Thursday, May 05, 2022

Sorrowful Mysteries Scriptures Annotated


This translation is from the New Jerusalem Bible. The bolded hyperlinks will take you to additional translations.

 

Information about the meaning the original Hebrew or Greek of what seem to be key words is provided in blue.  It is provided beneath the specific reading the words are in. 

 

 

Matthew 26:36-39

Then Jesus came with them to a plot of land called Gethsemane; and he said to his disciples, 'Stay here while I go over there to pray.' 37He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee with him. And he began to feel sadness and anguish. 38Then he said to them, 'My soul is sorrowful to the point of death. Wait here and stay awake with me.' 39And going on a little further he fell on his face and prayed. 'My Father,' he said, 'if it is possible, let this cup pass me by. Nevertheless, let it be as you, not I, would have it.'

 

Gethsemane = Γεθσημαν = gethsēmani  Blue Letter Bible  an oil press

pray = προσεχομαι = proseuchomai  Blue Letter Bible  supplicate; worship; pray earnestly for, make prayer;   Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon offer prayers, worship or vows

sadness = λυπω = lypeō  Blue Letter Bible to be grieved, to be made sorry, to be sorry, sorrowful; to distress;  to make sorrowful; to affect with sadness, cause grief, to throw into sorrow; to grieve, offend; to make one uneasy, cause him a scruple; be in heaviness;  Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   grieve, vex, whether in body or mind; cause pain or grief;  feel pain

 

anguish = δημονω = adēmoneō  Blue Letter Bible heavy, heaviness; to be much troubled; great distress or anguish, depressed; uncomfortable, as not at home; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   to be sorely troubled or dismayed, be in anguish;  

said = λγω = legō   Blue Letter Bible  to say, to ask; commanding, or bidding; to call, to call by name; pronouncing, telling or relating; to gather, reckon, account; to tell;  affirm over, maintain; to exhort, advise, to command, direct; to call by name, to call, name; to "lay" forth; to asseverate, affirm, aver, maintain; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon  to say, speak; declare; to tell one to do; to speak to the point or purpose; to speak (emphatically)

 

soul =ψυχή = psyche Blue Letter Bible the seat of personality; the breath of life; the vital force which animates the body; the seat of the feelings, desires, affections, aversions;  Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon  life; the conscious self or personality as centre of emotions, desires, and affections; various aspects of the self; Psyche

 

sorrowful = περλυπος = perilypos  Blue Letter Bible very sad, deeply grieved; exceeding sorry; exceedingly sorrowful; intensely sad; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   very sad, deeply grieved

 

fell down = ππτω = piptō  Blue Letter Bible to fall; losing its authority or ceasing to have force; to reduce to inactivity; to faint; to "fall" down from; to descend from a higher place to a lower; overcome by terror or astonishment; used of suppliants and persons rendering homage or worship to one; to lose authority, no longer have force; to be thrust down; to be cast down from a state of prosperityHenry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon  fall down, and (when intentional) cast oneself down; throw oneself down, fall down; sink

 

prayed—see “pray” above

 

Father = πατρ = patēr  Blue Letter Bible  from a root signifying "a nourisher, protector, upholder"; the originator and transmitter of anything; one who stands in a father's place and looks after another in a paternal way; creator, preserver, guardian and protector; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   respectful mode of addressing persons older than oneself; father, author

 

pass = παρρχομαι = parerchomai  Blue Letter Bible  to go past, pass by; to pass by (pass over), i. e. to neglect, omit; to be led by, to be carried past, be averted; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   pass by; pass over, omit

 

would have it = θλω = thelō  Blue Letter Bible   to will, to wish; to design to do anything; desire; have in mind, intend; to be resolved or determined, to purpose

 

 

Matthew 27:26

Then he released Barabbas for them. After having Jesus scourged he handed him over to be crucified. 

 

scourged = φραγελλω = phragelloō  Blue Letter Bible  Under the Roman method of "scourging," the person was stripped and tied in a bending posture to a pillar, or stretched on a frame. The "scourge" was made of leather thongs, weighted with sharp pieces of bone or lead, which tore the flesh of both the back and the breast; to whip, i.e. lash as a public punishment

 

crucified = σταυρω = stauroō  Blue Letter Bible  to stake, drive down stakes; to impale on the cross; destroy power utterly; to extinguish; hang;  Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   destroy its power

 

 

Matthew 27:27-29

Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus with them into the Praetorium and collected the whole cohort round him. 28And they stripped him and put a scarlet cloak round him, 29and having twisted some thorns into a crown they put this on his head and placed a reed in his right hand. To make fun of him they knelt to him saying, 'Hail, king of the Jews!' 

