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John 5:19

Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “was saying” (ἔλεγεν) before them here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “said” (εἶπεν) before them here.

Ἀπεκρίνατοapekrinatoansweredἀποκρίνομαι (apokrinomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “answered”, a single actionG611I answer, reply, take up the conversation.answeredοὖνounthereforeοὖνconjunction — “therefore”G3767therefore, then.This verse uses “therefore”.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἸησοῦςiēsousJesusἸησοῦςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the subject formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.Jesusκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἔλεγενelegensaidλέγω (legō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “said”, an ongoing action in the pastG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.saidαὐτοῖςautoisunto themαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “unto them”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.unto themἈμὴνamēnVerilyἀμήνparticle — “Verily”G281verily, truly, amen; at the end of sentences may be paraphrased by: So let it be.This verse uses “verily”.Verilyἀμὴνamēnverilyἀμήνparticle — “verily”G281verily, truly, amen; at the end of sentences may be paraphrased by: So let it be.This verse uses “verily”.verilyλέγωlegōI sayλέγωverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “I say”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.I sayὑμῖνhuminunto youσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “unto you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.unto youοὐounoοὐadverb — “no”G3756no, not.δύναταιdunataicanδύναμαι (dunamai)verb, present middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “can”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1410(a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can.canὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.υἱὸςhuiosSonυἱόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Son”, the subject formG5207a son, descendent.the Sonποιεῖνpoieinto doποιέω (poieō)verb, present active infinitive — “to do”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.ἀφ’aphaway fromἀπό (apo)preposition — “away from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.ἑαυτοῦheautoumyἑαυτοῦpersonal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “my”, the of-formG1438himself, herself, itself.οὐδὲνoudennoneοὐδείς (oudeis)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “none”, the object formG3762no one, none, nothing.This verse uses “none”.ἐὰνeanifἐάνconjunction — “if”G1437if.μήmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.τιtioneτις (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “one”, the object formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.βλέπῃblepēto seeβλέπω (blepō)verb, present active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “to see”, an ongoing or repeated actionG991(primarily physical), I look, see, perceive, discern.This verse uses “see”.τὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πατέραpaterafatherπατήρ (patēr)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “father”, the object formG3962father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior.This verse uses “father”.ποιοῦνταpoiountato doποιέω (poieō)verb, present active participle, accusative, singular, masculine — “to do”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.ἃhawhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, plural, neuter — “which”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.γὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.ἂνanifἄνparticle — “if”G302an untranslatable word (under the circumstances, in that case, anyhow), the general effect of which is to make a statement contingent, which would otherwise be definite: it is thus regularly used with the subjunctive mood.ἐκεῖνοςekeinosthatἐκεῖνοςdemonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “that”, the subject formG1565that, that one there, yonder.This verse uses “that”.ποιῇpoiēto doποιέω (poieō)verb, present active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “to do”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.ταῦταtautathisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, plural, neuter — “this”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.καὶkaiandκαίadverb — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.υἱὸςhuiossonυἱόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “son”, the subject formG5207a son, descendent.ὁμοίωςhomoiōslikewiseὁμοίωςadverb — “likewise”G3668in like manner, similarly, in the same way, equally.likewiseποιεῖpoieito doποιέω (poieō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to do”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.

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εἶπενeipensaidἔπω (epō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “said”, an ongoing action in the pastG2036to say

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

Jesus therefore responded and said to them, 'Verily, verily, I say to you, The Son is not able to do anything of himself, if he may not see the Father doing anything; for whatever things He may do, these also the Son in like manner doth;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father doing: for what things soever he doeth, these the Son also doeth in like manner.

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World English Bible

Jesus therefore answered them, “Most certainly , I tell you , the Son can do nothing of himself , but what he sees the Father doing . For whatever things he does , these the Son also does likewise .

Darby Translation

Jesus therefore answered and said to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, The Son can do nothing of himself save whatever he sees the Father doing: for whatever things he does, these things also the Son does in like manner.

Douay-Rheims

Then Jesus answered, and said to them: Amen, amen, I say unto you, the Son cannot do any thing of himself, but what he seeth the Father doing: for what things soever he doth, these the Son also doth in like manner.

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