John 6:65

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

And he sayde: Therfore sayde I vnto you: that no man can come vnto me except it were geven vnto him of my father.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἔλεγεν, Διὰ τοῦτο εἴρηκα ὑμῖν, ὅτι οὐδεὶς δύναται ἐλθεῖν πρός με, ἐὰν μὴ ᾖ δεδομένον αὐτῷ ἐκ τοῦ Πατρός μου.

Transliteration

And elegen, Because of this eirēka to you, that no one dynatai elthein pros me, if not it ē dedomenon to him from the Patros of me.

Grammar Details

• *elegen*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd singular - was saying
• *eirēka*: perfect active indicative, 1st singular - I have said
• *dynatai*: present middle indicative, 3rd singular - is able
• *elthein*: aorist active infinitive - to come
• *pros*: preposition + accusative - to/toward
• *ē*: present subjunctive, 3rd singular - might be
• *dedomenon*: perfect passive participle, nominative, neuter, singular - having been given
• *Patros*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Father

Word Meanings

• *elegen*: was saying/telling
• *eirēka*: have said/spoken/told
• *dynatai*: is able/can
• *elthein*: to come/approach
• *pros*: to/toward/with
• *ē*: might be/may be
• *dedomenon*: having been given/granted
• *Patros*: Father

Referenced Verses

• John 6:44-45 : 44 No man can come to me except the father which hath sent me drawe him. And I will rayse him vp at the last daye. 45 It is written in the Prophetes yt they shall all be taught of God. Every man therfore that hath hearde and hath learned of the father commeth vnto me.
• John 6:37 : 37 All that the father geveth me shall come to me: and him yt cometh to me I cast not awaye.
• Eph 2:8-9 : 8 For by grace are ye made safe thorowe fayth and that not of youre selves. For it is the gyfte of God 9 and commeth not of workes lest eny man shuld bost him silfe.
• 2 Tim 2:25 : 25 the evyll in meknes and can informe them that resist yf that god at eny tyme will geve them repentauce for to knowe the trueth:
• Titus 3:3-7 : 3 For we oure selves also were in tymes past vnwyse disobedient deceaved in daunger to lustes and to diuers maners of volupteousnes livynge in maliciousnes and envie full of hate hatinge one another. 4 But after that the kyndnes and love of oure saveoure God to mawarde appered 5 not of ye dedes of rightewesnes which we wrought but of his mercie he saved vs by ye foutayne of the newe birth and with the renuynge of the holy goos 6 which he shed on vs aboundantly thorow Iesus Christ oure saveoure 7 that we once iustified by his grace shuld be heyres of eternall lyfe thorowe hope
• Heb 12:2 : 2 lokynge vnto Iesus the auctor and fynnyssher of oure fayth which for the ioye that was set before him abode the crosse and despysed the shame and is set doune on the right honde of ye trone of God.
• Jas 1:16-18 : 16 Erre not my deare brethren. 17 Every good gyfte and every parfayt gyft is from above and commeth doune fro the father of light with whom is no variablenes nether is he chaunged vnto darcknes. 18 Of his awne will begat he vs with the worde of lyfe that we shuld be the fyrst frutes of his creatures.
• Phil 1:29 : 29 For vnto you it is geven that not only ye shulde beleve on Christ: but also suffre for his sake
• 1 Tim 1:14 : 14 Neverthelater the grace of oure Lorde was more aboundaunt with fayth and love which is in Christ Iesu.
• John 3:27 : 27 Iohn answered and sayde: a man can receave no thinge at all except it be geve him fro heaven.
• John 10:16 : 16 and other shepe I have which are not of this folde. Them also must I bringe that they maye heare my voyce and that ther maye be one flocke and one shepeherde.
• John 10:26-27 : 26 But ye beleve not because ye are not of my shepe. As I sayde vnto you: 27 my shepe heare my voyce and I knowe them and they folowe me
• John 12:37-41 : 37 And though he had done so many myracles before them yet beleved not they on him 38 yt the sayinge of Esayas the Prophet myght be fulfilled yt he spake. Lorde who shall beleve oure sayinge? And to whom ys the arme of ye Lorde opened? 39 Therfore coulde they not beleve because yt Esaias sayth agayne: 40 he hath blinded their eyes and hardened their hertes that they shuld not se with their eyes and vnderstonde with their hertes and shuld be converted and I shuld heale the. 41 Soche thinges sayde Esaias when he sawe his glory and spake of him.