 

stripped = κδω = ekdyō  Blue Letter Bible to take off; to strip one of his garments; unclothe; divest; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   take off, strip off

 

thorns = κανθα = akantha  Blue Letter Bible  a brier, a thorn; a thorny plant; bramble; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   thorn, prickle; any thorny or prickly plant 

 

put = πιτθημι = epitithēmi  Blue Letter Bible  to put or lay upon; to add to; to attack one, to make an assault on one; to impose; wound; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   lay, put or place upon; impose, inflict; make an attempt upon, attack

 

made fun of = μπαζω = empaizō  Blue Letter Bible  to play with, trifle with; to mock; to delude, deceive;  to jeer at, i.e. deride; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   mock at, mock; to be deluded, defrauded

 


Mark 15:21-22

They enlisted a passer-by, Simon of Cyrene, father of Alexander and Rufus, who was coming in from the country, to carry his cross. 22They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha, which means the place of the skull.

 

enlisted = γγαρεω = angareuō  Blue Letter Bible   to impress into service, compel; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   press one to serve; to be constrained

 

carry = αρω = airō  Blue Letter Bible  to raise up, to lift, to take upon oneself and carry what has been raised; hoisting up; lift; draw up; to bear; to raise from the ground; to bear away what has been raised, carry off; to take up or away; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon  to take up, raise, lift up; to bear, sustain; to lift and take away, to remove; to take upon oneself, undergo, carry, bear

 

cross = σταυρς = stauros  Blue Letter Bible  an upright pale or stake; an upright "stake", esp. a pointed one, used as such in fences or palisades;  instrument of most cruel and ignominious punishment, borrowed by the Greeks and Romans from the Phoenicians; to it were affixed among the Romans, down to the time of Constantine the Great, the guiltiest criminals, particularly the basest slaves, robbers, the authors and abettors of insurrections; judicial usage [] compelled those condemned to crucifixion themselves to carry the cross to the place of punishment;  Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   upright pale or stake; pale for impaling a corpse

 


 

Luke 23:33-46

When they reached the place called The Skull, there they crucified him and the two criminals, one on his right, the other on his left. 34Jesus said, 'Father, forgive them; they do not know what they are doing.' Then they cast lots to share out his clothing.

 

35The people stayed there watching. As for the leaders, they jeered at him with the words, 'He saved others, let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.' 36The soldiers mocked him too, coming up to him, offering him vinegar, 37and saying, 'If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.' 38Above him there was an inscription: 'This is the King of the Jews'.

 

39One of the criminals hanging there abused him: 'Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us as well.' 40But the other spoke up and rebuked him. 'Have you no fear of God at all?' he said. 'You got the same sentence as he did, 41but in our case we deserved it: we are paying for what we did. But this man has done nothing wrong.' 42Then he said, 'Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.' 43He answered him, 'In truth I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.'

 

44It was now about the sixth hour and the sun's light failed, so that darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour. 45The veil of the Sanctuary was torn right down the middle. 46Jesus cried out in a loud voice saying, 'Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.' With these words he breathed his last.

 

crucified = σταυρω = stauroō  Blue Letter Bible  to stake, drive down stakes; to impale on the cross; to hang; metaphorically: to destroy its power utterly, the nature of the figure implying that the destruction is attended with intense pain and results in complete severance of relationship

 

criminals = κακοργος = kakourgos  Blue Letter Bible  malefactor; evil-worker;  Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   malefactor, criminal in the eye of the law; technically, thief, robber; harmful, doing ill, mischievous, knavish 


said = λγω = legō   Blue Letter Bible  to say, to ask; commanding, or bidding; to call, to call by name; pronouncing, telling or relating; to gather, reckon, account; to tell;  affirm over, maintain; to exhort, advise, to command, direct; to call by name, to call, name; to "lay" forth; to asseverate, affirm, aver, maintain; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon  to say, speak; declare; to tell one to do; to speak to the point or purpose; to speak (emphatically)


