John 1:45

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εὑρίσκει Φίλιππος τὸν Ναθαναήλ, καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ, Ὃν ἔγραψεν Μωσῆς ἐν τῷ νόμῳ, καὶ οἱ προφῆται, εὑρήκαμεν, Ἰησοῦν τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ Ἰωσὴφ τὸν ἀπὸ Ναζαρέτ.

Transliteration

Heuriskei Philippos ton Nathanaēl, and legei autō, Whom egrapsen Mōsēs in the nomō, and the prophētai, we have heurēkamen, Iēsoun ton huion tou Iōsēph ton apo Nazaret.

Grammar Details

• *Heuriskei*: present active indicative 3rd person singular of *heuriskō* - finds
• *Philippos*: nominative masculine singular - Philip
• *Nathanaēl*: accusative masculine singular - Nathanael
• *legei*: present active indicative 3rd person singular of *legō* - says
• *autō*: dative masculine singular pronoun - to him
• *egrapsen*: aorist active indicative 3rd person singular of *graphō* - wrote
• *Mōsēs*: nominative masculine singular - Moses
• *nomō*: dative masculine singular - law
• *prophētai*: nominative masculine plural - prophets
• *heurēkamen*: perfect active indicative 1st person plural of *heuriskō* - we have found
• *Iēsoun*: accusative masculine singular - Jesus
• *huion*: accusative masculine singular - son
• *Iōsēph*: genitive masculine singular - of Joseph
• *apo*: preposition with genitive - from
• *Nazaret*: genitive feminine singular - Nazareth

Word Meanings

• *Heuriskei*: finds/discovers
• *egrapsen*: wrote/recorded
• *nomō*: law/Torah/Pentateuch
• *prophētai*: prophets (section of Hebrew Scriptures)
• *heurēkamen*: we have found/discovered (perfect tense indicating lasting significance)
• *huion*: son/descendant

Referenced Verses

• Luke 24:27 : 27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
• Deut 18:18-22 : 18 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. 19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him. 20 But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die. 21 And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken? 22 When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.
• Matt 2:23 : 23 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
• John 21:2 : 2 There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples.
• Luke 24:44 : 44 And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
• Luke 4:22 : 22 And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?
• John 18:5 : 5 They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.
• John 18:7 : 7 Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.
• Luke 3:23 : 23 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being(as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,
• Gen 49:10 : 10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
• Matt 13:55 : 55 Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?
• Matt 21:11 : 11 And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.
• Mark 6:3 : 3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.
• Mark 14:67 : 67 And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, and said, And thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth.
• Luke 2:4 : 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem;(because he was of the house and lineage of David:)
• John 19:19 : 19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.
• John 1:46-48 : 46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see. 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! 48 Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.
• John 5:45-46 : 45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. 46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.
• John 6:42 : 42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?
• Acts 2:22 : 22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
• Acts 3:6 : 6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.
• 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.
• Acts 22:8 : 8 And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.
• Acts 26:9 : 9 I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
• Gen 3:15 : 15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
• Gen 22:18 : 18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
• Isa 4:2 : 2 In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.
• Isa 7:14 : 14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
• Isa 9:6 : 6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
• Isa 53:2 : 2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
• Mic 5:2 : 2 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
• Zech 6:12 : 12 And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD:
• Zech 9:9 : 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.