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Thenοὖνwhat ifἐὰνyou were to seeθεωρῆτεthe Sonτὸν υἱὸνof Manτοῦ ἀνθρώπουgoing upἀναβαίνονταwhereὅπουhe wasἦνbefore?τὸ πρότερον
John 6:62
Study it in the app“Then what if you were to see the Son of Man going up where he was before?”
With the Greek beneath
John 6:62, word by word
- you were to seeθεωρῆτεtheōrēte
watch
To observe something closely.
Where else “theōrēte” appears- the Sonυἱὸνhuion
Son
Jesus, the Son of God.
Where else “huion” appears- of Manἀνθρώπουanthrōpou
Son of Man
"The Son of Man": what Jesus calls himself.
Where else “anthrōpou” appears- going upἀναβαίνονταanabainonta
go up
To go upward: up a mountain, to Jerusalem or to heaven.
Where else “anabainonta” appears- whereὅπουhopou
where
Where, wherever.
Where else “hopou” appears- he wasἦνēn
be present
To be in a place or with someone.
Where else “ēn” appears- beforeπρότερονproteron
before, former
Before, earlier; the former.
Where else “proteron” appears
Translation note
The Greek leaves the sentence unfinished: “If, then, you see the Son of Man going up where he was before…”
The context
61But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, “Does this make you stumble?
62 · This verse (above)
63It is the Spirit that gives life; the flesh is of no use. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.
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?