John 1:51

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And he sayth vnto hym: Ueryly, veryly I say vnto you, hereafter shall ye see heauen open, and the Angels of God ascendyng & descendyng vpon the sonne of man.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ, Ἀμὴν, ἀμὴν, λέγω ὑμῖν, Ἀπʼ ἄρτι ὄψεσθε τὸν οὐρανὸν ἀνεῳγότα, καὶ τοὺς ἀγγέλους τοῦ Θεοῦ ἀναβαίνοντας καὶ καταβαίνοντας ἐπὶ τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου.

Transliteration

And legei autō, Amēn, amēn, I legō hymin, From arti opsesthe ton ouranon aneōgota, and the angelous tou Theou anabainontas and katabainontas epi ton Huion tou anthrōpou.

Grammar Details

• *legei*: present active indicative 3rd person singular of *legō* - says
• *autō*: dative masculine singular pronoun - to him
• *Amēn*: Hebrew term - truly/verily
• *legō*: present active indicative 1st person singular of *legō* - I say
• *hymin*: dative 2nd person plural pronoun - to you (plural)
• *arti*: adverb - now/presently
• *opsesthe*: future middle indicative 2nd person plural of *horaō* - you will see
• *ouranon*: accusative masculine singular - heaven
• *aneōgota*: perfect active participle, accusative masculine singular of *anoigō* - having been opened
• *angelous*: accusative masculine plural - angels
• *Theou*: genitive masculine singular - of God
• *anabainontas*: present active participle, accusative masculine plural of *anabainō* - ascending
• *katabainontas*: present active participle, accusative masculine plural of *katabainō* - descending
• *epi*: preposition with accusative - upon/to
• *Huion*: accusative masculine singular - Son
• *anthrōpou*: genitive masculine singular - of man

Word Meanings

• *Amēn, amēn*: truly, truly/most assuredly (double for emphasis)
• *arti*: now/from now on/henceforth
• *opsesthe*: you will see/perceive/experience (plural)
• *aneōgota*: having been opened/opened wide
• *angelous*: angels/messengers
• *anabainontas*: ascending/going up
• *katabainontas*: descending/coming down
• *Huion tou anthrōpou*: Son of Man (messianic title from Daniel 7:13)

