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Whileὡςyou haveἔχετεthe light,τὸ φῶςbelieveπιστεύετεinεἰςthe light,τὸ φῶςso thatἵναyou may becomeγένησθεsonsυἱοὶof light.”φωτὸςJesusἸησοῦςspokeἐλάλησενthese things,Ταῦταandκαὶhe went awayἀπελθὼνand was hiddenἐκρύβηfromἀπ’them.αὐτῶν
John 12:36
Study it in the app“While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become sons of light.” Jesus spoke these things, and he went away and was hidden from them.”
With the Greek beneath
John 12:36, word by word
- you haveἔχετεechete
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echete” appears- the lightφῶςphōs
God's light
God's light that shows the truth.
Where else “phōs” appears- believeπιστεύετεpisteuete
trust
To trust in God or in Jesus.
Where else “pisteuete” appears- you may becomeγένησθεgenēsthe
become
To turn into something new, different from before.
Where else “genēsthe” appears- sonsυἱοὶhuioi
one belonging to
Someone with the character of something: "children of light".
Where else “huioi” appears- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous
Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsous” appears- spokeἐλάλησενelalēsen
speak
To use voice and words to communicate with others.
Where else “elalēsen” appears- he went awayἀπελθὼνapelthōn
go away
To leave where one is for another place, leaving something or someone behind.
Where else “apelthōn” appears- and was hiddenἐκρύβηekrybē
hide
Hide, conceal.
Where else “ekrybē” appears
The context
35So Jesus said to them, “The light is among you a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that darkness may not overtake you; and whoever walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
36 · This verse (above)
37But though he had done so many signs before them, they were not believing in him,
To study John 12 in a group
1. What it says
What does Mary do with the perfume at the dinner in Bethany, and what does Judas object? How does Jesus answer? (vv. 3-8)
2. What it means
Jesus says a grain of wheat, if it dies, bears much fruit (v. 24). What connection does he see between losing one's life and serving him? (vv. 24-26)
3. How I live it
Mary gave the best she had to Jesus (v. 3). What is the best you have, and how could you offer it with love today?