Luke 16:16

The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
G3588 T-NSM
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
νόμος
G3551 N-NSM
nomos
law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle)
  • anything established, anything received by usage, a custom, a law, a command
    • of any law whatsoever
      • a law or rule producing a state approved of God
        • by the observance of which is approved of God
        a precept or injunction"the rule of action prescribed by reason
      of the Mosaic law, and referring, according to the context, either to the volume of the law or to its contents"the Christian religion: the law demanding faith, the moral instruction given by Christ, especially the precept concerning love"the name of the more important part (the Pentateuch), is put for the entire collection of the sacred books of the Old Testament
καὶ
G2532 CONJ
kai
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
  • and, also, even, indeed, but
οἱ
G3588 T-NPM
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
προφῆται
G4396 N-NPM
prophētēs
a foreteller (___%___prophet___%___); by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet
  • in Greek writings, an interpreter of oracles or of other hidden things
  • "one who, moved by the Spirit of God and hence his organ or spokesman, solemnly declares to men what he has received by inspiration, especially concerning future events, and in particular such as relate to the cause and kingdom of God and to human salvation
    • the Old Testament prophets, having foretold the kingdom, deeds and death, of Jesus the Messiah
    • "of John the Baptist, the herald of Jesus the Messiah"of the illustrious prophet, the Jews expected before the advent of the Messiah"the Messiah"of men filled with the Spirit of God, who by God's authority and command in words of weight pleads the cause of God and urges salvation of men"of prophets that appeared in the apostolic age among Christians
      • they are associated with the apostles
      • "they discerned and did what is best for the Christian cause, foretelling certain future events (see Acts 11:27)"in the religious assemblies of the Christians, they were moved by the Holy Spirit to speak, having power to instruct, comfort, encourage, rebuke, convict, and stimulate, their hearers
    a poet (because poets were believed to sing under divine inspiration)
    • of Epimenides (see Titus 1:12)
ἕως
G2193
heōs
a conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until (of time and place)
  • till, until
Ἰωάννου·
G2491 N-GSM-P
iōannēs
Jehovah is a gracious giver
Joannes (i.e., Jochanan), the name of four Israelites
  • John the Baptist, the son of Zacharias and Elisabeth, the forerunner of Christ
  • "John the apostle, the writer of the 4th Gospel, son of Zebedee and Salome, brother of James the elder, the writer of the three epistles of John and the book of Revelation, perhaps referred to as the one ___%___whom Jesus loved___%___ in the Gospel of John"John, surnamed Mark, the companion of Barnabas and Paul (see Acts 12:12)"John, a certain man, a member of the Sanhedrin (see Acts 5:6)
ἀπὸ
G575 PREP
apo
___%___off,___%___ i.e., away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
  • of separation
    • of local separation, after verbs of motion from a place i.e., of departing, of fleeing
    • "of separation of a part from the whole
      • where of a whole some part is taken
      of any kind of separation of one thing from another by which the union or fellowship of the two is destroyed"of a state of separation, that is of distance
      • physical, of distance of place
      • "temporal, of distance of time
    of origin
    • of the place whence anything is, comes, befalls, is taken
    • "of origin of a cause
τότε
G5119 ADV
tote
the when, i.e., at the time that (of the past or future, also in consecution)
  • then
  • "at that time
G3588 T-NSF
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
βασιλεία
G932 N-NSF
basileia
properly, royalty, i.e., (abstractly) rule, or (concretely) a realm (literally or figuratively)
  • royal power, kingship, dominion, rule
    • not to be confused with an actual kingdom but rather the right or authority to rule over a kingdom
    • "of the royal power of Jesus as the triumphant Messiah"of the royal power and dignity conferred on Christians in the Messiah's kingdom
    a kingdom, the territory subject to the rule of a king"used in the New Testament to refer to the reign of the Messiah
τοῦ
G3588 T-GSM
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
θεοῦ
G2316 N-GSM
theos
a deity, especially (with G3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by Hebraism)
  • a god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities
  • "the Godhead, trinity
    • God the Father, the first person in the trinity
    • "Christ, the second person of the trinity"Holy Spirit, the third person in the trinity
    spoken of the only and true God
    • refers to the things of God
    • "his counsels, interests, things due to him
    whatever can in any respect be likened unto God, or resemble him in any way
    • God's representative or viceregent
      • of magistrates and judges
εὐαγγελίζεται
G2097 V-PEI-3S
euangelizō
to announce good news (___%___evangelize___%___) especially the gospel
  • to bring good news, to announce glad tidings
    • used in the Old Testament of any kind of good news
      • of the joyful tidings of God's kindness, in particular, of the Messianic blessings
      in the New Testament used especially of the glad tidings of the coming kingdom of God, and of the salvation to be obtained in it through Christ, and of what relates to this salvation"glad tidings are brought to one, one has glad tidings proclaimed to him"to proclaim glad tidings
      • instruct (men) concerning the things that pertain to Christian salvation
καὶ
G2532 CONJ
kai
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
  • and, also, even, indeed, but
πᾶς
G3956 A-NSM
pas
all, any, every, the whole
  • individually
    • each, every, any, all, the whole, everyone, all things, everything
    collectively
    • some of all types
εἰς
G1519 PREP
eis
to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
  • into, unto, to, towards, for, among
αὐτὴν
G846 P-ASF
autos
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
  • himself, herself, themselves, itself
  • "he, she, it"the same
βιάζεται
G971 V-PEI-3S
biazō
to force, i.e., (reflexively) to crowd oneself (into), or (passively) to be seized
  • to use force, to apply force
  • "to force, inflict violence on

Ὁ νόμος καὶ οἱ προφῆται ἕως Ἰωάννου· ἀπὸ τότε ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ εὐαγγελίζεται καὶ πᾶς εἰς αὐτὴν βιάζεται
16
The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
Cross References

Matthew 11:9

ἀλλὰ τί ἐξήλθετε ἰδεῖν προφήτην ναί λέγω ὑμῖν καὶ περισσότερον προφήτου
9
But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.

