John 6:42
They were asking, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then can He say, ‘I have come down from heaven?’”
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ASV
And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how doth he now say, I am come down out of heaven?
KJV
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?
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25 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| καὶ | kai | And | G2532 → |
| ἔλεγον· | elegon | they were saying; | G3004 → |
| οὐχ | ouch | Surely | G3756 → |
| οὗτός | houtos | this | G3778 → |
| ἐστιν | estin | is | G1510 → |
| Ἰησοῦς | Iēsous | Jesus | G2424 → |
| ὁ | ho | the | G3588 → |
| υἱὸς | huios | son | G5207 → |
| Ἰωσήφ, | Iōsēph | of Joseph, | G2501 → |
| οὗ | hou | of whom | G3739 → |
| ἡμεῖς | hēmeis | we ourselves | G3165 → |
| οἴδαμεν | oidamen | know | |
| τὸν | ton | the | G3588 → |
| πατέρα | patera | father | G3962 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| τὴν | tēn | the | G3588 → |
| μητέρα; | mētera | mother? | G3384 → |
| πῶς | pōs | How | G4459 → |
| νῦν | nun | then | G3568 → |
| λέγει | legei | says He | G3004 → |
| ὅτι | hoti | that | G3754 → |
| ἐκ | ek | From | G1537 → |
| τοῦ | tou | <the> | G3588 → |
| οὐρανοῦ | ouranou | heaven | G3772 → |
| καταβέβηκα;¶ | katabebēka | I have come down? | G2597 → |
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