John 14:6

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Iesus sayth vnto hym: I am the way, and the trueth, and the lyfe. No man cometh vnto the father, but by me.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ὁδὸς, καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια, καὶ ἡ ζωή: οὐδεὶς ἔρχεται πρὸς τὸν Πατέρα, εἰ μὴ διʼ ἐμοῦ.

Transliteration

Legei autō the Iēsous, Egō eimi the hodos, and the alētheia, and the zōē: oudeis erchetai pros ton Patera, if not di' emou.

Grammar Details

• *Legei*: present indicative active, 3rd person singular - says/is saying
• *autō*: dative, masculine, singular pronoun - to him
• *Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
• *Egō eimi*: nominative pronoun + present indicative, 1st person singular - I am
• *hodos*: nominative, feminine, singular - way/road/path
• *alētheia*: nominative, feminine, singular - truth
• *zōē*: nominative, feminine, singular - life
• *oudeis*: nominative, masculine, singular - no one
• *erchetai*: present indicative middle, 3rd person singular - comes
• *pros ton Patera*: preposition + accusative - to the Father
• *di' emou*: preposition + genitive pronoun - through me

Word Meanings

• *hodos*: way/path/road/journey
• *alētheia*: truth/reality
• *zōē*: life/existence

Referenced Verses

• John 10:9 : 9 I am the doore: by me yf any man enter in, he shalbe safe, and shall go in and out, and fynde pasture.
• Acts 4:12 : 12 Neither is there saluation in any other. For among men vnder heauen, there is geuen none other name, wherin we must be saued.
• Eph 2:18 : 18 For through hym, we both haue an entraunce in one spirite vnto the father.
• John 1:4 : 4 In it was lyfe, and the lyfe was the lyght of men,
• John 1:14 : 14 And the same word became fleshe, and dwelt among vs ( and we sawe the glory of it, as the glory of the only begotten sonne of the father) full of grace and trueth.
• Isa 35:8-9 : 8 There shalbe foote pathes & common streetes, this shalbe called the holy way: no vncleane person shall go through it, for the Lorde hym selfe shall go with them that way, and the wayfayrer nor ignoraunt shall not erre. 9 There shalbe no lion, & no rauishyng beastes shall come therin nor be there, but men redeemed shall go there free and safe.
• John 11:25-26 : 25 Iesus sayth vnto her, I am the resurrection, and the lyfe: He that beleueth on me, yea, though he were dead, yet shall he lyue. 26 And whosoeuer lyueth, and beleueth on me, shall neuer dye. Beleuest thou this?
• 1 John 5:20 : 20 We knowe that the sonne of God is come, & hath geuen vs a minde to know hym which is true: and we are in hym that is true, through his sonne Iesus Christe. This same is very God, and eternall lyfe.
• John 1:17 : 17 For the lawe was geuen by Moyses: but grace and trueth came by Iesus Christe.
• Heb 7:25 : 25 Wherefore he is able also euer to saue them to the vttermost that come vnto God by hym, seyng he euer lyueth to make intercession for them.
• 1 Pet 3:18 : 18 Forasmuch as Christe hath once suffered for sinnes, the iust for the vniust to bryng vs to God, and was kylled as parteynyng to the fleshe, but was quickened in the spirite.
• Rev 22:17 : 17 And the spirite and the bride say, come. And let hym that heareth, say also, come. And let hym that is a thirst, come. And let whosoeuer wyll, take of the water of lyfe, freely.
• Rev 20:15 : 15 And whosoeuer was not founde written in the booke of lyfe, was cast into the lake of fire.
• 2 John 1:9 : 9 Whosoeuer transgresseth, and bideth not in the doctrine of Christe, hath not God: He that endureth in the doctrine of Christe, hath both the father and the sonne.
• 1 John 5:11-12 : 11 And this is the recorde, how that God hath geuen vnto vs eternall lyfe, and this lyfe, is in his sonne. 12 He that hath the sonne, hath lyfe: and he that hath not the sonne of God, hath not lyfe.
• John 5:21 : 21 For lykewyse as the father rayseth vp the dead, and quickeneth them: euen so, the sonne quickeneth whom he wyll.
• Matt 11:27 : 27 All thinges are geuen vnto me of my father: And no man knoweth the sonne but the father, neither knoweth any man the father saue the sonne, and he to whomsoeuer the sonne wyll open him.
• John 8:32 : 32 And ye shall knowe the trueth, and the trueth shall make you free.
