Matthew 3:14

Webster's Bible (1833)

But John would have hindered him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and you come to me?"

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ δὲ Ἰωάννης διεκώλυεν αὐτὸν, λέγων, Ἐγὼ χρείαν ἔχω ὑπὸ σοῦ βαπτισθῆναι, καὶ σὺ ἔρχῃ πρός με;

Transliteration

The de Iōannēs diekōlyen him, legōn, Egō chreian echō by you baptisthēnai, and you erchē pros me?

Grammar Details

• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and
• *Iōannēs*: nominative, masculine, singular - John
• *diekōlyen*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd singular - was hindering/preventing
• *legōn*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - saying
• *Egō*: personal pronoun, nominative, 1st singular - I
• *chreian*: accusative, feminine, singular - need
• *echō*: present active indicative, 1st singular - I have
• *baptisthēnai*: aorist passive infinitive - to be baptized
• *erchē*: present middle/passive indicative, 2nd singular - you come
• *pros*: preposition with accusative - to/toward

Word Meanings

• *diekōlyen*: was hindering/was preventing/was trying to prevent
• *legōn*: saying/declaring/speaking
• *chreian*: need/necessity/requirement
• *echō*: I have/I possess/I hold
• *baptisthēnai*: to be baptized/to be immersed/to be washed
• *erchē*: you come/you are coming/you approach

Referenced Verses

• Luke 1:43 : 43 Why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
• John 1:16 : 16 From his fullness we all received grace upon grace.
• John 3:3-7 : 3 Jesus answered him, "Most assuredly, I tell you, unless one is born anew,{The word translated "anew" here and in John 3:7 (anothen) also means "again" and "from above".} he can't see the Kingdom of God." 4 Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born?" 5 Jesus answered, "Most assuredly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can't enter into the Kingdom of God! 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Don't marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born anew.'
• John 13:6-8 : 6 Then he came to Simon Peter. He said to him, "Lord, do you wash my feet?" 7 Jesus answered him, "You don't know what I am doing now, but you will understand later." 8 Peter said to him, "You will never wash my feet!" Jesus answered him, "If I don't wash you, you have no part with me."
• Acts 1:5-8 : 5 For John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days from now." 6 Therefore, when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord, are you now restoring the kingdom to Israel?" 7 He said to them, "It isn't for you to know times or seasons which the Father has set within His own authority. 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth."
• Rom 3:23 : 23 for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;
• Rom 3:25 : 25 whom God set forth to be an atoning sacrifice{or, a propitiation}, through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness through the passing over of prior sins, in God's forbearance;
• Gal 3:22 : 22 But the Scriptures shut up all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
• Gal 3:27-29 : 27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 If you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed and heirs according to promise.
• Gal 4:6 : 6 And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, "Abba,{Abba is a Greek spelling for the Chaldee word for "Father" or "Daddy" used in a familiar, respectful, and loving way.} Father!"
• Eph 2:3-5 : 3 among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest. 4 But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
• Rev 7:9-9 : 9 After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands. 10 They cried with a loud voice, saying, "Salvation be to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!" 11 All the angels were standing around the throne, the elders, and the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces before his throne, and worshiped God, 12 saying, "Amen! Blessing, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power, and might, be to our God forever and ever! Amen." 13 One of the elders answered, saying to me, "These who are arrayed in white robes, who are they, and from where did they come?" 14 I told him, "My lord, you know." He said to me, "These are those who came out of the great tribulation. They washed their robes, and made them white in the Lamb's blood. 15 Therefore they are before the throne of God, they serve him day and night in his temple. He who sits on the throne will spread his tent over them. 16 They will never be hungry, neither thirsty any more; neither will the sun beat on them, nor any heat; 17 for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne shepherds them, and leads them to springs of waters of life. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."