Matthew 21:32

ἦλθεν γὰρ πρὸς ὑμᾶς Ἰωάννης ἐν ὁδῷ δικαιοσύνης καὶ οὐκ ἐπιστεύσατε αὐτῷ οἱ δὲ τελῶναι καὶ αἱ πόρναι ἐπίστευσαν αὐτῷ· ὑμεῖς δὲ ἰδόντες οὐ μετεμελήθητε ὕστερον τοῦ πιστεῦσαι αὐτῷ
32
For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.

Acts 3:24

καὶ πάντες δὲ οἱ προφῆται ἀπὸ Σαμουὴλ καὶ τῶν καθεξῆς ὅσοι ἐλάλησαν καὶ προκατήγγειλαν τὰς ἡμέρας ταύτας
24
Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.

Luke 7:26

ἀλλὰ τί ἐξεληλύθατε ἰδεῖν προφήτην ναί λέγω ὑμῖν καὶ περισσότερον προφήτου
26
But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.

Matthew 3:2

καὶ λέγων Μετανοεῖτε· ἤγγικεν γὰρ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν
2
And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

John 1:45

εὑρίσκει Φίλιππος τὸν Ναθαναὴλ καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ Ὃν ἔγραψεν Μωσῆς ἐν τῷ νόμῳ καὶ οἱ προφῆται εὑρήκαμεν Ἰησοῦν τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ Ἰωσὴφ τὸν ἀπὸ Ναζαρέτ
45
Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

Luke 16:31

εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ Εἰ Μωσέως καὶ τῶν προφητῶν οὐκ ἀκούουσιν οὐδὲ ἐάν τις ἐκ νεκρῶν ἀναστῇ πεισθήσονται
31
And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.

Acts 3:18

δὲ θεὸς προκατήγγειλεν διὰ στόματος πάντων τῶν προφητῶν αὐτοῦ παθεῖν τὸν Χριστὸν ἐπλήρωσεν οὕτως
18
But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that should Christ suffer, he hath so fulfilled.

Luke 16:29

λέγει αὐτῷ Ἀβραάμ ἔχουσιν Μωσέα καὶ τοὺς προφήτας· ἀκουσάτωσαν αὐτῶν
29
Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

Luke 10:9

καὶ θεραπεύετε τοὺς ἐν αὐτῇ ἀσθενεῖς καὶ λέγετε αὐτοῖς Ἤγγικεν ἐφ' ὑμᾶς βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ
9
And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.

Matthew 4:17

Ἀπὸ τότε ἤρξατο Ἰησοῦς κηρύσσειν καὶ λέγειν Μετανοεῖτε· ἤγγικεν γὰρ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν
17
From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Luke 10:11

Καὶ τὸν κονιορτὸν τὸν κολληθέντα ἡμῖν ἐκ τῆς πόλεως ὑμῶν ἀπομασσόμεθα ὑμῖν· πλὴν τοῦτο γινώσκετε ὅτι ἤγγικεν ἐφ' ὑμᾶς βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ
11
Even very the dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.

Matthew 10:7

πορευόμενοι δὲ κηρύσσετε λέγοντες ὅτι Ἤγγικεν βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν
7
And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Luke 9:2

καὶ ἀπέστειλεν αὐτοὺς κηρύσσειν τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ ἰᾶσθαι τοὺς ἀσθενοῦντας
2
And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.

Mark 1:14

Μετὰ δὲ τὸ παραδοθῆναι τὸν Ἰωάννην ἦλθεν Ἰησοῦς εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν κηρύσσων τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ θεοῦ
14
Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,

Mark 1:45

δὲ ἐξελθὼν ἤρξατο κηρύσσειν πολλὰ καὶ διαφημίζειν τὸν λόγον ὥστε μηκέτι αὐτὸν δύνασθαι φανερῶς εἰς πόλιν εἰσελθεῖν ἀλλ' ἔξω ἐν ἐρήμοις τόποις ἦν· καὶ ἤρχοντο πρὸς αὐτὸν πανταχόθεν
45
But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from every quarter.

Matthew 4:23

Καὶ περιῆγεν ὅλην τὴν Γαλιλαίαν Ἰησοῦς διδάσκων ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς αὐτῶν καὶ κηρύσσων τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τῆς βασιλείας καὶ θεραπεύων πᾶσαν νόσον καὶ πᾶσαν μαλακίαν ἐν τῷ λαῷ
23
And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.

John 12:19

οἱ οὖν Φαρισαῖοι εἶπον πρὸς ἑαυτούς Θεωρεῖτε ὅτι οὐκ ὠφελεῖτε οὐδέν· ἴδε κόσμος ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ ἀπῆλθεν
19
The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.

John 11:48

ἐὰν ἀφῶμεν αὐτὸν οὕτως πάντες πιστεύσουσιν εἰς αὐτόν καὶ ἐλεύσονται οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι καὶ ἀροῦσιν ἡμῶν καὶ τὸν τόπον καὶ τὸ ἔθνος
48
If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.