John 6:70

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀπεκρίθη αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Οὐκ ἐγὼ ὑμᾶς τοὺς δώδεκα ἐξελεξάμην, καὶ ἐξ ὑμῶν εἷς διάβολός ἐστιν;

Transliteration

Apekrithē to-them the Iēsous, Not egō you the twelve exelexamēn, and out-of you one diabolos estin?

Grammar Details

• *Apekrithē*: aorist passive, 3rd singular - answered/responded
• αὐτοῖς: dative, plural, masculine - to them
• *Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
• Οὐκ: negative particle - not
• *egō*: nominative, singular, 1st person pronoun - I
• ὑμᾶς: accusative, plural, 2nd person pronoun - you
• τοὺς δώδεκα: accusative, plural, masculine - the twelve
• *exelexamēn*: aorist middle, 1st singular - chose/selected
• καὶ: conjunction - and
• ἐξ: preposition + genitive - out of/from
• ὑμῶν: genitive, plural, 2nd person pronoun - of you
• εἷς: nominative, masculine, singular - one
• *diabolos*: nominative, masculine, singular - devil/slanderer
• *estin*: present, 3rd singular - is

Word Meanings

• *Apekrithē*: answered/responded/replied
• *exelexamēn*: chose/selected/picked out
• *diabolos*: devil/slanderer/accuser/adversary

Referenced Verses

• John 13:27 : 27 And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.
• 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 13:2 : 2 And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him;
• John 13:18 : 18 I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.
• John 6:64 : 64 But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.
• John 8:44 : 44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
• Matt 10:1-4 : 1 And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease. 2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; 3 Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; 4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
• Luke 6:13-16 : 13 And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles; 14 Simon,(whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew, 15 Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes, 16 And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.
• John 13:21 : 21 When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.
• John 15:16 : 16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
• John 15:19 : 19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
• Acts 1:17 : 17 For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.
• Acts 13:10 : 10 And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
• 1 Tim 3:11 : 11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
• Titus 2:3 : 3 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
• 1 John 3:8 : 8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
• Rev 3:9-9 : 9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. 10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.