John 4:42

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Τῇ τε γυναικὶ ἔλεγον, ὅτι Οὐκέτι διὰ τὴν σὴν λαλιὰν πιστεύομεν αὐτοὶ: γὰρ ἀκηκόαμεν, καὶ οἴδαμεν ὅτι οὗτός ἐστιν ἀληθῶς ὁ Σωτὴρ τοῦ κόσμου. Ὁ Χριστός,

Transliteration

To-the te gynaiki elegon, that Ouketi dia the sēn lalian pisteuomen autoi: gar akēkoamen, and oidamen that houtos estin alēthōs the Sōtēr tou kosmou. The Christos,

Grammar Details

• Τῇ γυναικὶ: dative, feminine, singular with article - to the woman
• *te*: enclitic connecting particle - and/both
• *elegon*: imperfect, active, indicative, 3rd person plural - they were saying
• ὅτι: conjunction introducing content - that
• *Ouketi*: adverb - no longer
• *dia*: preposition - because of/through
• τὴν σὴν: accusative, feminine, singular with article + possessive adjective, accusative, feminine, singular - your
• *lalian*: accusative, feminine, singular - talk/speech/report
• *pisteuomen*: present, active, indicative, 1st person plural - we believe
• *autoi*: intensive pronoun, nominative, masculine, plural - ourselves
• *gar*: postpositive conjunction - for/because
• *akēkoamen*: perfect, active, indicative, 1st person plural - we have heard
• *oidamen*: perfect, active, indicative, 1st person plural with present meaning - we know
• *houtos*: demonstrative pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular - this (man)
• *estin*: present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - is
• *alēthōs*: adverb - truly/really
• ὁ Σωτὴρ: nominative, masculine, singular with article - the Savior
• τοῦ κόσμου: genitive, masculine, singular with article - of the world
• Ὁ Χριστός: nominative, masculine, singular with article - the Christ/the Anointed One

Word Meanings

• *lalian*: talk/speech/report/testimony
• *akēkoamen*: we have heard/we have listened (perfect tense indicating completed action with continuing results)
• *Sōtēr*: Savior/Deliverer/Preserver
• *kosmou*: world/universe/inhabited earth

Referenced Verses

• 1 John 4:14 : 14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
• John 1:29 : 29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
• 2 Cor 5:19 : 19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
• 1 Tim 4:10 : 10 For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.
• 1 John 5:20 : 20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
• Isa 45:22 : 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
• Isa 52:10 : 10 The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
• Matt 1:21 : 21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
• Luke 2:10-11 : 10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. 11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
• Luke 2:32 : 32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
• John 1:45-49 : 45 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. 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. 49 Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
• John 3:14-18 : 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: 15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
• John 4:29 : 29 Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
• John 6:68-69 : 68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. 69 And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.
• John 11:17 : 17 Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.
• John 17:8 : 8 For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
• Acts 4:12 : 12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
• Acts 17:11-12 : 11 {G1161} These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. 12 Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
• Rom 10:11-13 : 11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. 12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. 13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.