John 6:68

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

{G3767} Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀπεκρίθη οὖν αὐτῷ Σίμων Πέτρος, Κύριε, πρὸς τίνα ἀπελευσόμεθα; ῥήματα ζωῆς αἰωνίου ἔχεις.

Transliteration

Apekrithē oun to him Simōn Petros, Kyrie, pros whom shall we apeleusometha? rhēmata of zōēs aiōniou you echeis.

Grammar Details

*Apekrithē*: aorist passive indicative, 3rd singular - answered
*oun*: inferential conjunction - therefore/then
*Simōn*: nominative, masculine, singular - Simon
*Petros*: nominative, masculine, singular - Peter
*Kyrie*: vocative, masculine, singular - Lord
*pros*: preposition + accusative - to/toward
*apeleusometha*: future middle indicative, 1st plural - we will go away
*rhēmata*: accusative, neuter, plural - words
*zōēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - of life
*aiōniou*: genitive, feminine, singular - eternal
*echeis*: present active indicative, 2nd singular - you have

Word Meanings

*Apekrithē*: answered/responded
*oun*: therefore/then/consequently
*Simōn*: Simon
*Petros*: Peter
*Kyrie*: Lord/Master/Sir
*pros*: to/toward/with
*apeleusometha*: we will go away/depart
*rhēmata*: words/sayings/statements
*zōēs*: life/existence
*aiōniou*: eternal/everlasting/age-enduring
*echeis*: have/possess

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Referenced Verses

John 5:24 : 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.
John 6:63 : 63 It is the spirit that giveth life; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I have spoken unto you are spirit, and are life.
Acts 4:12 : 12 And in none other is there salvation: for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, {G1722} wherein we must be saved.
Acts 5:20 : 20 Go ye, and stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this Life.
John 5:39-40 : 39 Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me; 40 and ye will not come to me, that ye may have life.
John 6:40 : 40 For this is the will of my Father, {G3992} {G3165} that every one that beholdeth the Son, and believeth on him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
Ps 73:25 : 25 Whom have I in heaven [but thee]? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.
1 John 5:11-13 : 11 And the witness is this, that God gave unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He that hath the Son hath the life; he that hath not the Son of God hath not the life. 13 These things have I written unto you, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, [even] unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God.
Matt 16:16 : 16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
Acts 7:38 : 38 This is he that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel that spake to him in the Mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who received living oracles to give unto us:
John 17:8 : 8 for the words which thou gavest me I have given unto them; and they received [them], and knew of a truth that I came forth from thee, and they believed that thou didst send me.

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