John 12:38

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἵνα ὁ λόγος Ἠσαΐου τοῦ προφήτου πληρωθῇ, ὃν εἶπεν, Κύριε, τίς ἐπίστευσεν τῇ ἀκοῇ ἡμῶν; καὶ ὁ βραχίων Κυρίου τίνι ἀπεκαλύφθη;

Transliteration

That the logos of Ēsaiou the prophētou might be plērōthē, which he eipen, Kyrie, who has episteusen the akoē of us? And the brachiōn of Kyriou to whom was apekalyphthē?

Grammar Details

• *logos*: nominative masculine singular - word/message/saying
• *Ēsaiou*: genitive masculine singular - of Isaiah
• *prophētou*: genitive masculine singular - of prophet
• *plērōthē*: aorist passive subjunctive, 3rd person singular - might be fulfilled
• *eipen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - said/spoke
• *Kyrie*: vocative masculine singular - Lord
• *episteusen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - believed/trusted
• *akoē*: dative feminine singular - report/message/hearing
• *brachiōn*: nominative masculine singular - arm
• *Kyriou*: genitive masculine singular - of Lord
• *apekalyphthē*: aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular - was revealed/disclosed

Word Meanings

• *logos*: word/message/saying/statement
• *prophētou*: prophet/seer/one who speaks for God
• *plērōthē*: might be fulfilled/completed/accomplished
• *eipen*: said/spoke/declared
• *Kyrie*: Lord/Master/Sir
• *episteusen*: believed/trusted/had faith in
• *akoē*: report/message/what is heard/hearing
• *brachiōn*: arm/strength/power
• *Kyriou*: of Lord/Master/YHWH
• *apekalyphthē*: was revealed/disclosed/made known

Referenced Verses

• Isa 53:1 : 1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?
• Rom 10:16 : 16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?
• Rom 10:20 : 20 But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me.
• 1 Cor 1:24 : 24 But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
• 2 Cor 3:14-18 : 14 But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ. 15 But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart. 16 Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away. 17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
• 2 Cor 4:3-6 : 3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. 5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. 6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
• Gal 1:16 : 16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
• Eph 1:17-20 : 17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: 18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, 19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, 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,
• 2 Chr 32:20 : 20 And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.
• Ps 44:3 : 3 For they got not the land in possession{H8804)} by their own sword, neither did their own arm save{H8689)} them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour{H8804)} unto them.
• Isa 40:10-11 : 10 Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. 11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
• Isa 51:5 : 5 My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
• Isa 51:9 : 9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
• Matt 15:7 : 7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
• Matt 16:17 : 17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
• Matt 27:35 : 35 And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.
• John 15:25 : 25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
• John 17:12 : 12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
• John 19:24 : 24 They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.
• John 19:36-37 : 36 For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. 37 And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
• Acts 8:28-30 : 28 {G5037} Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet. 29 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot. 30 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
• Acts 13:27-29 : 27 For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him. 28 And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain. 29 And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.