Luke 9:18
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am?”
μαθητής
Not just a follower — a learner who becomes like the teacher. The last command Jesus gives is not go and convert — it is go and make mathetes. People who learn from Me, walk like Me, think like Me, love like Me. The mission is not decisions. It is transformation.
ὄχλος
crowds
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ὄχλος
A crowd, a multitude, a mob. He saw a great crowd and had compassion on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd. His response to crowds was always compassion.
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προσεύχομαι
is praying
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προσεύχομαι
To pray, to make supplication. Proseuchomai. Pray without ceasing. Prayer is not a scheduled activity. It is the ongoing conversation of a heart in relationship with God.
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γίνομαι
it came to pass
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γίνομαι
To become, to come into being, to happen. Ginomai. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. What is true in heaven is meant to become true on earth through prayer.
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μόνος
solitary
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μόνος
Only, alone, solitary. Monos. Man shall not live by bread alone. The deepest hungers of life cannot be satisfied by material things. Only God can fill what God shaped.
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λέγω
do pronounce
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λέγω
To say, to speak with authority. Jesus said and it was so. When Jesus speaks everything listens. His words carry the weight of creation behind them.
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τίς
Whom
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τίς
an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
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σύνειμι
were with
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σύνειμι
to be in company with, i.e. present at the time
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ἐπερωτάω
He questioned
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ἐπερωτάω
to ask for, i.e. inquire, seek
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εἶναι
happening
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εἶναι
to exist
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