John 5:19

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do {G3756} nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father doing: for what things soever he doeth, these the Son also doeth in like manner.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀπεκρίνατο οὖν ὁ Ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Ἀμὴν, ἀμὴν, λέγω ὑμῖν, Οὐ δύναται ὁ Υἱὸς ποιεῖν ἀφʼ ἑαυτοῦ οὐδέν, ἐὰν μή τι βλέπῃ τὸν Πατέρα ποιοῦντα: ἃ γὰρ ἂν ἐκεῖνος ποιῇ, ταῦτα καὶ ὁ Υἱὸς ὁμοίως ποιεῖ.

Transliteration

Apekrinato oun the Iēsous and eipen to them, Amēn, amēn, I legō to you, Not dynatai the Huios poiein from heautou ouden, if not anything blepē the Patera poiounta: whatever for that one poiē, these things also the Huios homoiōs poiei.

Grammar Details

• *Apekrinato*: aorist middle indicative, 3rd singular of *apokrinomai* - answered
• *oun*: inferential particle - therefore/so
• *Iēsous*: noun, nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
• *eipen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd singular of *legō* - said
• *autois*: personal pronoun, dative, masculine, plural - to them
• *Amēn*: Hebrew term transliterated - truly/verily
• *legō*: present active indicative, 1st singular - I say/tell
• *hymin*: personal pronoun, dative, 2nd plural - to you
• *Ou dynatai*: present middle indicative, 3rd singular of *dynamai* - is not able
• *Huios*: noun, nominative, masculine, singular - Son
• *poiein*: present active infinitive of *poieō* - to do
• *aph' heautou*: prepositional phrase - from himself
• *ouden*: adjective, accusative, neuter, singular - nothing
• *ean mē*: conditional phrase - unless/if not
• *ti*: indefinite pronoun, accusative, neuter, singular - anything
• *blepē*: present active subjunctive, 3rd singular of *blepō* - he may see
• *Patera*: noun, accusative, masculine, singular - Father
• *poiounta*: present active participle, accusative, masculine, singular - doing
• *ha*: relative pronoun, accusative, neuter, plural - whatever things
• *gar*: postpositive conjunction - for
• *an*: modal particle with subjunctive - would/may
• *ekeinos*: demonstrative pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular - that one
• *poiē*: present active subjunctive, 3rd singular of *poieō* - may do
• *tauta*: demonstrative pronoun, accusative, neuter, plural - these things
• *kai*: conjunction - also/even
• *homoiōs*: adverb - likewise/in the same way
• *poiei*: present active indicative, 3rd singular of *poieō* - does

Word Meanings

• *Amēn, amēn*: truly, truly/most assuredly
• *dynatai*: is able/can/has power
• *aph' heautou*: from himself/of his own accord
• *blepē*: may see/observes/perceives
• *poiounta*: doing/performing/acting
• *homoiōs*: likewise/in the same way/similarly

Referenced Verses

• John 8:28 : 28 Jesus therefore said, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am [he], and [that] I do nothing of myself, but as the Father taught me, I speak these things.
• John 12:49 : 49 For I {G2980} spake not from myself; but the Father that sent me, he hath given me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
• John 14:10 : 10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I say unto you I speak not from myself: but the Father {G3588} abiding in me doeth his works.
• John 5:28-30 : 28 Marvel not at this: for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice, 29 and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment. 30 I can of myself do {G3756} nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is righteous; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
• John 11:25-26 : 25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, though he die, yet shall he live; 26 and whosoever liveth and believeth on me shall never die. Believest thou this?
• Rom 8:11 : 11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwelleth in you, he that raised up Christ Jesus from the dead shall give life also to your mortal bodies through his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
• 1 Pet 3:18 : 18 Because Christ also {G3958} suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
• Isa 45:24 : 24 Only in Jehovah, it is said of me, is righteousness and strength; even to him shall men come; and all they that were incensed against him shall be put to shame.
• Jer 17:10 : 10 I, Jehovah, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.
• Luke 21:15 : 15 for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to withstand or to gainsay.
• John 2:19 : 19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
• John 3:3 : 3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot {G1410} see the kingdom of God.
• John 5:21 : 21 For as the Father raiseth the dead and giveth them life, even so the Son also giveth life to whom he will.
• John 5:24-26 : 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath eternal life, and {G2064} cometh not into judgment, but hath passed out of death into life. 25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour cometh, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear shall live. 26 For as the Father hath life in himself, even so gave he to the Son also to have life in himself:
• John 9:4 : 4 We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
• John 10:18 : 18 No one taketh it away from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment received I from my Father.
• Gen 1:1 : 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
• Gen 1:26 : 26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
• Exod 4:11 : 11 And Jehovah said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? Or who maketh [a man] dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? is it not I, Jehovah?
• Ps 50:6 : 6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness; For God is judge himself. {H5542}
• Ps 138:3 : 3 In the day that I called thou answeredst me, Thou didst encourage me with strength in my soul.
• Prov 2:6 : 6 For Jehovah giveth wisdom; Out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding:
• Isa 44:24 : 24 Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb: I am Jehovah, that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth (who is with me?);
• Col 1:16 : 16 for in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and unto him;
• John 14:16-23 : 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may be with you for ever, 17 [ even] the Spirit of truth: whom the world cannot {G3756} receive; for it beholdeth him not, neither knoweth him: {G1161} ye know him; for he abideth with you, and shall be in you. 18 I will not leave you desolate: I come unto you. 19 Yet a little while, and the world beholdeth me no more; but ye behold me: because I live, ye shall live also. 20 In that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. 21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself unto him. 22 Judas (not Iscariot) saith unto him, Lord, what is come to pass that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? 23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
• Acts 2:24 : 24 whom God raised up, having loosed the pangs of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
• Rom 6:4 : 4 We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.
• 1 Cor 15:12 : 12 Now if Christ is preached that he hath been raised from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?
• 2 Cor 4:14 : 14 knowing that he that raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also with Jesus, and shall present us with you.
• 2 Cor 5:10 : 10 For we must all be made manifest before the judgment-seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things [done] in the body, according to what he hath done, whether [it be] good or bad.
• 2 Cor 12:9-9 : 9 And he hath said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for [my] power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
• Eph 1:18-19 : 18 having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, {G2532} what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, 19 and what the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might
• Eph 2:5 : 5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace have ye been saved),
• Eph 3:16 : 16 that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;
• Phil 3:21 : 21 who shall fashion anew the body of our humiliation, [that] [it] [may be] conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working whereby he is able even to subject all things unto himself.
• Phil 4:13 : 13 I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.
• Col 1:11 : 11 strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, unto all patience and longsuffering with joy;
• 1 Thess 4:14 : 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
• Rev 2:23 : 23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he that searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto each one of you according to your works.
• Ps 27:14 : 14 Wait for Jehovah: Be strong, And let thy heart take courage; Yea, wait thou for Jehovah.