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Andκαὶthey were saying,ἔλεγον“Is notΟὐχthisοὗτόςJesus,ἐστιν Ἰησοῦςthe sonὁ υἱὸςof Joseph,Ἰωσήφwhoseοὗfatherτὸν πατέραandκαὶmotherτὴν μητέραweἡμεῖςknow?οἴδαμενHowπῶςdoes he nowνῦνsay,λέγει‘I have come downκαταβέβηκαfromἘκheaven’?”τοῦ οὐρανοῦ
John 6:42
Study it in the app“And they were saying, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?””
With the Greek beneath
John 6:42, word by word
- they were sayingἔλεγονelegon
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “elegon” appears- Jesusἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” 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- the sonυἱὸςhuios
son
A son.
Where else “huios” appears- of JosephἸωσήφIōsēph
Joseph
Joseph, the name of several men in the Bible: the son of Jacob, Mary's husband (a descendant of David), Joseph of Arimathea, and others.
Where else “Iōsēph” appears- fatherπατέραpatera
parents
A family's father; sometimes father and mother.
Where else “patera” appears- motherμητέραmētera
mother
The woman who gives birth to a child and raises it.
Where else “mētera” appears- knowοἴδαμενoidamen
know someone
To have dealings with someone and know who he is.
Where else “oidamen” appears- ‘I have come downκαταβέβηκαkatabebēka
go down, come down
Go down, come down, descend.
Where else “katabebēka” appears- heaven’οὐρανοῦouranou
heaven
God's dwelling, above all that is created.
Where else “ouranou” appears
The context
41So the Jews were grumbling about him because he had said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”
42 · This verse (above)
43Jesus answered and said to them, “Do not grumble among yourselves.
To study John 6 in a group
1. What it says
What did the boy Andrew mentioned have, and what does Jesus do with it before it is given to the crowd? (vv. 8-13)
2. What it means
Jesus says, “I am the bread of life.” What does he promise to the one who comes to him and believes in him? (vv. 35-40)
3. How I live it
When many walked away, Peter answered, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life” (vv. 66-68). What keeps you close to Jesus?