John 18:11

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Then said Jesus unto Peter, ‹Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?›

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἶπεν οὖν ὁ Ἰησοῦς τῷ Πέτρῳ, Βάλε τὴν μάχαιράν σου εἰς τὴν θήκην: τὸ ποτήριον ὃ δέδωκέν μοι ὁ Πατήρ, οὐ μὴ πίω αὐτό;

Transliteration

Eipen oun ho Iēsous tō Petrō, Bale tēn machairan sou eis tēn thēkēn: the potērion ho dedōken moi ho Patēr, ou mē piō auto?

Grammar Details

• *Eipen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - said
• *oun*: inferential particle - therefore/then
• *ho Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
• *tō Petrō*: dative, masculine, singular - to Peter
• *Bale*: aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular - put
• *tēn machairan*: accusative, feminine, singular - the sword
• *sou*: genitive, singular - your
• *eis*: preposition + accusative - into
• *tēn thēkēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - the sheath
• *to potērion*: accusative, neuter, singular - the cup
• *ho*: relative pronoun, accusative, neuter, singular - which
• *dedōken*: perfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - has given
• *moi*: dative, singular - to me
• *ho Patēr*: nominative, masculine, singular - the Father
• *ou mē*: double negative - not at all/by no means
• *piō*: aorist active subjunctive, 1st person singular - I should drink
• *auto*: accusative, neuter, singular - it

Word Meanings

• *Eipen*: said/spoke
• *oun*: therefore/then/so
• *Bale*: put/place/thrust
• *machairan*: sword/large knife
• *eis*: into/in
• *thēkēn*: sheath/case/scabbard
• *potērion*: cup/drinking vessel (figurative for suffering)
• *dedōken*: has given/gave
• *Patēr*: Father (referring to God)
• *ou mē*: certainly not/by no means
• *piō*: I should drink/I might drink

Referenced Verses

• Matt 20:22 : 22 But Jesus answered and said, ‹Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?› They say unto him, We are able.
• Matt 26:39 : 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].
• 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.›
• Luke 22:42 : 42 Saying, ‹Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.›
• John 11:41-42 : 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.› 42 ‹And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said› [it], ‹that they may believe that thou hast sent me.›
• John 12:27-28 : 27 ¶ ‹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.› 28 ‹Father, glorify thy name.› Then came there a voice from heaven, [saying], I have both glorified [it], and will glorify [it] again.
• John 15:10 : 10 ‹If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.›
• 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.›
• John 18:36 : 36 Jesus answered, ‹My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.›
• John 20:17 : 17 Jesus saith unto her, ‹Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and› [to] ‹my God, and your God.›
• Rom 8:15-18 : 15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: 17 ¶ And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with [him], that we may be also glorified together. 18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time [are] not worthy [to be compared] with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
• 2 Cor 6:7 : 7 By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
• 2 Cor 10:4 : 4 (For the weapons of our warfare [are] not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
• Eph 6:11-17 : 11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places]. 13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; 15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
• Heb 12:2 : 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of [our] faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
• Heb 12:5-9 : 5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? 8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. 9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected [us], and we gave [them] reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? 10 For they verily for a few days chastened [us] after their own pleasure; but he for [our] profit, that [we] might be partakers of his holiness.
• Mark 10:38-39 : 38 But Jesus said unto them, ‹Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?› 39 And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said unto them, ‹Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized:›
• Mark 14:35-36 : 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 12:30 : 30 ‹For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.›
• Ps 75:8 : 8 For in the hand of the LORD [there is] a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring [them] out, [and] drink [them].
• Ezek 23:31 : 31 Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thine hand.