John 12:19

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οἱ οὖν Φαρισαῖοι εἶπον πρὸς ἑαυτούς, Θεωρεῖτε ὅτι οὐκ ὠφελεῖτε οὐδέν; ἴδε, ὁ κόσμος ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ ἀπῆλθεν.

Transliteration

The oun Pharisaioi eipon pros themselves, You theōreite that not you ōpheleite ouden? Ide, the kosmos opisō him has apēlthen.

Grammar Details

• *oun*: inferential particle - therefore/then
• *Pharisaioi*: nominative, masculine, plural - Pharisees
• *eipon*: aorist active indicative, 3rd plural - said
• *pros*: preposition + accusative - to
• *theōreite*: present active indicative, 2nd plural - you see/perceive
• *ōpheleite*: present active indicative, 2nd plural - you accomplish/gain
• *ouden*: accusative, neuter, singular pronoun - nothing
• *ide*: aorist active imperative, 2nd singular - look/behold
• *kosmos*: nominative, masculine, singular - world
• *opisō*: adverb - after/behind
• *apēlthen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd singular - has gone away

Word Meanings

• *Pharisaioi*: Pharisees (Jewish religious faction)
• *eipon*: said/spoke/told
• *pros*: to/toward/with
• *theōreite*: you see/perceive/observe
• *ōpheleite*: you accomplish/gain/achieve/profit
• *ouden*: nothing/not anything
• *ide*: look/behold/see
• *kosmos*: world/universe/people
• *opisō*: after/behind/following
• *apēlthen*: has gone away/departed/followed

Referenced Verses

• Ps 22:27 : 27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
• John 3:26 : 26 And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.
• John 11:47-50 : 47 Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles. 48 If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation. 49 And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all, 50 Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
• John 17:21 : 21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
• Acts 4:16-17 : 16 Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it. 17 But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.
• Acts 5:27-28 : 27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them, 28 Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.
• Acts 17:6 : 6 And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;
• 1 John 2:2 : 2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
• Ps 49:1 : 1 To the chief Musician{H8764)}, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Hear{H8798)} this, all ye people; give ear{H8685)}, all ye inhabitants{H8802)} of the world:
• Isa 27:6 : 6 He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.
• Matt 21:15 : 15 And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased,
• Luke 19:47-48 : 47 And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him, 48 And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.