KJV: John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
YLT: John answered and said, 'A man is not able to receive anything, if it may not have been given him from the heaven;
Darby: John answered and said, A man can receive nothing unless it be given him out of heaven.
ASV: John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it have been given him from heaven.
| Ἀπεκρίθη | Answered |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Passive, 3rd Person Singular Root: ἀποκρίνομαι Sense: to give an answer to a question proposed, to answer. |
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| Ἰωάννης | John |
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Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: Ἰωάννης Sense: John the Baptist was the son of Zacharias and Elisabeth, the forerunner of Christ. |
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| εἶπεν | said |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: λέγω Sense: to speak, say. |
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| Οὐ | Nothing |
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Parse: Adverb Root: οὐ Sense: no, not; in direct questions expecting an affirmative answer. |
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| δύναται | is able |
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Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Middle or Passive, 3rd Person Singular Root: δύναμαι Sense: to be able, have power whether by virtue of one’s own ability and resources, or of a state of mind, or through favourable circumstances, or by permission of law or custom. |
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| ἄνθρωπος | a man |
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Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: ἄνθρωπος Sense: a human being, whether male or female. |
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| λαμβάνειν | to receive |
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Parse: Verb, Present Infinitive Active Root: λαμβάνω Sense: to take. |
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| ‹οὐδὲ | nothing |
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Parse: Adverb Root: οὐδέ Sense: but not, neither, nor, not even. |
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| ἓν› | one |
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Parse: Adjective, Accusative Neuter Singular Root: εἷς Sense: one. |
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| ᾖ | it is |
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Parse: Verb, Present Subjunctive Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: εἰμί Sense: to be, to exist, to happen, to be present. |
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| δεδομένον | given |
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Parse: Verb, Perfect Participle Middle or Passive, Nominative Neuter Singular Root: διδῶ Sense: to give. |
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| αὐτῷ | to him |
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Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular Root: αὐτός Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself. |
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| τοῦ | - |
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Parse: Article, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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| οὐρανοῦ | heaven |
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Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: οὐρανός Sense: the vaulted expanse of the sky with all things visible in it. |
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Greek Commentary for John 3:27
See the same idiom in John 6:65 (cf. John 19:11). Condition of third class, undetermined with prospect of determination, αποστελλω ean mē with the periphrastic perfect passive subjunctive of didōmi The perfect tense is rare in the subjunctive and an exact rendering into English is awkward, “unless it be granted him from heaven.” See 1 Corinthians 4:7 where Paul says the same thing. [source]
Answering to given. [source]
Rev., more correctly, have been given. [source]
Literally, out of heaven ( ἐκ ). [source]