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Matthew 10:1 προσκαλεσάμενος having summoned

And calling His twelve disciples to Him, Jesus gave them authority over unclean spirits, so that they could drive them out and heal every disease and sickness.

Here: A middle-voice form: he called them *to himself*. It is a deliberate summons by a superior, the way a master calls in his agents before sending them out, not a casual invitation.

Matthew 15:10 προσκαλεσάμενος having called to [Him]

Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, “Listen and understand.

Here: The verb is in the middle voice, meaning 'he called them to himself'. It is a deliberate summons, the sort of thing a teacher or person in authority does. Jesus gathers the ordinary people around him so they hear the ruling he is about to give on the purity question.

Matthew 15:32 προσκαλεσάμενος having called to [him]

Then Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may faint along the way.”

Here: The form means calling people *to himself*. Jesus deliberately gathers the disciples before acting. Matthew uses the same verb when Jesus calls the Twelve (10:1). Here he is bringing them into the work he is about to do.

Matthew 18:2 προσκαλεσάμενος having called to [Him]

Jesus invited a little child to stand among them.

Here: 'Having called [him] over to himself.' The middle form stresses that Jesus calls the child to himself. The same verb is used when Jesus summons the Twelve (10:1) and the crowds (15:10), and here it is spent on a child.

Matthew 18:32 προσκαλεσάμενος having called to

Then the master summoned him and said, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave all your debt because you begged me.

Here: The form means 'calling him to himself': an official summons before a ruler, not a casual invitation. The man who had been released (v.27) is hauled back into the master's presence.

Matthew 20:25 προσκαλεσάμενος having called to [him]

But Jesus called them aside and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them.

Here: The middle form means 'calling them to himself'. He gathers all twelve, the angry ten and the ambitious two, for one shared lesson.

Mark 3:13 προσκαλεῖται calls near

Then Jesus went up on the mountain and called for those He wanted, and they came to Him.

Here: Middle voice, which means "he calls them to himself." It is an authoritative summons that draws people to the one who calls. Like "goes up," it is in the vivid present tense.

Mark 3:23 προσκαλεσάμενος having called to [Him]

So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?

Mark 6:7 προσκαλεῖται He calls near

Then Jesus called the Twelve to Him and began to send them out two by two, giving them authority over unclean spirits.

Here: Present tense used for a past event ("he summons"), a storytelling device that puts the hearer in the scene. The middle form means "call to oneself": a superior calling people to his side. Mark used the same verb when Jesus first called the Twelve (3:13).

Mark 7:14 προσκαλεσάμενος having called to [Him]

Once again Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, “All of you, listen to Me and understand:

Here: Grammatically this is a 'middle' form, meaning the action is done for oneself: 'having called them to himself'. In Mark it often introduces a deliberate teaching moment (3:23; 8:1; 8:34; 10:42; 12:43). Jesus gathers the crowd so they can hear a public ruling.

Mark 8:1 προσκαλεσάμενος having called to [Him]

In those days the crowd once again became very large, and they had nothing to eat. Jesus called the disciples to Him and said,

Mark 8:34 προσκαλεσάμενος having called to [Him]

Then Jesus called the crowd to Him along with His disciples, and He told them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.

Here: A deliberate summons, the verb Mark uses when Jesus gathers people for a solemn announcement (3:13, 3:23, 7:14). The form marks it as Jesus' own act: he called them to himself.

Mark 10:42 προσκαλεσάμενος having called near

So Jesus called them together and said, “You know that those regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them.

Here: The middle voice means calling people to oneself. The Twelve have split, ten against two (v. 41), and Jesus pulls them all back around him before he speaks. Mark often uses this verb before an important teaching.

Mark 12:43 προσκαλεσάμενος having called to [Him]

Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more than all the others into the treasury.

Here: 'Having called them to himself.' Jesus deliberately gathers the disciples. In Mark this verb often comes just before an important teaching (3:23; 7:14; 8:34; 10:42), so it signals that what follows matters.

Mark 15:44 προσκαλεσάμενος having called to [him]

Pilate was surprised to hear that Jesus was already dead, so he summoned the centurion to ask if this was so.

Luke 15:26 προσκαλεσάμενος having called near

So he called one of the servants and asked what was going on.

Luke 16:5 προσκαλεσάμενος having called to [him]

And he called in each one of his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master?’ he asked the first.

Luke 18:16 προσεκαλέσατο called

But Jesus called the children to Him and said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

Here: The middle form means 'called them to himself'. It is a deliberate summons, the kind used when someone with authority calls people near. Here Jesus uses it for the very little ones the disciples were turning away.

Acts 2:39 προσκαλέσηται may call to Himself

This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”

Here: Middle voice: God calls people "to himself." It echoes the end of Joel 2:32 ("whom the LORD calls"), the line just after where Peter's earlier quotation stopped (2:21). God takes the initiative in summoning.

Acts 5:40 προσκαλεσάμενοι having called in

At this, they yielded to Gamaliel. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.

Here: The middle form means 'calling to themselves'. In v. 34 Gamaliel had the apostles taken outside while the council talked in private. Now they are called back in to hear the verdict.

Acts 6:2 προσκαλεσάμενοι Having called near

So the Twelve summoned all the disciples and said, “It is unacceptable for us to neglect the word of God in order to wait on tables.

Acts 13:2 προσκέκλημαι I have called

While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

Here: "I have summoned to myself." The middle form stresses that the Spirit calls them to himself, like a master calling servants to his side. The perfect tense means the call was already made and still stands: the church is confirming it, not starting it.

Acts 13:7 προσκαλεσάμενος having called to [him]

an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, a man of intelligence, summoned Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God.

Here: The middle voice means "called to himself". From a governor this is a summons: Barnabas and Saul are brought before him, as before a court.

Acts 16:10 προσκέκληται he has called

As soon as Paul had seen the vision, we got ready to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

Acts 23:17 προσκαλεσάμενος Having called to [him]

Then Paul called one of the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the commander; he has something to tell him.”

Acts 23:18 προσκαλεσάμενός having called to

So the centurion took him to the commander and said, “Paul the prisoner sent and asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to tell you.”

Here: 'Having called me to himself.' The verb is middle voice: Paul called the officer over to himself. The centurion reports plainly that a prisoner summoned him and he came.

Acts 23:23 προσκαλεσάμενος having called to [him]

Then he called two of his centurions and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea in the third hour of the night.

James 5:14 προσκαλεσάσθω he should call near

Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.

Here: A third-person command, 'let him call', in the middle voice: 'call to himself, have them come'. The sick person makes the request, and the elders come to him, presumably to his bedside at home.