John 12:19

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Behold how ye prevail nothing: lo, the world is gone after him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οἱ οὖν Φαρισαῖοι εἶπον πρὸς ἑαυτούς, Θεωρεῖτε ὅτι οὐκ ὠφελεῖτε οὐδέν; ἴδε, ὁ κόσμος ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ ἀπῆλθεν.

Transliteration

The oun Pharisaioi eipon pros themselves, You theōreite that not you ōpheleite ouden? Ide, the kosmos opisō him has apēlthen.

Grammar Details

• *oun*: inferential particle - therefore/then
• *Pharisaioi*: nominative, masculine, plural - Pharisees
• *eipon*: aorist active indicative, 3rd plural - said
• *pros*: preposition + accusative - to
• *theōreite*: present active indicative, 2nd plural - you see/perceive
• *ōpheleite*: present active indicative, 2nd plural - you accomplish/gain
• *ouden*: accusative, neuter, singular pronoun - nothing
• *ide*: aorist active imperative, 2nd singular - look/behold
• *kosmos*: nominative, masculine, singular - world
• *opisō*: adverb - after/behind
• *apēlthen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd singular - has gone away

Word Meanings

• *Pharisaioi*: Pharisees (Jewish religious faction)
• *eipon*: said/spoke/told
• *pros*: to/toward/with
• *theōreite*: you see/perceive/observe
• *ōpheleite*: you accomplish/gain/achieve/profit
• *ouden*: nothing/not anything
• *ide*: look/behold/see
• *kosmos*: world/universe/people
• *opisō*: after/behind/following
• *apēlthen*: has gone away/departed/followed

Referenced Verses

• Ps 22:27 : 27 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah; And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
• John 3:26 : 26 And they came unto John, and said to him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou hast borne witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.
• John 11:47-50 : 47 The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many signs. 48 If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation. 49 But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all, 50 nor do ye take account that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
• John 17:21 : 21 that they may all be one; even as thou, Father, [art] in me, and I in thee, that they also may be {G1520} in us: that the world may believe that thou didst send me.
• Acts 4:16-17 : 16 saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been wrought through them, is manifest to all {G2730} that dwell in Jerusalem; and we {G1410} cannot deny it. 17 But that it spread no further {G1909} among the people, let us {G547} threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.
• Acts 5:27-28 : 27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them, 28 saying, {G3756} We strictly charged you {G1321} not to teach in this name: and behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.
• Acts 17:6 : 6 And when they found them not, they dragged Jason and certain brethren before the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;
• 1 John 2:2 : 2 and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
• Ps 49:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Hear this, all ye peoples; Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world,
• Isa 27:6 : 6 In days to come shall Jacob take root; Israel shall blossom and bud; and they shall fill the face of the world with fruit.
• Matt 21:15 : 15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children that were crying in the temple and saying, Hosanna to the son of David; they were moved with indignation,
• Luke 19:47-48 : 47 And he was teaching {G2596} daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people sought to destroy him: 48 and they could not find what they might do; for the people all hung upon him, listening.