John 8:42 — King James Version← Study notes
“Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.”
John 8:42 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · John 8:4230 words
εἶπενeipensay
αὐτοῖςautoishe / she / it / same
ὁhothe
ἸησοῦςIēsousJesus
ΕἰEiforasmuch as, if, that
ὁhothe
θεὸςtheosGod
πατὴρpatērfather, parent
ὑμῶνhymōnyou
ἦνēnam, have been, is I
ἠγαπᾶτεēgapate(be-)love(-ed)
ἂνanif / would
ἐμέemeI
ἐγὼegōI
γὰρgarfor
ἐκekfrom / out of
τοῦtouthe
θεοῦtheouGod
ἐξῆλθονexēlthoncome
(forth, out), depart (out of)
καὶkaiand / also
ἥκωhēkōcome
οὐδὲoudeneither
(indeed), never, no (more
γὰρgarfor
ἀπ’ap’from
ἐμαυτοῦemautoume, mine own (self), myself
ἐλήλυθαelēlythacome / go
ἀλλ’all’and, but (even), howbeit
ἐκεῖνόςekeinosthat one
μεmeI
ἀπέστειλενapesteilensend away
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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