John 3:12

Bishops' Bible (1568)

If I haue tolde you earthly thynges, and ye beleue not: howe shall ye beleue, yf I tell you of heauenly thynges?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἰ τὰ ἐπίγεια εἶπον ὑμῖν, καὶ οὐ πιστεύετε, πῶς ἐὰν εἴπω ὑμῖν τὰ ἐπουράνια; πιστεύσετε,

Transliteration

If the epigeia eipon hymin, and not pisteuete, how if eipō hymin ta epourania pisteuseté?

Grammar Details

• *epigeia*: accusative, neuter, plural - earthly things
• *eipon*: aorist, 1st singular - I told/said
• *hymin*: personal pronoun, dative, plural - to you [plural]
• *pisteuete*: present, 2nd plural - you believe
• *eipō*: aorist, subjunctive, 1st singular - I might tell/say
• *epourania*: accusative, neuter, plural - heavenly things
• *pisteusete*: future, 2nd plural - you will believe

Word Meanings

• *epigeia*: earthly things/terrestrial matters
• *epourania*: heavenly things/celestial matters
• *pisteuete*: believe/trust/have faith in

Referenced Verses

• 1 Cor 2:7-9 : 7 But we speake the wisedome of God in a misterie euen the hyd wisedome which God ordeyned before the worlde, vnto our glorie. 8 Which none of ye princes of this world knewe: For had they knowen it, they woulde not haue crucified the Lorde of glorie. 9 But as it is written: The eye hath not seen, & the eare hath not heard, neither haue entred into the heart of man, the thynges which God hath prepared for them that loue hym.
• 1 Cor 3:1-2 : 1 And I coulde not speake vnto you brethren, as vnto spirituall, but as vnto carnall eue as vnto babes in Christe. 2 I gaue you mylke to drynke, and not meate: For ye then were not stronge, neither are ye as yet.
• Heb 5:11 : 11 Of whom we haue many thynges to say, and harde to be vttered, seing ye are dull of hearyng.
• 1 Pet 2:1-3 : 1 Wherefore lay asyde all maliciousnesse, and all guile, and faynednesse, and enuie, and all backbityng, 2 And as newe borne babes, desire ye ye milke of the worde, which is without deceipt: that ye may growe therby vnto saluatio 3 If so be that ye haue tasted howe gratious the Lorde is:
• 1 John 4:10 : 10 Herein is loue, not that we loued God, but that he loued vs, and sent his sonne to be the agreement for our sinnes.
• 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.
• John 1:1-9 : 1 In the begynnyng was the worde, & the worde was with God: and that worde was God. 2 The same was in the begynnyng with God. 3 All thynges were made by it: and without it, was made nothyng that was made. 4 In it was lyfe, and the lyfe was the lyght of men, 5 And the lyght shyneth in darkenesse: and the darknesse comprehended it not. 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was Iohn: 7 The same came for a witnesse, to beare witnesse of the lyght, that all men through hym myght beleue. 8 He was not that lyght: but was sent to beare witnesse of the lyght. 9 That lyght was the true lyght, which lyghteth euery man that commeth into the worlde. 10 He was in the worlde, and the worlde was made by hym, and the worlde knewe hym not. 11 He came among his owne, and his owne receaued hym not. 12 But as many as receaued hym, to them gaue he power to be the sonnes of God, euen them that beleued on his name. 13 Which were borne, not of blood, nor of the wyll of the fleshe, nor yet of the wyll of man, but of God. 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.
• 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 3:8 : 8 The wynde bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sounde therof: but canst not tell whence it commeth, and whither it goeth. So is euery one that is borne of the spirite.
• John 3:13-17 : 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: 15 That whosoeuer beleueth in hym, perishe not, but haue eternall lyfe. 16 For God so loued the worlde, that he gaue his only begotten sonne, that whosoeuer beleueth in hym, shoulde not perishe, but haue euerlastyng lyfe. 17 For God sent not his sonne into the worlde, to condempne the worlde: but that the worlde through hym myght be saued. He that beleueth on hym, is not condempned:
• John 3:31-36 : 31 He that commeth from an hye, is aboue all: He that is of the earth, is earthlye, and speaketh of the earth. He that commeth from heauen, is aboue all: 32 And what he hath seene and hearde, that he testifieth: and no man receaueth his testimonie. 33 He that hath receaued his testimonie, hath set to his seale, that God is true. 34 For he whom God hath sent, speaketh the wordes of God: For God geueth not the spirite by measure vnto hym. 35 The father loueth the sonne, and hath geuen all thynges into his hande. 36 He that beleueth on the sonne, hath euerlastyng lyfe: He that beleueth not the sonne, shall not see life, but the wrath of God abydeth on hym.