John 17:2

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.›

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καθὼς ἔδωκας αὐτῷ ἐξουσίαν πάσης σαρκός, ἵνα πᾶν ὃ δέδωκας αὐτῷ δώσῃ αὐτοῖς ζωὴν αἰώνιον.

Transliteration

Kathōs edōkas to him exousian of all sarkos, so that all which dedōkas to him dōsē to them zōēn aiōnion.

Grammar Details

• *Kathōs*: adverb - just as/according as
• *edōkas*: aorist, active, indicative, 2nd person singular - you gave
• *exousian*: accusative, feminine, singular - authority/power
• *sarkos*: genitive, feminine, singular - flesh
• *dedōkas*: perfect, active, indicative, 2nd person singular - you have given
• *dōsē*: aorist, active, subjunctive, 3rd person singular - he might give
• *zōēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - life
• *aiōnion*: accusative, feminine, singular - eternal/everlasting

Word Meanings

• *Kathōs*: just as/according as/even as
• *edōkas*: gave/granted
• *exousian*: authority/power/jurisdiction
• *sarkos*: flesh/human nature/physical existence
• *dedōkas*: have given/granted/entrusted
• *dōsē*: might give/grant/bestow
• *zōēn aiōnion*: eternal life/everlasting life

Referenced Verses

• John 6:37 : 37 ‹All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.›
• John 6:39 : 39 ‹And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.›
• John 17:24 : 24 ¶ ‹Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.›
• Dan 7:14 : 14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion [is] an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom [that] which shall not be destroyed.
• Ps 2:6-9 : 6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. 7 ¶ I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou [art] my Son; this day have I begotten thee. 8 Ask of me, and I shall give [thee] the heathen [for] thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth [for] thy possession. 9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. 10 ¶ Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. 11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish [from] the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed [are] all they that put their trust in him.
• Matt 28:18 : 18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, ‹All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.›
• John 3:35 : 35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
• John 10:28-29 : 28 ‹And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any› [man] ‹pluck them out of my hand.› 29 ‹My Father, which gave› [them] ‹me, is greater than all; and no› [man] ‹is able to pluck› [them] ‹out of my Father's hand.›
• 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.›
• John 17:9 : 9 ‹I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.›
• 1 John 2:25 : 25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, [even] eternal life.
• 1 John 5:20 : 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.
• Jude 1:21 : 21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
• John 11:25-26 : 25 Jesus said unto her, ‹I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:› 26 ‹And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?›
• John 6:54-57 : 54 ‹Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.› 55 ‹For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.› 56 ‹He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.› 57 ‹As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.›
• John 4:14 : 14 ‹But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.›
• 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 6:27 : 27 ‹Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.›
• Ps 110:1 : 1 ¶ A Psalm of David. The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
• Matt 11:27 : 27 ‹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].
• Rom 6:23 : 23 For the wages of sin [is] death; but the gift of God [is] eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
• 1 Cor 15:25 : 25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
• Eph 1:20 : 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],
• Phil 2:10 : 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven, and [things] in earth, and [things] under the earth;
• Col 3:3-4 : 3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, [who is] our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
• 1 Tim 1:16 : 16 Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
• Heb 1:2 : 2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by [his] Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
• 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.
• 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.
• 1 John 1:2 : 2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen [it], and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)