John 12:27

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ ‹Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.›

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Νῦν ἡ ψυχή μου τετάρακται· καὶ τί εἴπω; Πάτερ, σῶσόν με ἐκ τῆς ὥρας ταύτης: ἀλλὰ διὰ τοῦτο ἦλθον εἰς τὴν ὥραν ταύτην.

Transliteration

Now the psychē of me is tetaraktai; and what should I eipō? Pater, sōson me from the hōras this; but for this I ēlthon to the hōran this.

Grammar Details

• *psychē*: nominative feminine singular - soul/life/self
• *tetaraktai*: perfect passive indicative, 3rd person singular - has been troubled/disturbed
• *eipō*: aorist active subjunctive, 1st person singular - should say/speak
• *Pater*: vocative masculine singular - Father
• *sōson*: aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular - save/rescue/deliver
• *hōras*: genitive feminine singular - hour/time/appointed time
• *ēlthon*: aorist active indicative, 1st person singular - I came/arrived
• *hōran*: accusative feminine singular - hour/time/appointed time

Word Meanings

• *psychē*: soul/life/inner self/being
• *tetaraktai*: has been troubled/disturbed/agitated/distressed
• *eipō*: should say/speak/tell
• *Pater*: Father (addressing God)
• *sōson*: save/rescue/deliver/preserve
• *hōras*: hour/time/moment/appointed time
• *ēlthon*: came/arrived/appeared

Referenced Verses

• John 13:21 : 21 When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, ‹Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.›
• John 18:37 : 37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, ‹Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.›
• Luke 22:44 : 44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
• Luke 22:53 : 53 ‹When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.›
• Matt 26:38-39 : 38 Then saith he unto them, ‹My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.› 39 And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, ‹O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou› [wilt].
• Heb 5:7 : 7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
• John 12:23 : 23 And Jesus answered them, saying, ‹The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.›
• Heb 10:5-9 : 5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: 6 In burnt offerings and [sacrifices] for sin thou hast had no pleasure. 7 ¶ Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God. 8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and [offering] for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure [therein]; which are offered by the law; 9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
• Matt 26:42 : 42 He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, ‹O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.›
• Matt 26:53-54 : 53 ‹Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?› 54 ‹But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?›
• Mark 14:33-36 : 33 And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy; 34 And saith unto them, ‹My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.› 35 And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. 36 And he said, ‹Abba, Father, all things› [are] ‹possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.›
• Luke 12:49-50 : 49 ‹I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?› 50 ‹But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!›
• Ps 69:1-3 : 1 ¶ To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, [A Psalm] of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto [my] soul. 2 I sink in deep mire, where [there is] no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. 3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
• Ps 88:3 : 3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
• Isa 38:15 : 15 What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done [it]: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
• Isa 53:3 : 3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were [our] faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
• Matt 11:25 : 25 ¶ At that time Jesus answered and said, ‹I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.›
• John 11:33-35 : 33 ¶ When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, 34 And said, ‹Where have ye laid him?› They said unto him, Lord, come and see. 35 Jesus wept.
• John 11:41 : 41 Then they took away the stone [from the place] where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up [his] eyes, and said, ‹Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.›
• 1 Tim 1:15 : 15 This [is] a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
• Heb 2:14 : 14 ¶ Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;