Luke 3:25

Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.)

English Translation

the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai,

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Highlights

3 hapax legomena — only here in the Greek New Testament
4 first appearances in the Greek New Testament

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Ναοὺμ

Naoúm

G3486

“Esli”

Noun, Proper, indeclinable

Appears 1× in the Greek New Testament
First appears here

Full Thayer's Definition

Origin: of hebrew origin H5151

TDNT: None

Naum = "consolation" 1. son of Esli and father of Amos, in the genealogy of Christ

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

10: words
6: distinct lemmas
Gospels: section

Notable vocabulary

3 hapax legomena — words that appear only here in the entire Greek New Testament:

Ναοὺμ Esli G3486
Ἐσλεὶ Esli G2069
Ναγγαὶ Matthat G3477

First appearance in Scripture

These words make their first canonical appearance in the Greek New Testament here:

Ματταθίου Mattathias G3161
Ναοὺμ Esli G3486
Ἐσλεὶ Esli G2069
Ναγγαὶ Matthat G3477

Shared distinctive vocabulary

Ματταθίου Mattathias G3161 occurs in 2 verses of the Greek New Testament. Also found in:

Luke 3:26

Repetition

A word recurs within this verse:

τοῦ the G3588 ×5

Commentary

Notes on Luke 3:25 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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John Gill's Exposition

Which was the son of Maath,.... Surnamed Aser, who governed nine years:

which was the son of Mattathias; called Eli Matathias, who governed twelve years:

which was the son of Semei; and named Abner Semei, who governed eleven years:

which was the son of Joseph; called Joseph the first, who governed seven years:

which was the son of Juda; who, according to the same writer, must be Judas, surnamed Hyrcanus the first, who governed fourteen years.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

25 Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was the son of Nagge,

Ver. 25. St Luke reckoneth from the last of Christ’s progenitors to the first. And first he mentioneth private men, not read of in the Scriptures. 2. Captains after the Babylonish captivity. 3. Kings and men of great name in and before the captivity. 4. Private persons again before David up to the patriarchs. 5. Lastly, the patriarchs themselves up to Adam the protoplast, the first and common parent.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

unfoldingWord translationNotes

Door43 World Missions Community

the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos ... Joda

This is a continuation of the list of Jesus' ancestors. Use the same format as you used in the previous verses. (See: How to Translate Names)

unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.

Lesson kit

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Luke, in the Gospels, opens this verse with 10 words (6 distinct Greek lemmas). Its most distinctive word is Naoúm (“Esli”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

How does “Esli” (Naoúm) shape what this verse is saying?
3 words here appear nowhere else in the Greek New Testament. Why might the author reach for such rare wording?
4 words make their first appearance in Scripture here. What does this debut establish?
How does Luke 3:26, which shares the word «Mattathias», read alongside this verse?
What does the repetition of “the” (5× in this one verse) do in this verse?
These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
Compare how John Gill's Exposition and Trapp's Complete Commentary read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

Things to notice

3 words in this verse appear nowhere else in the Greek New Testament.
4 words make their first canonical appearance in Scripture here.
These translations choose different wording for 6 words in this verse.
“the” occurs 5× in this single verse.
6 distinct Greek lemmas span 10 words in this verse.