:41; Matthew 16:14; Mark 8:28; Matthew 11:11
- 3 Mark 6:17; Luke 3:19–20; Matthew 4:12; Mark 6:19; Matthew 11:2
- 4 Leviticus 20:21; Leviticus 18:16; Mark 6:18; Proverbs 28:1; Deuteronomy 25:5–6
- 5 Matthew 21:32; Matthew 11:9; Matthew 21:26; Mark 14:1–2; Mark 6:19–20
- 6 Mark 6:21–23; Hosea 1:5–6; Genesis 40:20; Matthew 22:24; Esther 1:2–12
- 7 Esther 5:6; Esther 5:3; Esther 7:2
- 8 Proverbs 29:10; Mark 6:24; 1 Kings 18:13; 2 Chronicles 22:2–3; 2 Kings 11:1
- 9 John 19:12–16; Mark 6:14; Mark 6:26; Ecclesiastes 5:2; Daniel 6:14–16
- 10 Revelation 11:7; Luke 9:9; Matthew 17:12; Mark 6:27–29; Jeremiah 2:30
- 11 Revelation 16:6; Revelation 17:6; Jeremiah 22:17; Ezekiel 19:2–3; Ezekiel 16:3–4
- 12 Acts 8:2; Matthew 27:58–61
- 13 Luke 9:10–17; Matthew 14:1–2; Mark 6:30–44; John 6:1–15; Matthew 12:15
- 14 Hebrews 4:15; Matthew 9:36; Hebrews 2:17; Matthew 15:32–39; John 11:33–35
- 15 Matthew 15:23; Mark 8:3; Mark 6:35–36; Luke 9:12
- 16 2 Kings 4:42–44; 2 Corinthians 8:2–3; Ecclesiastes 11:2; John 13:29; Proverbs 11:24
- 17 John 6:5–9; Matthew 15:33–34; Mark 6:37–38; Luke 9:13; Mark 8:4–5
- 19 Mark 8:6–7; 1 Samuel 9:13; Luke 24:30; 1 Timothy 4:4–5; Mark 6:41
- 20 Exodus 16:12; 1 Kings 17:12–16; Mark 6:42–44; Matthew 16:8–10; Exodus 16:8
- 21 Philippians 4:19; 2 Corinthians 9:8–11; Acts 4:4; John 6:10; Acts 4:34
- 22 Mark 6:45–51; John 6:15–21; Matthew 15:39
- 23 Luke 6:12; Mark 6:46; Matthew 26:36; John 6:15–17; Matthew 6:6
- 24 Mark 6:48; John 6:18; Matthew 8:24; Isaiah 54:11
- 25 Job 9:8; John 6:19; Mark 6:48; Psalm 104:3; Matthew 24:43
- 26 Revelation 1:17; Luke 1:11–12; Mark 6:49–50; Daniel 10:6–12; Job 4:14–16
- 27 John 16:33; Revelation 1:17–18; Acts 23:11; Isaiah 41:10; Isaiah 41:4
- 28 John 6:68; Romans 12:3; Matthew 26:33–35; John 13:36–38; Matthew 19:27
- 29 Philippians 4:13; Mark 9:23; Acts 3:16; Luke 17:6; Mark 11:22–23
- 30 Lamentations 3:54–57; 2 Timothy 4:16–17; Mark 14:38; Matthew 8:24–25; Jonah 2:2–7
- 31 James 1:6–8; Psalm 138:7; Genesis 22:14; Matthew 8:26; Matthew 17:20
- 32 Psalm 107:29–30; Mark 4:41; Mark 6:51; John 6:21
- 33 Psalm 2:7; John 11:27; Romans 1:4; John 1:49; Mark 1:1
- 34 Mark 6:53–56; Luke 5:1; John 6:24–25
- 35 Matthew 4:24–25; Mark 2:1–12; Mark 3:8–10; Mark 6:55; Mark 1:28–34
- 36 Luke 6:19; Acts 19:11–12; Matthew 9:20–21; Acts 3:16; Mark 3:10
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
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