Luke 19:6

Jesus has told Zacchaeus to come down from the tree.

Greek

καὶkaiσπεύσαςSPEW-sasκατέβη,kah-TEH-bayκαὶkaiὑπεδέξατοhoo-peh-DEK-sah-toαὐτὸνow-TONχαίρων.KAI-rohn

Latin

Etetfestīnānsfes-TEE-nahnsdēscendit,days-KEN-ditetetexcēpitex-KAY-pitillumIH-lumgaudēns.GOW-dayns

English

And hurrying, he came down and welcomed him with joy.

Word by word

Greek	Latin	Note
καὶfrom καί, “and”	Etfrom et	καί, et.
σπεύσαςfrom σπεύδω, “to hurry”	festīnānsfrom festīnō	σπεύσας: hurrying, from σπεύδω, to hurry. An aorist participle. Latin: festīnāns, from festīnō.
κατέβηfrom καταβαίνω, “to go down”	dēscenditfrom dēscendō	κατέβη: he came down, from καταβαίνω, to go down. Latin: dēscendit, from dēscendō.
καὶfrom καί, “and”	etall forms	καί, et.
ὑπεδέξατοfrom ὑποδέχομαι, “to welcome, receive”	excēpitfrom excipiō	ὑπεδέξατο: he welcomed, from ὑποδέχομαι, to receive as a guest. Latin: excēpit, from excipiō.
αὐτὸνfrom αὐτός, “he; self”	illumfrom ille	αὐτόν: him. Latin: illum.
χαίρωνfrom χαίρω, “to rejoice, be glad”	gaudēnsfrom gaudeō	χαίρων: rejoicing, from χαίρω, to rejoice, a present participle. Latin: gaudēns, from gaudeō.

καταβαίνω go down χαίρω rejoice, be glad

dēscendō come down, go down, descend gaudeō rejoice, beglad

Greek core words met213 / 345 Latin core words met226 / 345

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