John 6:62

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐὰν οὖν θεωρῆτε τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἀναβαίνοντα ὅπου ἦν τὸ πρότερον;

Transliteration

If oun you theōrēte the Huion of the anthrōpou anabainonta where ēn the proteron?

Grammar Details

• *oun*: inferential conjunction - therefore/then
• *theōrēte*: present active subjunctive, 2nd plural - you might see
• *Huion*: accusative, masculine, singular - Son
• *anthrōpou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of man
• *anabainonta*: present active participle, accusative, masculine, singular - ascending
• *ēn*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd singular - was
• *proteron*: comparative adverb - before/formerly

Word Meanings

• *oun*: therefore/then/consequently
• *theōrēte*: you might see/perceive/observe
• *Huion*: Son
• *anthrōpou*: man/human
• *anabainonta*: ascending/going up
• *ēn*: was/existed
• *proteron*: before/formerly/previously

Referenced Verses

• John 3:13 : 13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
• Mark 16:19 : 19 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
• Luke 24:51 : 51 And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.
• John 6:27 : 27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
• John 16:28 : 28 I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
• John 17:4-5 : 4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. 5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
• John 17:11 : 11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
• Acts 1:9 : 9 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
• Eph 4:8-9 : 8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. 9 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? 10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)
• 1 Pet 3:22 : 22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.