Father = πατρ = patēr  Blue Letter Bible  from a root signifying "a nourisher, protector, upholder"; the originator and transmitter of anything; one who stands in a father's place and looks after another in a paternal way; creator, preserver, guardian and protector; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   respectful mode of addressing persons older than oneself; father, author

 

forgive = φημι = aphiēmi  Blue Letter Bible  set free; to remit or forgive; the remission of the punishment due to sinful conduct, the deliverance of the sinner from the penalty; the complete removal of the cause of offense; to let go, let alone, let be; to leave, not to discuss now (a topic); Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon send forth, discharge; let fall from one's grasp; give up or hand over to; send away; let go, loose, set free; release; dissolve, disband; put away, divorce; get rid of; leave alone, pass by, neglect; suffer, permit; give up doing; send forth from oneself; loose something of one's own from; let go of

 

realize = εδω = eidō   Blue Letter Bible  to know by perception; to have knowledge of, get knowledge of, understand, perceive; be aware, behold; to have regard for one, cherish, pay attention to; to perceive, notice, discern, discover; to be skilled in; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon    to know; be assured; know how to do; versed in; cunning in

clothing = μτιον = himation  Blue Letter Bible  a robe; used especially of an outer cloak or mantle, and in general of raiment, apparel; a garment (of any sort); the upper garment, the cloak or mantle; raiment, robe;  Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   a piece of dress; in usage always of an outer garment, formed by an oblong piece of cloth;  generally, clothes


watching = θεωρω = theōreō  Blue Letter Bible  looking at a thing with interest and for a purpose, usually indicating the careful observation of details; considering; gaze at; careful perusal of details; to view attentively, take a view of, survey; to view mentally, consider; to perceive with the eyes, to enjoy the presence of one; to discern, descry;  to ascertain, find out by seeing;  Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   look at, behold; inspect, review; gaze, gape; contemplate, consider;  compare one thing with another; speculate, theorize; conclude by observation

 

leaders = ρχων = archon  Blue Letter Bible  chief, chiefest, chiefly; authority, a magistrate, acting in the capacity of one who received complaints, and possessing higher authority than the judge, to whom the "magistrate" remits the case; prince; a ruler, commander, leader; one who by nobility of birth, learning and wisdom, power and authority, wields the greatest influence; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon  ruler, commander, chief, king; chief magistrate; governor, official


jeered = κμυκτηρζω = ekmyktērizō  Blue Letter Bible  to hold up the nose in derision at; mock, scoff, deride; sneer outright at;  Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   hold in derision, mock at 

 

saved, save = σζω = sōzō   Blue Letter Bible  To heal, make whole; to save, keep safe and sound, to rescue from danger or destruction; to preserve one who is in danger of destruction, to save or rescue; preserve; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon to save, keep; to save from death, keep alive, preserve; to keep safe; to keep in mind, remember; to carry off safe, rescue from danger 

 

Christ = Χριστς = Christos  Blue Letter Bible   Anointed; the Messiah, the Son of God; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   anointed; to be rubbed on, used as ointment or salve

 

Chosen = κλεκτς = eklektos Blue Letter Bible  select, picked out; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon  picked out, select

 

mocked = μπαζω = empaizō  Blue Letter Bible  to play with, trifle with; to mock; to delude, deceive;  to jeer at, i.e. deride; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   mock at, mock; to be deluded, defrauded

 

coming up to = προσρχομαι = proserchomai. Blue Letter Bible  to come or go near to; draw near; approach; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   come or go to; approach, draw nigh; come in, surrender, capitulate; come forward to speak; appear before a tribunal; approach an official; have recourse to

 

sour wine = ξος = oxos  Blue Letter Bible  vinegar; "sour wine," the ordinary drink of laborers and common soldiers;  Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   poor wine, 'vin ordinaire'; vinegar

 

kingdom= βασιλεύς = basileus  Blue Letter Bible  leader of the people, prince, commander, lord of the land Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon king, chief; hereditary king; prince, descendant of a royal house; lord, master; any great man; first or most distinguished of any class 

