John 6:30

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

They said therefore unto him, What then doest thou for a sign, that we may see, and believe thee? what workest thou?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἶπον οὖν αὐτῷ, Τί οὖν ποιεῖς σὺ σημεῖον, ἵνα ἴδωμεν, καὶ πιστεύσωμέν σοι; τί ἐργάζῃ;

Transliteration

They eipon oun to him, What oun do you poieis sy sēmeion, hina we might idōmen, and might pisteusōmen you? What do you ergazē?

Grammar Details

• *eipon*: aorist, indicative, active, 3rd plural - they said
• *oun*: inferential particle - therefore/then
• *poieis*: present, indicative, active, 2nd singular - you do/perform
• *sy*: personal pronoun, nominative, 2nd singular - you
• *sēmeion*: accusative, neuter, singular - sign
• *hina*: conjunction - so that/in order that
• *idōmen*: aorist, subjunctive, active, 1st plural - we might see
• *pisteusōmen*: aorist, subjunctive, active, 1st plural - we might believe
• *ergazē*: present, indicative, middle, 2nd singular - you work/perform

Word Meanings

• *oun*: therefore/then/consequently
• *poieis*: you do/perform/accomplish
• *sēmeion*: sign/miracle/wonder
• *idōmen*: we might see/perceive
• *pisteusōmen*: we might believe/trust
• *ergazē*: you work/perform/accomplish

Referenced Verses

• John 12:37 : 37 But though he had done so many signs before them, yet they believed not on him:
• John 20:25-29 : 25 The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except {G3361} I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will not {G3361} believe. 26 And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them. Jesus cometh, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace [be] unto you. 27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and see my hands; and reach [hither] thy hand, and put it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. 28 {G2532} Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. 29 Jesus saith unto him, {G2381} Because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed [are] they that have not seen, and [yet] have believed.
• Acts 4:30 : 30 while thy stretchest forth thy {G4571} hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of thy holy Servant Jesus.
• 1 Cor 1:22 : 22 Seeing {G2532} that Jews ask for signs, and Greeks seek after wisdom:
• Heb 2:4 : 4 God also bearing witness with them, both by signs and wonders, and by manifold powers, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will.
• Exod 4:8 : 8 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
• 1 Kgs 13:3 : 3 And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which Jehovah hath spoken: Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.
• 1 Kgs 13:5 : 5 The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of Jehovah.
• Isa 5:19 : 19 that say, Let him make speed, let him hasten his work, that we may see it; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
• Isa 7:11-14 : 11 Ask thee a sign of Jehovah thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. 12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt Jehovah. 13 And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David: Is it a small thing for you to weary men, that ye will weary my God also? 14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
• Matt 12:38-39 : 38 Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, Teacher, we would see a sign from thee. 39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given it but the sign of Jonah the prophet:
• Matt 16:1-4 : 1 And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and trying him asked him to show them a sign from heaven. 2 But he answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, [It will be] fair weather: for the heaven is red. 3 And in the morning, [It will be] foul weather to-day: for the heaven is red and lowering. Ye know how to discern the face of the heaven; but ye cannot [discern] the signs of the times. 4 An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of Jonah. And he left them, and departed.
• Mark 8:11 : 11 And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, trying him.
• Mark 15:32 : 32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reproached him.
• Luke 11:29-30 : 29 And when the multitudes were gathering together unto him, he began to say, This generation is an evil generation: it seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of Jonah. 30 For even as Jonah became a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
• John 2:18 : 18 The Jews therefore answered and said unto him, What sign showest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
• John 4:8 : 8 For his disciples were gone away into the city to buy food.
• John 6:36 : 36 But I said unto you, that ye {G2532} have seen me, and yet believe not.
• John 10:38 : 38 But if I do them, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.