Referenced Verses

• Gen 28:12 : 12 And he dreamed, and beholde there stoode a lather vpo the earth, and the toppe of it reached vp to heauen: and see, the angels of God went vp & downe vpon it.
• Ezek 1:1 : 1 It came to passe in the thirtith yere in the fourth moneth in the fifth day of the moneth, that (I beyng in the middes of the captiuitie, by the riuer Chebar) the heauens were opened, and I sawe visions of God:
• Luke 3:21 : 21 Nowe it came to passe, as all the people were baptized, and when Iesus was baptized, and dyd praye, that the heauen was opened,
• Acts 7:56 : 56 And sayde: Beholde, I see the heauens open, & the sonne of man standyng on the ryght hande of God.
• Acts 10:11 : 11 And saw heauen opened, and a certaine vessell come downe vnto him, as it had ben a great sheete, knyt at the foure corners, & was let downe to the earth.
• Rev 19:11 : 11 And I sawe heauen open, & beholde a white horse, and he that sate vpon him was called faythfull and true, and in ryghteousnesse he doth iudge and make battayle.
• Matt 3:16 : 16 And Iesus, when he was baptized, came strayghtwaye out of the water, and loe the heauens was open vnto hym, and (Iohn) sawe the spirite of God descendyng lyke a doue, and lyghtyng vpon hym.
• Luke 22:43 : 43 And there appeared an angell vnto hym from heauen, comfortyng hym.
• Mark 1:10 : 10 And assone as he was come vp out of the water, he sawe heauen open, & the spirite descending vpon him like a doue.
• Mark 14:62 : 62 And Iesus sayde, I am: And ye shall see the sonne of man sittyng on the ryght hande of power, and commyng in the cloudes of heauen.
• Luke 2:13 : 13 And straightway, there was with the Angel, a multitude of heauenly souldiers, praysyng God, and saying.
• Jude 1:14 : 14 Enoch the seuenth from Adam, prophesied before of such, saying: Beholde, the Lorde shall come with thousandes of saintes,
• Rev 4:1 : 1 After this, I loked, and beholde a doore was open in heaue: and the first voyce which I heard, was as it were of a trumpet talking with me, which saide: Come vp hyther, and I wyll shewe thee thynges which must be fulfylled hereafter.
• 1 Tim 3:16 : 16 And without doubt, great is that misterie of godlynesse: God was shewed in the flesshe, was iustified in the spirite, was seene among the angels, was preached vnto the gentiles, was beleued on in the worlde, and was receaued vp in glorie.
• Acts 1:10-11 : 10 And while they loked stedfastly vp towarde heaue, as he went, beholde, two men stoode by them in whyte apparell, 11 Which also sayde: Ye men of Galilee, why stande ye gasyng vp into heauen? This same Iesus, which is taken vp from you into heauen, shall so come, euen as ye haue seene hym go into heauen.
• 2 Thess 1:7 : 7 And to you whiche are troubled, reste with vs, in the reuelation of the Lorde Iesus from heauen, with the Angels of his power,
• John 3:13-14 : 13 And no man ascendeth vp to heauen, but he that came downe from heauen, euen the sonne of man which is in heauen. 14 And as Moyses lyft vp the serpent in the wyldernesse: euen so must the sonne of man be lyft vp:
• Luke 2:9 : 9 And loe, the Angel of the Lorde stoode harde by them, and the glorie of the Lorde shone rounde about them, & they were sore afrayde.
• Matt 16:27-28 : 27 For the sonne of man shall come in the glory of his father, with his Angels: and then shall he rewarde euery man accordyng to his workes. 28 Ueryly I say vnto you, there be some standyng here, which shall not taste of death, tyll they see the sonne of man come in his kyngdome.
• Matt 25:31 : 31 When the sonne of man shall come in his glorie, and all the holy Angels with hym, then shall he sitte vpon the throne of his glorie.
• Matt 4:11 : 11 Then the deuyll leaueth him, and beholde, the Angels came, and ministred vnto hym.
• Dan 7:9-9 : 9 I behelde till the thrones were set vp, & the auncient of dayes did sit: whose garment was white as snowe, and the heeres of his head lyke the pure wooll: his throne was like the firie flambe, and his wheeles as burning fire. 10 There issued foorth a firie streame, and went out from before him: a thousand thousandes ministred vnto him, and ten thousand thousandes stoode before him: the iudgement was set, & the bookes opened.
• Dan 7:13-14 : 13 I saw in visions by night, and behold there came one in the cloudes of heauen, lyke the sonne of man: which went vnto the aucient of dayes, before whom they brought him. 14 And he gaue him dominion & honour, and a kingdome, that al people, nations, and languages should serue him: his dominion is an euerlasting dominion which shall neuer be taken away, and his kingdome shall neuer be destroyed.
• Matt 26:24 : 24 The sonne of man truely goeth, as it is writte of him: but wo vnto that man by whom the sonne of man is betrayed: It had ben good for that man, yf he had not ben borne.
• Luke 22:69 : 69 Hereafter shall the sonne of man sit on the right hand of the power of God.
• Luke 24:4 : 4 And it came to passe, as they were amased therat: Beholde, two men stoode by them in shinyng garmentes.