 

abused = βλασφημω = blasphēmeō  Blue Letter Bible  to blaspheme, rail at or revile; contumelious speech, reviling, calumniating; to speak slanderously, impiously, profanely;  to speak reproachfully, rail at, revile, calumniate, blaspheme; to vilify; defame, speak evil; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   speak profanely of sacred things; utter imprecations against; utter imprecations against; speak ill or to the prejudice of one, slander; to have evil spoken of one; speak impiously or irreverently of God, blaspheme


fear = φοβω = phobeō  Blue Letter Bible  awe; to show reverential fear; to reverence, venerate, to treat with deference or reverential obedience; to be in awe of, i.e. revere; be (+ sore) afraid; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon  stand in awe of, dread


sentence = κρμα =  krima  Blue Letter Bible  the sentence pronounced, a verdict, a condemnation, the decision resulting from an investigation;  a decision passed on the faults of others; decree, judgment; condemnation of wrong, the decision (whether severe or mild) which one passes on the faults of others; the punishment with which one is sentenced; condemnatory sentence, penal judgment, sentence; a matter to be judicially decided, a lawsuit, a case in court; damnation; the decision (whether severe or mild) which one passes on the faults of others;  Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   decision, judgement, decree, resolution

 

deserved = δικαως = dikaiōs  Blue Letter Bible  just, agreeably to right; uprightly, agreeable to the law of rectitude; properly, as is right; righteously;  Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   observant of custom or rule, social rule, well-ordered, civilized; in due form, decently; observant of duty; rightly, righteous; legally exact, precise; lawful, just; one's due; meet and right, fitting; real, genuine

 

paying for = ξιος = axios  Blue Letter Bible weight, value, worth, weighing, having weight, having the weight of another thing of like value, worth as much; befitting, becoming, right on the ground of fitness, befitting, congruous, corresponding to a thing; of one who has merited anything worthy, deserving; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon weighing as much, of like value, worth as much as; worthy, goodly;  deserved, meet, due; sufficient for; worthy of, deserving

 

wrong = τοπος = atopos  Blue Letter Bible   out of place, unbecoming, not befitting; amiss; unreasonable; perverse, truculent; improper, wicked; unrighteous; inconvenient, harmful; injurious; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon  unnatural, disgusting, foul; monstrous; wicked, wrong, bad; harmful; out of place, out of the way; unwonted, extraordinary

 

remember = μιμνσκομαι = mimnēskomai  Blue Letter Bible to remember, to be mindful of, caring for;  to be recalled or to return to one's mind, to remind one's self of, to remember; to be recalled to mind, to be remembered, had in remembrance;  to remember one in order to care for him;  Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon  remind, put in mind; recalled it to memory;  with good heed; make mention of; recall to one's memory, remind; give heed to

 

kingdom = βασιλεα = basileia  Blue Letter Bible  sovereignty, royal power, dominion; the people over whom a king rules; the right or authority to rule; reign; royal power and dignity; the rule of God; God's rule, the divine administration; the universe subject to God's sway, God's royal domain; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon  dominion; being ruled by a king; reign


in truth = μν = amēn  Blue Letter Bible   verily, surely, truly, of a truth; most assuredly; so it is, so be it, may it be fulfilled; It was a custom, which passed over from the synagogues into the Christian assemblies, that when he who had read or discoursed had offered up a solemn prayer to God, the others in attendance responded Amen, and thus made the substance of what was uttered their own; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   verily, of a truth, so be it  


today = σμερον = sēmeron  Blue Letter Bible  this (very) dayday (or night current or just passed)today; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   to-day

 

with = μετ = meta  Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon  in the midst of, among, between; in common, along with, by aid of; together; in conjunction; in one's dealings; into the middle of, coming into or among; into the midst of; participation; Blue Letter Bible  in the midst of; amid, among; with one as leader; into the middle of, into the midst of; association, fellowship, participation

 

paradise = παρδεισος = paradeisos  Blue Letter Bible   a garden, pleasure ground; he part of Hades which was thought by the later Jews to be the abode of the souls of pious until the resurrection: but some understand this to be a heavenly paradise; the paradise in which our first parents dwelt before the fall still exists, neither on the earth or in the heavens, but above and beyond the world; an Eden; place of future happiness; an upper region in the heavens; the part of Hades which was thought by the later Jews to be the abode of the souls of pious until the resurrection: but some understand this to be a heavenly paradise; among the Persians a grand enclosure or preserve, hunting ground, park, shady and well-watered, in which wild animals, were kept for the hunt; it was enclosed by walls and furnished with towers for the hunters;  Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon  enclosed park or pleasure-ground; garden, orchard; Paradise, the abode of the blessed

