John 6:42 — King James Version← Study notes
“And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?”
John 6:42 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · John 6:4225 words
καὶkaiand / also
ἔλεγονelegonsay
ΟὐχOuchnot
οὗτόςhoutoshe (it was that), hereof, it
ἐστινestinam, have been, is I
ἸησοῦςIēsousJesus
ὁhothe
υἱὸςhyiosson
ἸωσήφIōsēphJoseph
οὗhouwho / which
ἡμεῖςhēmeisI
οἴδαμενoidamen
τὸνtonthe
πατέραpaterafather, parent
καὶkaiand / also
τὴνtēnthe
μητέραmēteramother
πῶςpōshow, after (by) what manner (means), that
νῦνnynhenceforth, + hereafter, of late
λέγειlegeisay
ὅτιhotithat / because
ἘκEkfrom / out of
τοῦtouthe
οὐρανοῦouranouair, heaven(-ly), sky
καταβέβηκαkatabebēkacome (get, go, step) down
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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