JOHN 16:30

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.”

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John 16:30 Translation & Meaning

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KJV Verse Original Greek Meaning/ Definition
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Now νῦν "now" (as adverb of date, a transition or emphasis); also as noun or adjective present or immediate Now
are we sure οἴδαμεν Used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent G3700 and G3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by implication, (in the perfect tense only) to know are sure
that ὅτι Demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because that
thou knowest οἶδας Used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent G3700 and G3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by implication, (in the perfect tense only) to know knowest
all things, πάντα All, any, every, the whole all things
and καὶ And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words and
needest χρείαν Employment, i.e., an affair; also (by implication) occasion, demand, requirement or destitution needest
not οὐ The absolute negative (compare G3361) adverb; no or not not
that ἵνα In order that (denoting the purpose or the result) that
any man τίς Some or any person or object any man
should ask ἐρωτᾷ· To interrogate; by implication, to request should ask
thee: σε Thee thee
by ἐν "in," at, (up-)on, by, etc by
this τούτῳ To (in, with or by) this (person or thing) this
we believe πιστεύομεν To have faith (in, upon, or with respect to, a person or thing), i.e., credit; by implication, to entrust (especially one's spiritual well-being to Christ) believe
that ὅτι Demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because that
thou camest forth ἐξῆλθες To issue (literally or figuratively) camest forth
from ἀπὸ "off," i.e., away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative) from
God. θεοῦ A deity, especially (with G3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by Hebraism) God

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  • 28  I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.

  • 29  His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.

  • 30  Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.

  • 31  Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe?

  • 32  Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.




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