John 5:40

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And yet wyll ye not come to me, that ye myght haue lyfe.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ οὐ θέλετε ἐλθεῖν πρός με, ἵνα ζωὴν ἔχητε.

Transliteration

And not thelete elthein pros me, so that zōēn echēte.

Grammar Details

• *ou*: negative particle - not
• *thelete*: present active indicative, 2nd plural of *thelō* - you are willing
• *elthein*: aorist active infinitive of *erchomai* - to come
• *pros*: preposition with accusative - to
• *me*: personal pronoun, accusative, 1st singular - me
• *hina*: conjunction - so that/in order that
• *zōēn*: noun, accusative, feminine, singular - life
• *echēte*: present active subjunctive, 2nd plural of *echō* - you may have

Word Meanings

• *thelete*: you are willing/you want/you desire
• *elthein pros*: to come to/to approach
• *zōēn echēte*: you may have life/you might possess life

Referenced Verses

• Matt 23:37 : 37 O Hierusalem, Hierusalem, thou that kyllest the prophetes, and stonest them which are sent vnto thee: Howe often woulde I haue gathered thy chyldren together, euen as the henne gathereth her chickens vnder her wynges, and ye woulde not?
• John 3:19 : 19 And this is the condempnation: that lyght is come into the worlde, and men loued darknesse rather then lyght, because their deedes were euyll.
• John 6:37 : 37 All that the father geueth me, shall come to me: and hym that commeth to me, I cast not away.
• John 6:27 : 27 Labour not for the meate whiche perisheth, but for that whiche endureth vnto euerlastyng lyfe, which meate the sonne of man shall geue vnto you: For hym hath God the father sealed.
• Rom 6:23 : 23 For the rewarde of sinne is death: but the gyft of God is eternall lyfe, thorowe Iesus Christe our Lorde.
• John 1:11 : 11 He came among his owne, and his owne receaued hym not.
• Isa 49:7 : 7 Moreouer, thus saith the Lorde the redeemer and holy one of Israel, concernyng the abhorred & dispised among the gentiles, the seruaunt of them that beare rule, kynges and princes shall see and arise, and worship because of the Lorde that is faythfull, and because of the holy one of Israel that hath chosen thee.
• Isa 50:2 : 2 For why woulde no man receaue me when I came? and when I called, no man gaue me aunswere? Is my hande shortened that it myght not helpe? or haue I not power to deliuer? lo, at a worde I drynke vp the sea, & of water fluddes I make drye lande: so that for want of water the fishe corrupt and dye for thirste.
• Isa 53:1-3 : 1 But who hath geuen credence vnto our preaching? or to whom is the arme of the Lorde knowen? 2 For he dyd growe before the Lorde like as a braunche, and as a roote in a drye grounde, he hath neither beautie nor fauour: when we loke vpon hym, there shalbe no fairenesse, we shall haue no lust vnto hym. 3 He is dispised and abhorred of men, he is such a man as hath good experience of sorowes and infirmities: We haue reckened hym so vile, that we hyd our faces from hym.
• Matt 22:3 : 3 And sent foorth his seruauntes, to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they woulde not come.
• John 5:44 : 44 Howe can ye beleue, whiche receaue honour one of another, and seke not the honour that commeth of God only?
• 1 John 5:11-13 : 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. 13 These thynges haue I written vnto you that beleue on ye name of the sonne of God, that ye may knowe howe that ye haue eternall lyfe, and that ye may beleue on the name of the sonne of God.
• 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.
• Ps 81:11 : 11 But my people woulde not heare my voyce: and Israel would not obey me.
• John 6:40 : 40 And this is the wyll of him yt sent me: that euery one which seeth the sonne, & beleueth on him, hath euerlastyng lyfe: And I wyll rayse him vp at ye last day.
• John 6:68-69 : 68 Then Simon Peter aunswered him: Lorde, to who shall we go? Thou hast the wordes of eternall lyfe: 69 And we beleue and are sure that thou art Christe, the sonne of ye lyuyng God.
• John 7:37-38 : 37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Iesus stoode and cryed, saying: Yf any man thirste, let him come vnto me and drynke: 38 He that beleueth on me, as saith the scripture, out of his belly shall flowe ryuers of water of lyfe.
• John 8:45-46 : 45 And because I tel you the trueth, therfore ye beleue me not. 46 Which of you rebuketh me of sinne? Yf I say the trueth, why do not ye beleue me?
• 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?
• John 12:37-41 : 37 But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet beleued not they on hym, 38 That the saying of Esaias the prophete myght be fulfylled, which he spake: Lorde, who shall beleue our saying? And to whom is the arme of the Lorde declared? 39 Therfore coulde they not beleue, because that Esaias sayth agayne: 40 He hath blynded their eyes, and hardened their heart, that they shoulde not see with their eyes, & lest they should vnderstande with their hearte, & should be conuerted, and I should heale them. 41 Such thynges sayde Esaias, when he sawe his glory, and spake of hym.