Study it in the app“I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I do not seek my own will but the will of the one who sent me.”
IἐγὼcanδύναμαιdoποιεῖνnothingΟὐ οὐδένonἀπ’my own.ἐμαυτοῦAsκαθὼςI hear,ἀκούωI judge,κρίνωandκαὶmyἡ ἐμὴjudgmentἡ κρίσιςisἐστίνrighteous,δικαίαbecauseὅτιI do notοὐseekζητῶmy ownτὸ ἐμὸνwillτὸ θέλημαbutἀλλὰthe willτὸ θέλημαof the one whoτοῦsentπέμψαντόςme.με
can, be able
Can, be able.
Where else “dynamai” appearsdo
To carry out an action or cause an effect.
Where else “poiein” appearsmyself
Myself.
Where else “emautou” appearshear
To perceive a sound, a voice or words with the ears.
Where else “akouō” appearsjudge
To hear a case and give sentence, as God will do with the world.
Where else “krinō” appearsmy, mine
My, mine.
Where else “emē” appearsjudgment
A judge's sentence; above all, the one God will give at the end.
Where else “krisis” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appearsrighteous
One who lives well, as God wants.
Where else “dikaia” appearsseek
To go after something or someone until it is found.
Where else “zētō” appearswill
Will: what someone wants and decides.
Where else “thelēma” appearssend
To make someone go to another place with a task.
Where else “pempsantos” appears29and come out, those who have done good to a resurrection of life, and those who have practiced evil to a resurrection of judgment.
30 · This verse (above)
31If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true.
1. What it says
What does Jesus ask the man who had been ill for thirty-eight years, and what does he tell him to do? What problem do the Jews see? (vv. 5-16)
2. What it means
Jesus says the works he does bear witness about him (v. 36). What other witnesses does he mention in this chapter? (vv. 31-47)
3. How I live it
Jesus asked the sick man, “Do you want to get well?” (v. 6). What change would you like to ask God for in your life today?
