John 7:30

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐζήτουν οὖν αὐτὸν πιάσαι: καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐπέβαλεν ἐπʼ αὐτὸν τὴν χεῖρα, ὅτι οὔπω ἐληλύθει ἡ ὥρα αὐτοῦ.

Transliteration

They ezētoun oun him piasai: and oudeis epebalen upon him the cheira, hoti oupō elelythei the hōra of him.

Grammar Details

• *ezētoun*: imperfect, indicative, active, 3rd plural - were seeking/trying
• *oun*: inferential particle - therefore/then/so
• *piasai*: aorist, infinitive, active - to seize/arrest
• *oudeis*: nominative, masculine, singular - no one/none
• *epebalen*: aorist, indicative, active, 3rd singular - laid/put/placed
• *cheira*: accusative, feminine, singular - hand
• *hoti*: conjunction - because/that/for
• *oupō*: adverb - not yet
• *elelythei*: pluperfect, indicative, active, 3rd singular - had come
• *hōra*: nominative, feminine, singular - hour/time

Word Meanings

• *ezētoun*: were seeking/were trying/were attempting (continuous action)
• *oun*: therefore/then/so/consequently
• *piasai*: to seize/to arrest/to capture
• *oudeis*: no one/nobody/not one person
• *epebalen*: laid/put/placed/cast
• *cheira*: hand
• *oupō*: not yet/still not
• *elelythei*: had come/had arrived (pluperfect tense)
• *hōra*: hour/time/appointed time

Referenced Verses

• John 8:20 : 20 These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.
• John 10:39 : 39 Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,
• John 7:6 : 6 Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.
• John 7:32 : 32 The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.
• John 7:44-46 : 44 And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him. 45 Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him? 46 The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.
• John 7:8 : 8 Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come.
• John 7:19 : 19 Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
• John 8:37 : 37 I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.
• John 8:59 : 59 Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
• John 9:4 : 4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
• John 10:31 : 31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
• Ps 76:10 : 10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise{H8686)} thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain{H8799)}.
• Isa 46:10 : 10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
• Matt 21:46 : 46 But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
• Mark 11:18 : 18 And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.
• Luke 13:32-33 : 32 And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected. 33 Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.
• Luke 19:47-48 : 47 And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him, 48 And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.
• Luke 20:19 : 19 And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.
• Luke 22:53 : 53 When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.
• John 11:9-9 : 9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. 10 But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.
• John 11:57 : 57 Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, that they might take him.