John 3:13-16 : 13 {
"verseID": "John.3.13",
"source": "Καὶ οὐδεὶς ἀναβέβηκεν εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν, εἰ μὴ ὁ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καταβάς, ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ὁ ὤν ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ.",
"text": "And *oudeis anabebēken eis ton ouranon*, except the one *ek tou ouranou katabas*, the *Hyios tou anthrōpou ho ōn en tō ouranō*.",
"grammar": {
"*oudeis*": "negative pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular - no one",
"*anabebēken*": "perfect, 3rd singular - has ascended",
"*eis*": "preposition + accusative - into/to",
"*ouranon*": "accusative, masculine, singular - heaven",
"*katabas*": "aorist participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having descended",
"*Hyios*": "nominative, masculine, singular - Son",
"*tou anthrōpou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of man",
"*ōn*": "present participle, nominative, masculine, singular - being/who is",
"*en*": "preposition + dative - in",
"*ouranō*": "dative, masculine, singular - heaven"
},
"variants": {
"*anabebēken*": "has ascended/gone up",
"*katabas*": "having descended/come down",
"*Hyios tou anthrōpou*": "Son of Man [Messianic title]",
"*ouranon/ouranō*": "heaven/sky"
}
}
14 {
"verseID": "John.3.14",
"source": "¶Καὶ καθὼς Μωσῆς ὕψωσεν τὸν ὄφιν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, οὕτως ὑψωθῆναι δεῖ τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου:",
"text": "And just as *Mōsēs hypsōsen ton ophin en tē erēmō*, thus *hypsōthēnai dei ton Hyion tou anthrōpou*:",
"grammar": {
"*kathōs*": "conjunction - just as/according as",
"*Mōsēs*": "nominative, masculine, singular - Moses",
"*hypsōsen*": "aorist, 3rd singular - lifted up",
"*ophin*": "accusative, masculine, singular - serpent",
"*en*": "preposition + dative - in",
"*erēmō*": "dative, feminine, singular - wilderness/desert",
"*houtōs*": "adverb - thus/in this manner",
"*hypsōthēnai*": "aorist, passive, infinitive - to be lifted up",
"*dei*": "present, 3rd singular, impersonal - it is necessary",
"*Hyion*": "accusative, masculine, singular - Son",
"*tou anthrōpou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of man"
},
"variants": {
"*hypsōsen*": "lifted up/raised/exalted",
"*ophin*": "serpent/snake [reference to Numbers 21:9]",
"*erēmō*": "wilderness/desert/desolate place",
"*hypsōthēnai*": "to be lifted up/raised/exalted [double meaning: physical lifting and glorification]"
}
}
15 {
"verseID": "John.3.15",
"source": "Ἵνα πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων εἰς αὐτὸν μὴ ἀπόληται, ἀλλʼ ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον.",
"text": "So that *pas ho pisteuōn eis auton* not *apolētai*, but *echē zōēn aiōnion*.",
"grammar": {
"*Hina*": "conjunction - so that/in order that",
"*pas*": "adjective, nominative, masculine, singular - everyone/all",
"*pisteuōn*": "present participle, nominative, masculine, singular - believing",
"*eis*": "preposition + accusative - in/into",
"*auton*": "personal pronoun, accusative, masculine - him",
"*apolētai*": "aorist, middle, subjunctive, 3rd singular - might perish",
"*echē*": "present, subjunctive, 3rd singular - might have",
"*zōēn*": "accusative, feminine, singular - life",
"*aiōnion*": "accusative, feminine, singular - eternal/everlasting"
},
"variants": {
"*pisteuōn*": "believing/trusting/having faith in",
"*apolētai*": "might perish/be destroyed/be lost",
"*zōēn aiōnion*": "eternal life/everlasting life/life of the age"
}
}
16 {
"verseID": "John.3.16",
"source": "¶Οὕτως γὰρ ἠγάπησεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν κόσμον, ὥστε τὸν Υἱὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν μονογενῆ ἔδωκεν, ἵνα πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων εἰς αὐτὸν μὴ ἀπόληται, ἀλλʼ ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον.",
"text": "For thus *ēgapēsen ho Theos ton kosmon*, so that *ton Hyion autou ton monogenē edōken*, in order that *pas ho pisteuōn eis auton* not *apolētai*, but *echē zōēn aiōnion*.",
"grammar": {
"*Houtōs*": "adverb - thus/in this manner",
"*gar*": "postpositive conjunction - for/because",
"*ēgapēsen*": "aorist, 3rd singular - loved",
"*Theos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - God",
"*kosmon*": "accusative, masculine, singular - world",
"*hōste*": "conjunction - so that",
"*Hyion*": "accusative, masculine, singular - Son",
"*autou*": "personal pronoun, genitive, masculine - his",
"*monogenē*": "accusative, masculine, singular - only begotten/unique",
"*edōken*": "aorist, 3rd singular - gave",
"*hina*": "conjunction - so that/in order that",
"*pas*": "adjective, nominative, masculine, singular - everyone/all",
"*pisteuōn*": "present participle, nominative, masculine, singular - believing",
"*eis*": "preposition + accusative - in/into",
"*auton*": "personal pronoun, accusative, masculine - him",
"*apolētai*": "aorist, middle, subjunctive, 3rd singular - might perish",
"*echē*": "present, subjunctive, 3rd singular - might have",
"*zōēn*": "accusative, feminine, singular - life",
"*aiōnion*": "accusative, feminine, singular - eternal/everlasting"
},
"variants": {
"*ēgapēsen*": "loved/showed sacrificial love [agape]",
"*kosmon*": "world/cosmos/mankind/universe",
"*monogenē*": "only begotten/unique/one-of-a-kind",
"*pisteuōn*": "believing/trusting/having faith in"
}
}