• John 15:1 : 1 I am the true vine, and my father is the husbandman.
• Col 3:4 : 4 When soeuer Christe which is our life, shall appeare, then shall ye also appeare with hym in glorie.
• John 8:51 : 51 Ueryly veryly I saye vnto you, yf a man kepe my saying, he shall neuer see death.
• John 14:19 : 19 Yet a litle whyle, and the worlde shall see me no more: but ye shall see me, because I lyue, and ye shall lyue also.
• John 10:28 : 28 And I geue vnto them eternall lyfe, and they shal neuer perishe, neither shal any man plucke them out of my hande.
• John 6:33 : 33 For the bread of God, is he which cometh downe from heauen, and geueth lyfe vnto the worlde.
• John 6:51 : 51 I am that lyuyng bread, which came downe from heauen. Yf any man eate of this bread, he shall lyue for euer. And the bread that I wyl geue, is my fleshe, whiche I wyll geue for the lyfe of the worlde.
• 2 Cor 1:19-20 : 19 For Gods sonne Iesus Christe which was preached among you by vs, euen by me, and Siluanus, and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in hym it was yea. 20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and are in him Amen, vnto the glorie of God, through vs.
• John 17:2-3 : 2 As thou hast geuen hym power ouer all fleshe, that he shoulde geue eternall life, to as many as thou hast geuen him. 3 This is lyfe eternall, that they myght knowe thee, the only true God, & Iesus Christe whom thou hast sent.
• John 18:37 : 37 Pilate therfore sayde vnto hym: Art thou a kyng then? Iesus aunswered: Thou sayest that I am a king. For this cause am I borne, & for this cause came I into the worlde, that I should beare witnesse vnto the trueth: And all that are of the trueth, heare my voyce.
• Rom 5:2 : 2 By whom also we haue had an entrauce by fayth, vnto this grace wherin we stande, and reioyce in hope of the glorie of God.
• Rom 5:21 : 21 That as sinne hath raigned vnto death: euen so myght grace raigne thorowe ryghteousnes vnto eternall lyfe, by Iesus Christe our Lorde.
• John 6:57 : 57 As the lyuing father hath sent me, and I lyue by the father: Euen so, he that eateth me, shal liue by the meanes of me.
• John 5:25-29 : 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. 26 For as the father hath lyfe in hym selfe: so lykewyse hath he geuen to the sonne, to haue lyfe in hym selfe: 27 And hath geuen hym power also to iudge, because he is the sonne of man. 28 Marueyle not at this: For the houre shall come, in the whiche all that are in the graues shall heare his voyce. 29 And shall come foorth, they that haue done good, vnto the resurrection of lyfe, and they that haue done euyll, vnto the resurrection of dampnation.
• Heb 10:19-22 : 19 Hauyng therefore brethren, libertie to enter into holy places in the blood of Iesus, 20 By the new and lyuing way, which he hath prepared for vs through the vayle, that is to say his flesshe: 21 And seyng we haue an hye priest ouer the house of God: 22 Let vs drawe nye with a true hearte, in assuraunce of fayth, sprinkeled in our heartes from an euyll conscience, and wasshed in body with pure water.
• 1 Pet 2:4 : 4 To whom ye come, as vnto a lyuyng stone, disalowed of men, but chosen of God and precious:
• 1 John 2:23 : 23 Whosoeuer denyeth the sonne, the same hath not the father But he that knowledgeth the sonne, hath the father also.
• 1 John 1:8 : 8 If we say that we haue no sinne, we deceaue our selues, and the trueth is not in vs.
• 1 Pet 1:21 : 21 Which by his meanes do beleue on God that raysed hym vp from death, and glorified hym, that ye might haue fayth and hope towarde God:
• Rev 3:14 : 14 And vnto the Angel of the Churche which is in Laodicea, write: This saith Amen, the faythfull and true witnesse, the begynnyng of the creatures of God.
• Rev 13:7-8 : 7 And it was geuen vnto hym to make warre with the saintes, & to ouercome them: And power was geuen him ouer all kinredes, and tongues, and nations, 8 And al yt dwel vpon the earth, worshipped him whose names are not writte in the booke of lyfe of ye lambe, which was killed from the beginnyng of the world.
• John 6:68 : 68 Then Simon Peter aunswered him: Lorde, to who shall we go? Thou hast the wordes of eternall lyfe:
