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John 6:42

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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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “Surely” (οὐχ) before this here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “then” (νῦν) before says He here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “Surely” (Οὐχὶ) before this here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “therefore” (οὖν) before says He here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “this” (οὗτος) before that here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἔλεγονelegonthey saidλέγω (legō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they 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.they saidΟὐχouchnotοὐ (ou)particle — “not”G3756no, not.notοὗτόςhoutosthisοὗτοςdemonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “this”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.thisἐστινestinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ἸησοῦςiēsousJesusἸησοῦςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the subject formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.Jesusὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.υἱὸςhuiossonυἱόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “son”, the subject formG5207a son, descendent.the sonἸωσήφiōsēphof JosephἸωσήφnoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of Joseph”, the of-formG2501Joseph, a proper name.of Josephοὗhouwhoseὅς (hos)relative pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “whose”, the of-formG3739who, which, what, that.whoseἡμεῖςhēmeisIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, nominative, plural — “I”, the subject formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).weοἴδαμενoidamento perceiveοἶδα (oida)verb, perfect active indicative, 1st person plural — “to perceive”, a completed action with a present resultG6063to perceiveτὸνtontheὁ (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”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.μητέραmēteramotherμήτηρ (mētēr)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “mother”, the object formG3384a mother.πῶςpōs? how is itπῶςadverb — “? how is it”G4459how, in what manner, by what means.This verse uses “how”.? how is itνῦνnunthenνῦνadverb — “then”G3568adv. (a) of time: just now, even now; just at hand, immediately, (b) of logical connection: now then, (c) in commands and appeals: at this instant.thenλέγειlegeisaithλέγω (legō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “saith”, 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.saithὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.Ἐκekfromἐκpreposition — “from”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.This verse uses “from”.fromτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.οὐρανοῦouranouheavenοὐρανός (ouranos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “heaven”, the of-formG3772heaven, (a) the visible heavens: the atmosphere, the sky, the starry heavens, (b) the spiritual heavens.heavenκαταβέβηκαkatabebēkato comeκαταβαίνω (katabainō)verb, perfect active indicative, 1st person singular — “to come”, a completed action with a present resultG2597I go down, come down, either from the sky or from higher land, descend.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ΟὐχὶouchiSurelyοὐχίnegative particle — “Surely”G3780by no means, not at all.οὖνounthenοὖνadverb — “then”G3767therefore, then.This verse uses “then”.οὗτοςhoutosthat heοὗτοςdemonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “that he”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and they said, 'Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we have known? how then saith this one — Out of the heaven I have come down?'

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American Standard Version (1901)

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?

Young’s Literal Translation

and they said, 'Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we have known? how then saith this one — Out of the heaven I have come down?'

World English Bible

They said, “Isn’t this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then does he say, ‘ I have come down out of heaven ’?”

Darby Translation

And they said, Is not this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we have known? how then does he say, I am come down out of heaven?

Douay-Rheims

And they said: Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then saith he, I came down from heaven?

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