New American Standard Bible 1995

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Luke

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It happened that when He went into the house of one of the leaders of the Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching Him closely.

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Greek: Transliteration:
It happened to come into being, to happen, to become V-AIM-3S H1096 ἐγένετο egeneto
that when in, on, at, by, with Prep H1722 ἐν en
He went to come, go V-ANA H2064 ἐλθεῖν elthein
into the house a house, a dwelling N-AMS H3624 οἶκον oikon
of one a certain one, someone, anyone IPro-GMS H5100 τινος tinos
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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of the leaders ruler, chief N-GMP H758 ἀρχόντων archontōn
of the Pharisees a Pharisee, member of a Jewish religious sect N-GMP H5330 Φαρισαίων pharisaiōn
on [the] Sabbath the Sabbath, i.e. the seventh day (of the week) N-DNS H4521 σαββάτῳ sabbatō
to eat to eat H2068    
bread, bread, a loaf N-AMS H740 ἄρτον arton
they were watching Him closely. to watch closely, to observe scrupulously V-PPM-NMP H3906 παρατηρούμενοι paratēroumenoi

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New American Standard Bible 1995 It happened that when He went into the house of one of the leaders of the Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching Him closely.
King James Bible It happened that when He And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the leaders of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath to eat bread, sabbath day, that they were watching Him closely.watched him.
Berean Bible It happened that when He went And it came to pass, on His going into the a house of one of the leaders rulers of the Pharisees on the Sabbath a Sabbath, to eat bread, that they were watching Him closely.Him.
Hebrew Greek English It happened that when He went into the house of one of the leaders of the Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching Him closely.