• 1 Cor 15:45 : 45 As it is also written: The first man Adam was made a lyuyng soule, and the last Adam was made a quickenyng spirite.
• Heb 9:8 : 8 The holy ghost this signifiyng, that the waye of holy thinges was not yet opened, whyle as yet the first tabernacle was standyng:
• John 10:7 : 7 Then sayde Iesus vnto them againe. Ueryly, veryly, I say vnto you: I am the doore of the sheepe.
• 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.
• Rev 3:7 : 7 And write vnto ye Angel of the Church of Philadelphia, this sayth he that is holy and true, which hath the key of Dauid, which openeth, and no man shutteth, and shutteth, and no man openeth.
• 1 John 1:1-2 : 1 That whiche was fro the beginning, whiche we haue heard, which we haue seene with our eyes, whiche we haue loked vpo, & our handes haue handeled of, the worde of lyfe: 2 (And the lyfe appeared, and we haue seene, and beare witnesse, and shewe vnto you that eternall lyfe which was with the father, and appeared vnto vs.)
• Rev 22:1 : 1 And he shewed me a pure ryuer of water of lyfe, cleare as Cristall, proceadyng out of the throne of god, and of the lambe.
• Rev 7:9-9 : 9 After this I behelde, and loe a great multitude which no man could number of all nations, and kinredes, and people, and tongues, stoode before the throne, and before the lambe, clothed with long whyte garmentes, and palmes in their handes, 10 And cryed with a loude voyce, saying: Saluation be ascribed to hym that sitteth vpon the throne of our God, and vnto the lambe. 11 And all the angels stoode in the compasse of the throne, and of the elders, & of the foure beastes, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshypped God, 12 Saying, Amen: Blessyng, and glorie, and wisedome, and thankes, & honour, and power, and myght, be vnto our God for euermore, Amen. 13 And one of the elders aunswered, saying vnto me: What are these which are arayed in long whyte garmentes? and whence came they? 14 And he sayde vnto hym, Lorde thou wotest. And he sayde to me: These are they which came out of great tribulation, and haue wasshed their long robes, and made them whyte by the blood of the lambe. 15 Therefore are they in the presence of the throne of God, and serue hym daye and nyght in his temple, and he that sitteth in the throne, wyll dwell among them. 16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst, neither shall the sunne lyght on them, neither any heate. 17 For the lambe which is in the myddes of the throne shall feede them, and shall leade them vnto fountaynes of lyuyng water, and God shall wype awaye all teares from their eyes.
• Rev 1:5 : 5 And from Iesus Christe, which is a faythfull witnesse, and first begotten of the dead, and Lorde ouer the kynges of the earth: Unto hym that loued vs, and wasshed vs from our sinnes in his owne blood,
• Rev 5:8-9 : 8 And when he had taken the booke, the foure beastes and 24 elders fell downe before the lambe, hauyng euery one of them harpes, and golden vyals full of odours, which are the prayers of saintes: 9 And they song a newe song, saying: Thou art worthy to take the booke and to open the seales therof: for thou wast kylled, and hast redeemed vs to God by thy blood, out of al kinrede, and tongue, and people, and nation:
• 1 John 5:6 : 6 This Iesus Christe, is he that came by water and blood: not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the spirite that beareth witnesse, because the spirite is trueth.
• Col 2:17 : 17 Which are shadowes of thynges to come: but the body (is) of Christe.
• Rom 15:8-9 : 8 And I say, that Iesus Christe was a minister of the circumcisio for the trueth of God, to confirme the promise made vnto the fathers: 9 And that the gentiles myght prayse God for his mercie, as it is written: For this cause I wyll praise thee among the gentiles, and syng vnto thy name.
• Acts 3:15 : 15 And kylled the Lorde of lyfe, whom God hath raysed from the dead: of the which we are witnesses.
• Col 2:9 : 9 For in hym dwelleth all the fulnesse of the Godhead bodyly:
• Rom 15:16 : 16 That I should be the minister of Iesus Christe, to the gentiles, and shoulde minister the Gospell of God, that the offeryng of the gentiles might be acceptable, and sanctified by the holy ghost.