Matthew 11:27

King James Version 1611 (Original)

All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Πάντα μοι παρεδόθη ὑπὸ τοῦ Πατρός μου: καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐπιγινώσκει τὸν Υἱὸν, εἰ μὴ ὁ Πατήρ· οὐδὲ τὸν Πατέρα τις ἐπιγινώσκει, εἰ μὴ ὁ Υἱὸς, καὶ ᾧ ἐὰν βούληται ὁ Υἱὸς ἀποκαλύψαι.

Transliteration

All things to me paredothē by the Patros of me: and no one epiginōskei the Huion, except the Patēr; neither the Patera anyone epiginōskei, except the Huios, and to whom ean boulētai the Huios apokalypsai.

Grammar Details

• *paredothē*: aorist, passive, 3rd singular - were handed over/delivered
• *Patros*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Father
• *epiginōskei*: present, active, 3rd singular - knows fully/recognizes
• *Huion*: accusative, masculine, singular - Son
• *Patēr*: nominative, masculine, singular - Father
• *Patera*: accusative, masculine, singular - Father
• *Huios*: nominative, masculine, singular - Son
• *ean*: conditional particle - if
• *boulētai*: present, subjunctive, middle, 3rd singular - may wish/desire
• *apokalypsai*: aorist infinitive, active - to reveal

Word Meanings

• *paredothē*: were handed over/delivered/entrusted
• *Patros*: of Father
• *epiginōskei*: knows fully/recognizes/understands completely
• *Huion*: Son
• *Patēr*: Father
• *Patera*: Father (accusative)
• *Huios*: Son
• *boulētai*: may wish/desire/will
• *apokalypsai*: to reveal/disclose/make known

Referenced Verses

• John 14:6-9 : 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. 7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. 8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. 9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
• Matt 28:18 : 18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
• John 10:15 : 15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
• 2 John 1:9 : 9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
• John 17:25-26 : 25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. 26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
• Luke 10:22 : 22 All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
• 1 John 2:23 : 23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
• 1 John 5:19-20 : 19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. 20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
• John 3:35 : 35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
• John 6:46 : 46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.
• John 7:29 : 29 But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
• John 1:18 : 18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
• Phil 2:10-11 : 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; 11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
• John 17:2-3 : 2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. 3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
• John 5:21-29 : 21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. 22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: 23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him. 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. 25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. 26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; 27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. 28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, 29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
• John 13:3 : 3 Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;
• 1 Pet 3:22 : 22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
• John 17:6 : 6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.
• Heb 2:8-9 : 8 Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him. 9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man. 10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
• 1 Cor 15:25-27 : 25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. 27 For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him.
• Eph 1:20-23 : 20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, 21 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: 22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, 23 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.