John 6:42

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἔλεγον, Οὐχ οὗτός ἐστιν Ἰησοῦς, ὁ υἱὸς Ἰωσήφ, οὗ ἡμεῖς οἴδαμεν τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὴν μητέρα; πῶς οὖν λέγει, οὖτος ὅτι Ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καταβέβηκα;

Transliteration

And they elegon, Not this estin Iēsous, the hyios Iōsēph, of whom we oidamen the patera and the mētera? How oun legei, this one that From the ouranou katabebēka?

Grammar Details

*elegon*: imperfect, indicative, active, 3rd plural - were saying
*estin*: present, indicative, active, 3rd singular - is
*Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
*hyios*: nominative, masculine, singular - son
*Iōsēph*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Joseph
*oidamen*: perfect, indicative, active, 1st plural - we know
*patera*: accusative, masculine, singular - father
*mētera*: accusative, feminine, singular - mother
*oun*: inferential particle - therefore/then
*legei*: present, indicative, active, 3rd singular - says
*ouranou*: genitive, masculine, singular - heaven
*katabebēka*: perfect, indicative, active, 1st singular - I have come down

Word Meanings

*elegon*: were saying/telling
*hyios*: son
*oidamen*: we know/understand
*patera*: father
*mētera*: mother
*oun*: therefore/then/consequently
*legei*: says/tells/speaks
*ouranou*: heaven/sky
*katabebēka*: I have come down/descended

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

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 6:38 : 38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
John 6:62 : 62 What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?
John 7:27-28 : 27 Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is. 28 Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught , saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.
Rom 1:3-4 : 3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; 4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
Rom 9:5 : 5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
1 Cor 15:47 : 47 The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.
Gal 4:4 : 4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
Matt 13:55-56 : 55 Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? 56 And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things?
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.

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