• John 3:3 : 3 Iesus aunswered, & sayde vnto hym: Ueryly, veryly, I say vnto thee, except a man be borne agayne, he can not see the kyngdome of God.
• John 3:5 : 5 Iesus aunswered: Ueryly, veryly, I say vnto thee, except a man be borne of water and of the spirite, he can not enter into the kyngdome of God.
• John 6:32 : 32 Then Iesus sayde vnto them: Ueryly veryly I say vnto you, Moyses gaue you not yt bread fro heauen, but my father geueth you ye true bread fro heaue.
• John 6:47 : 47 Ueryly veryly I say vnto you, he that putteth his trust in me, hath euerlasting lyfe.
• John 6:53 : 53 Then Iesus saide vnto them: Ueryly veryly I saye vnto you, excepte ye eate the fleshe of the sonne of man, and drynke his blood, ye haue no lyfe in you.
• Matt 16:13-16 : 13 When Iesus came into the coastes of Cesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying: Whom do men say that I the sonne of man am? 14 They sayde: some say that thou art Iohn Baptist, some Helias, some Ieremias, or one of the prophetes. 15 He sayth vnto them: but whom say ye that I am? 16 Simon Peter aunswered and sayde: Thou art Christe, the sonne of the lyuyng God.
• John 8:51 : 51 Ueryly veryly I saye vnto you, yf a man kepe my saying, he shall neuer see death.
• John 10:1 : 1 Veryly, veryly, I say vnto you: He that entreth not in by ye doore into the sheepfolde, but clymeth vp some other way, the same is a thiefe, and a robber.
• John 10:7 : 7 Then sayde Iesus vnto them againe. Ueryly, veryly, I say vnto you: I am the doore of the sheepe.
• John 12:23-24 : 23 And Iesus aunswered them, saying: The houre is come, that the sonne of man must be glorified. 24 Ueryly, veryly, I say vnto you, except the wheate corne fall into the grounde, and dye, it abideth alone: If it dye, it bryngeth foorth much fruite.
• 2 Thess 1:9 : 9 Which shalbe punisshed with euerlastyng dampnation, from the presence of the Lorde, & fro the glorie of his power:
• John 14:12 : 12 Ueryly, veryly I say vnto you, he that beleueth on me, the workes that I do, the same shal he do also, and greater workes then these shall he do, because I go vnto the father.
• John 16:20 : 20 Ueryly veryly I say vnto you, ye shall wepe and lament, the worlde shall reioyce: ye shall sorowe, but your sorowe shalbe turned to ioy.
• Heb 1:14 : 14 Are they not all ministring spirites, sent foorth into ministerie for their sakes which shalbe heyres of saluation?
• John 16:23 : 23 And in that day shall ye aske me no question. Ueryly veryly I say vnto you, whatsoeuer ye shal aske the father in my name, he wyll geue it you.
• John 21:18 : 18 Ueryly veryly I say vnto thee, when thou wast young, thou gyrdedst thy selfe, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be olde, thou shalt stretch foorth thy handes, and another shall gyrde thee, and leade thee whither thou wouldest not.
• John 13:16 : 16 Ueryly, veryly, I say vnto you: The seruaunt is not greater the his maister, neither the messenger greater then he that sent hym.
• John 13:20-21 : 20 Ueryly, veryly, I say vnto you, he that receaueth whomsoeuer I sende, receaueth me: And he that receaueth me, receaueth hym that sent me. 21 When Iesus had thus sayde, he was troubled in spirite, and testified, & saide: Ueryly, veryly, I say vnto you, that one of you shall betray me.
• John 13:38 : 38 Iesus aunswered hym: Wylt thou ieoparde thy lyfe for my sake? Uerly, veryly, I saye vnto thee, the Cocke shall not crowe, tyll thou haue denyed me thryse.
• John 8:58 : 58 Iesus sayde vnto them: Ueryly, veryly I saye vnto you, before Abraham was, I am.
• John 8:34 : 34 Iesus aunswered them: Ueryly, veryly I say vnto you, that whosoeuer comitteth sinne, is the seruaunt of sinne.
• John 5:19 : 19 Then aunswered Iesus, & sayde vnto them: Ueryly veryly I say vnto you, the sonne can do nothyng of hym selfe, but that he seeth ye father do: For whatsoeuer he doeth, that doeth the sonne also.
• John 5:24-25 : 24 Ueryly veryly I say vnto you, he that heareth my worde, and beleueth on him that sent me, hath euerlastyng lyfe, and shall not come into dampnation, but is escaped from death vnto lyfe. 25 Ueryly veryly I saye vnto you, the houre shall come, and nowe is, when the dead shall heare the voyce of the sonne of God: And they that heare, shall lyue.
• John 5:27 : 27 And hath geuen hym power also to iudge, because he is the sonne of man.
• John 6:26 : 26 Ueryly veryly I say vnto you, ye seke me, not because ye sawe the miracles, but because ye dyd eate of the loaues, & were fylled.
• Zech 13:7 : 7 Aryse O thou sworde vpon my shephearde, and vpon the man that is my felow, saith the lord of hoastes: smite the shepheard, & the sheepe shalbe scattred abroade: and so wyll I turne my hande to the litle ones.
• Matt 8:20 : 20 And Iesus sayth vnto hym. The foxes haue holes, and the birdes of the ayre haue nestes: but the sonne of man, hath not where to rest his head.
• Matt 9:6 : 6 But that ye may knowe, that the sonne of man hath power to forgeue sinnes in earth (then sayde he to the sicke of the paulsie) Aryse, take vp thy bedde, and go vnto thyne house.