Levi Called to Follow Jesus

27 And after these things, he went out and saw a tax collector named[a] Levi sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me!” 28 And leaving everything behind, he got up and[b] began to follow[c] him.

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Notas al pie

  1. Luke 5:27 Literally “by name”
  2. Luke 5:28 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“got up”) has been translated as a finite verb
  3. Luke 5:28 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to follow”)

27 · kai After meta this houtos he went exerchomai out and kai saw theaomai a tax telōnēs collector named onoma Levi Leui, sitting kathēmai at epi the ho tax telōnion booth . And kai he said legō to him autos, “ Follow akoloutheō me egō.” 28 So kai leaving kataleipō everything pas, he got anistēmi up and followed akoloutheō him autos.

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