What Does Luke 9:49 Mean?

“answered”

to conclude for oneself, i.e., (by implication) to respond; by hebraism (compare h6030) to begin to speak (where an address is expected)

“And”

but, and, etc

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“John”

joannes (i.e., jochanan), the name of four israelites

“and said”

to speak or say (by word or writing)

“Master”

an appointee over, i.e., commander (teacher)

“we saw”

used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent g3700 and g3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by impl

“one”

some or any person or object

“in”

properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“name”

a "name" (literally or figuratively) (authority, character)

“thy”

of thee, thy

“casting out”

to eject (literally or figuratively)

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“devils”

a daemonic being; by extension a deity

“and”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“we forbad”

to estop, i.e., prevent (by word or act)

“him”

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

“because”

demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because

“not”

the absolute negative (compare g3361) adverb; no or not

“he followeth”

properly, to be in the same way with, i.e., to accompany (specially, as a disciple)

“with”

properly, denoting accompaniment; "amid" (local or causal); modified variously according to the case (genitive association, or accusative succession)

“us”

of (or from) us