John 3:34

Authorized King James Version (1611)

For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure [unto him].

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὃν γὰρ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ Θεός τὰ ῥήματα τοῦ Θεοῦ λαλεῖ: οὐ γὰρ ἐκ μέτρου δίδωσιν ὁ Θεὸς τὸ Πνεῦμα.

Transliteration

For whom apesteilen ho Theos ta rhēmata tou Theou lalei: for not ek metrou didōsin ho Theos to Pneuma.

Grammar Details

• *Hon*: relative pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular - whom
• *gar*: postpositive conjunction - for
• *apesteilen*: aorist, 3rd singular - sent
• *Theos*: nominative, masculine, singular - God
• *rhēmata*: accusative, neuter, plural - words/sayings
• *lalei*: present, 3rd singular - speaks
• *ek*: preposition + genitive - from/by
• *metrou*: genitive, neuter, singular - measure
• *didōsin*: present, 3rd singular - gives
• *Pneuma*: accusative, neuter, singular - Spirit

Word Meanings

• *apesteilen*: sent/commissioned/dispatched
• *rhēmata*: words/sayings/utterances
• *ek metrou*: by measure/with limitation
• *Pneuma*: Spirit/spirit

Referenced Verses

• John 3:17 : 17 ‹For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.›
• Rom 8:2 : 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
• John 5:26 : 26 ‹For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;›
• Luke 4:18 : 18 ‹The Spirit of the Lord› [is] ‹upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,›
• Acts 10:38 : 38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
• John 1:16 : 16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
• Num 11:25 : 25 And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that [was] upon him, and gave [it] unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, [that], when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.
• 2 Kgs 2:9 : 9 ¶ And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.
• Ps 45:7 : 7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
• Isa 11:2-5 : 2 And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD; 3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: 4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. 5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
• Isa 59:21 : 21 As for me, this [is] my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that [is] upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.
• Isa 62:1-3 : 1 ¶ For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp [that] burneth. 2 And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name. 3 Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
• Matt 12:18 : 18 Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.
• John 7:16 : 16 Jesus answered them, and said, ‹My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.›
• John 7:37-39 : 37 ¶ In the last day, that great [day] of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, ‹If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.› 38 ‹He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.› 39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet [given]; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
• John 8:26-28 : 26 ‹I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.› 27 They understood not that he spake to them of the Father. 28 Then said Jesus unto them, ‹When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am› [he], ‹and› [that] ‹I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.›
• John 8:40 : 40 ‹But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.›
• John 8:47 : 47 ‹He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear› [them] ‹not, because ye are not of God.›
• John 15:26 : 26 ¶ ‹But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father,› [even] ‹the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:›
• John 16:7 : 7 ¶ ‹Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.›
• Eph 3:8 : 8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
• Eph 4:7-9 : 7 But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. 8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. 9 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? 10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.) 11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: 13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
• Col 1:19 : 19 For it pleased [the Father] that in him should all fulness dwell;
• Col 2:9 : 9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
• Rev 21:6 : 6 And he said unto me, ‹It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.›
• Rev 22:1 : 1 ¶ And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
• Rev 22:16-17 : 16 ‹I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David,› [and] ‹the bright and morning star.› 17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.