 

failed = κλεπω = ekleipō  Blue Letter Bible  to leave off, cease, fail; quit, cease, stop; expire, die;  Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   leave out, pass over; forsake, desert, abandon; quit; cease; depart

 

darkness = σκτος = skotos  Blue Letter Bible   physical darkness; intellectual darkness; darkened eyesight or blindness; of ignorance respecting divine things and human duties, and the accompanying ungodliness and immorality, together with their consequent misery in hell; persons in whom darkness becomes visible and holds sway;  Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   darkness, gloom; blindness; ignorance; deceit; shadows

 

came = γνομαι = ginomai  Blue Letter Bible  to become, to take place, is sometimes suitably translated arise; to become, to come into existence; to begin to be, come to pass, happen; to arise, appear in history, come upon the stage; to be made, finished; be fulfilled; happen; be performed; be wrought; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon     come into being; take place, come to pass; to be under control of

 

whole = λος = holos  Blue Letter Bible  all, whole, complete;  Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   whole, entire, complete in all its parts; entire, utter

 

torn = σχζω = schizō  Blue Letter Bible  to split, to rend open;  to cleave, cleave asunder, rend; to divide by rending; to split into factions, be divided; sever; break; divide;  Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon    split, cleave, divide; part, separate

 

cried out = φωνω = phōneōBlue Letter Bible  calling out with a clear or loud voice; to utter a loud sound or cry; to sound, emit a sound, to speak; to cry, cry out, cry aloud, speak with a loud voice; invite; to address, accost, call by a name; crow;  Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   produce a sound or tone; speak loud or clearly; cry aloud; call by name, call 

 

loud = μγας = megas. Blue Letter Bible  high, mighty; persons, eminent for ability, virtue, authority, power; things esteemed highly for their importance: of great moment, of great weight, importance; things to be esteemed highly for their importance; a thing to be highly esteemed for its excellence: excellent; splendid, prepared on a grand scale, stately; God's preeminent blessings; strong; large; used of intensity and its degrees; distinguished; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon  mighty; strong; of great importance; impressive; big; full grown; vast, high; very much, exceedingly

 

voice = φων = phōnē  Blue Letter Bible  a sound, a tone, of inanimate things, as musical instruments; a voice; speech; a tone (articulate, bestial or artificial); by implication, an address (for any purpose), saying or language;  Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   sound, tone; the sound of the voice, whether of men or animals with lungs and throat; speech, voice, utterance; cry; any articulate sound

 

hands = χερ = cheir  Blue Letter Bible   by the agency of; by the help or agency of anyone, by means of any one; a means or instrument; power, activity

 

into your hand (Hebrew from Psalm 31:5) יָד = yāḏ  Blue Letter Bible strength, power 

 

commit = παρατθημι = paratithēmi  Blue Letter Bible   to place beside or to set before; put near; entrust; to place beside or near or set before; to deposit; commit to one's charge; commend; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   place beside; set before, serve up; provide, furnish; deposit what belongs to one in another's hands, give in charge; venture, stake, hazard 

 

commit (Hebrew from Psalm 31:5) = פָּקַד = pāqaḏ  Blue Letter Bible to attend to, muster, number, reckon, visit, punish, appoint, look after; to pay attention to, observe;observe (with care, practical interest); to go to; search

 

Spirit = πνεμα = pneuma  Blue Letter Bible  (1) Breath, wind; the vital principal by which the body is animated; a simple essence, devoid of all or at least all grosser matter, and possessed of the power of knowing, desiring, deciding, and acting (2)the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son; never referred to as a depersonalised force; God's power and agency; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon  blast, wind; breeze or influence; breathed air, breath; breath of life; divine inspiration

 

Spirit (Hebrew from Psalm 31:5)  = רוּחַ = ruwach. Blue Letter Bible  wind, breath, mind; that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation; seat of emotion; seat or organ of mental acts; impelling prophet to utter instruction or warning; the creative word of God; breath, life, the vital principle; divine and miraculous power; mode of thinking and acting

 

breathed his last = κπνω = ekpneō  Blue Letter Bible   to breathe out; to expire; to breathe out, breathe out one's life, breathe one's last, expire; give up the ghost; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   breathe out or forth; breathe one's last, expire

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