John 16:24

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.›

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἕως ἄρτι οὐκ ᾐτήσατε οὐδὲν ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου: αἰτεῖτε, καὶ λήψεσθε, ἵνα ἡ χαρὰ ὑμῶν ᾖ πεπληρωμένη.

Transliteration

Until arti not ētēsate nothing in the onomati of me: aiteite, and lēpsesthe, hina the chara of you ē peplērōmenē.

Grammar Details

• Ἕως: preposition - until
• *arti*: adverb - now
• οὐκ: negative particle - not
• *ētēsate*: aorist active indicative, 2nd person plural - you asked
• οὐδὲν: pronoun, accusative, neuter, singular - nothing
• ἐν: preposition - in
• τῷ: definite article, dative, neuter, singular - the
• *onomati*: noun, dative, neuter, singular - name
• μου: personal pronoun, genitive, singular - of me
• *aiteite*: present active imperative, 2nd person plural - ask
• καὶ: conjunction - and
• *lēpsesthe*: future middle indicative, 2nd person plural - you will receive
• *hina*: conjunction introducing purpose clause - so that
• ἡ: definite article, nominative, feminine, singular - the
• *chara*: noun, nominative, feminine, singular - joy
• ὑμῶν: personal pronoun, genitive, plural - of you
• *ē*: present active subjunctive, 3rd person singular - might be
• *peplērōmenē*: perfect passive participle, nominative, feminine, singular - having been filled

Word Meanings

• *arti*: now/at the present time
• *ētēsate*: you asked/you requested
• *onomati*: name/character/authority
• *aiteite*: ask/request (imperative - command)
• *lēpsesthe*: you will receive/you will obtain
• *hina*: so that/in order that
• *chara*: joy/gladness
• *ē*: might be/may be
• *peplērōmenē*: having been filled/made complete (perfect tense indicating completed state with ongoing results)

Referenced Verses

• Matt 7:7-8 : 7 ¶ ‹Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:› 8 ‹For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.›
• John 15:11 : 11 ‹These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and› [that] ‹your joy might be full.›
• Jas 4:2-3 : 2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume [it] upon your lusts.
• Matt 6:9 : 9 ¶ ‹After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.›
• 2 Thess 2:16-17 : 16 ¶ Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given [us] everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, 17 Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
• John 16:23 : 23 ¶ ‹And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give› [it] ‹you.›
• Eph 1:16-17 : 16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; 17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
• 1 Thess 3:11-13 : 11 ¶ Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you. 12 And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all [men], even as we [do] toward you: 13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
• 2 John 1:12 : 12 ¶ Having many things to write unto you, I would not [write] with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.
• 1 John 1:3-4 : 3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship [is] with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. 4 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
• John 3:29 : 29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
• 1 Kgs 18:36 : 36 And it came to pass at [the time of] the offering of the [evening] sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou [art] God in Israel, and [that] I [am] thy servant, and [that] I have done all these things at thy word.
• 2 Kgs 19:15 : 15 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest [between] the cherubims, thou art the God, [even] thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.