John 6:38

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

For I came doune fro heaven: not to do myne awne will but his will which hath sent me.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὅτι καταβέβηκα ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, οὐχ ἵνα ποιῶ τὸ θέλημα τὸ ἐμόν, ἀλλὰ τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πέμψαντός με.

Transliteration

For katabebēka from the ouranou, not hina I may poiō the thelēma the emon, but the thelēma of the one pempsantos me.

Grammar Details

• *katabebēka*: perfect, indicative, active, 1st singular - I have come down
• *ouranou*: genitive, masculine, singular - heaven
• *hina*: conjunction - so that/in order that
• *poiō*: present, subjunctive, active, 1st singular - I may do
• *thelēma*: accusative, neuter, singular - will/desire
• *emon*: possessive pronoun, accusative, neuter, singular - my/mine
• *pempsantos*: aorist, participle, active, genitive, masculine, singular - having sent

Word Meanings

• *katabebēka*: I have come down/descended
• *ouranou*: heaven/sky
• *poiō*: I may do/perform/accomplish
• *thelēma*: will/desire/purpose
• *emon*: my/mine
• *pempsantos*: having sent/dispatched

Referenced Verses

• John 4:34 : 34 Iesus sayde vnto them: my meate is to doo the will of him that sent me. And to fynnysshe his worke.
• John 5:30 : 30 I can of myne awne selfe do nothinge at all. As I heare I iudge and my iudgemet is iust because I seke not myne awne will but the will of ye father which hath sent me.
• John 3:13 : 13 And no man ascendeth vp to heaven but he that came doune from heaven that is to saye the sonne of man which is in heaven.
• John 3:31 : 31 He that commeth from an hye is above all: He that is of ye erth is of the erth and speaketh of the erth. He that cometh from heaven is above all
• John 6:33 : 33 For the breed of God is he which cometh doune from heave and geveth lyfe vnto the worlde.
• Eph 4:9 : 9 That he ascended: what meaneth it but that he also descended fyrst into the lowest parties of the erth?
• Phil 2:7-8 : 7 Neverthelesse he made him silfe of no reputacion and toke on him the shape of a servaunte and became lyke vnto men 8 and was founde in his aparell as a man. He humbled him silfe and became obediet vnto ye deeth even the deeth of the crosse.
• Heb 5:8 : 8 And though he were Goddes sonne yet learned he obediece by tho thynges which he suffered
• Heb 10:7-9 : 7 Then I sayde: Lo I come in the chefest of the boke it is written of me that I shuld doo thy will o god. 8 Above when he had sayed sacrifice and offerynge and burnt sacrifices and synne offerynges thou woldest not have nether hast alowed (which yet are offered by the lawe) 9 and then sayde: Lo I come to do thy will o god: he taketh awaye the fyrst to stablisshe the latter.
• Rom 15:3 : 3 For Christ pleased not him selfe: but as it is written. The rebukes of the which rebuked the fell one me.
• Matt 20:28 : 28 eve as the sonne of man came not to be ministred vnto but to minister and to geve his lyfe for the redempcion of many.
• Matt 26:39-42 : 39 And he went a lytell aparte and fell flat on his face and prayed sayinge: O my father yf it be possible let this cuppe passe from me: neverthelesse not as I wyll but as thou wylt. 40 And he came vnto the disciples and founde them a slepe and sayde to Peter: what coulde ye not watche with me one houre: 41 watche and praye that ye fall not into temptacion. The spirite is willynge but the flesshe is weake. 42 He went awaye once moare and prayed sayinge: O my father yf this cuppe can not passe away from me but yt I drinke of it thy wyll be fulfylled.