KJV King James Version
And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in.
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Luke 22:10
And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He answered, “When you enter the city, a man carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him to the house he enters,
WEB World English Bible
He said to them, “Behold, when you have entered into the city, a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you. Follow him into the house which he enters.
ASV American Standard Version
And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house whereinto he goeth.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he said to them, ‘Lo, in your entering into the city, there shall meet you a man, bearing a pitcher of water, follow him to the house where he doth go in,
Surrounding context — Luke 22
7 Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed.
8 And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat.
9 And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare?
10 And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in.
11 And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?
12 And he shall shew you a large upper room furnished: there make ready.
13 And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoδὲG1161 · dethenεἶπενG2036 · eiponto sayαὐτοῖς·G846 · autosit/s/heἰδοὺG2400 · idoulook!εἰσελθόντωνG1525 · eiserchomaito enterὑμῶνG4771 · suyouεἰςG1519 · eistowardτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoπόλινG4172 · poliscityσυναντήσειG4876 · sunantaōto meetὑμῖνG4771 · suyouἄνθρωποςG444 · anthrōposa humanκεράμιονG2765 · keramionclay jarὕδατοςG5204 · hudōr, hudatoswaterβαστάζων.G941 · bastazōto carryἀκολουθήσατεG190 · akoloutheōto followαὐτῷG846 · autosit/s/heεἰςG1519 · eistowardτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoοἰκίανG3614 · oikiahomeεἰςG1519 · eistowardἣνG3739 · hos, hēwhichεἰσπορεύεται·G1531 · eisporeuōto enter
Cross-references
John 16:4But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.Acts 8:26-29And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.Matthew 26:18-19And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples.1 Samuel 10:2-7When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel’s sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?Luke 19:29-40And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called [the mount] of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,
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