John 12:27

American Standard Version (1901)

Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But for this cause came I unto this hour.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Νῦν ἡ ψυχή μου τετάρακται· καὶ τί εἴπω; Πάτερ, σῶσόν με ἐκ τῆς ὥρας ταύτης: ἀλλὰ διὰ τοῦτο ἦλθον εἰς τὴν ὥραν ταύτην.

Transliteration

Now the psychē of me is tetaraktai; and what should I eipō? Pater, sōson me from the hōras this; but for this I ēlthon to the hōran this.

Grammar Details

• *psychē*: nominative feminine singular - soul/life/self
• *tetaraktai*: perfect passive indicative, 3rd person singular - has been troubled/disturbed
• *eipō*: aorist active subjunctive, 1st person singular - should say/speak
• *Pater*: vocative masculine singular - Father
• *sōson*: aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular - save/rescue/deliver
• *hōras*: genitive feminine singular - hour/time/appointed time
• *ēlthon*: aorist active indicative, 1st person singular - I came/arrived
• *hōran*: accusative feminine singular - hour/time/appointed time

Word Meanings

• *psychē*: soul/life/inner self/being
• *tetaraktai*: has been troubled/disturbed/agitated/distressed
• *eipō*: should say/speak/tell
• *Pater*: Father (addressing God)
• *sōson*: save/rescue/deliver/preserve
• *hōras*: hour/time/moment/appointed time
• *ēlthon*: came/arrived/appeared

Referenced Verses

• John 13:21 : 21 When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in the spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.
• John 18:37 : 37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end have I been born, and to this end am I come into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
• Luke 22:44 : 44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became as it were great drops of blood falling down upon the ground.
• Luke 22:53 : 53 When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched not forth your hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.
• Matt 26:38-39 : 38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: abide ye here, and watch with me. 39 And he went forward a little, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass away from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.
• Heb 5:7 : 7 Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear, [
• John 12:23 : 23 And Jesus answereth them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.
• Heb 10:5-9 : 5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, But a body didst thou prepare for me; 6 In whole burnt offerings and [sacrifices] for sin thou hadst no pleasure: 7 Then said I, Lo, I am come (In the roll of the book it is written of me) To do thy will, O God. 8 Saying above, Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and [sacrifices] for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein (the which are offered according to the law), 9 then hath he said, Lo, I am come to do thy will. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
• Matt 26:42 : 42 Again a second time he went away, and prayed, saying, My Father, if this cannot pass away, except I drink it, thy will be done.
• Matt 26:53-54 : 53 Or thinkest thou that I cannot beseech my Father, and he shall even now send me more than twelve legions of angels? 54 How then should the scriptures be fulfilled that thus it must be?
• Mark 14:33-36 : 33 And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly amazed, and sore troubled. 34 And he saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful even unto death: abide ye here, and watch. 35 And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass away from him. 36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; remove this cup from me: howbeit not what I will, but what thou wilt.
• Luke 12:49-50 : 49 I came to cast fire upon the earth; and what do I desire, if it is already kindled? 50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
• Ps 69:1-3 : 1 [For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim, [A Psalm] of David]. Save me, O God; For the waters are come in unto my soul. 2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. 3 I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
• Ps 88:3 : 3 For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draweth nigh unto Sheol.
• Isa 38:15 : 15 What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.
• Isa 53:3 : 3 He was despised, and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and as one from whom men hide their face he was despised; and we esteemed him not.
• Matt 11:25 : 25 At that season Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto babes: [
• John 11:33-35 : 33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews [also] weeping who came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, 34 and said, Where have ye laid him? They say unto him, Lord, come and see. 35 Jesus wept.
• John 11:41 : 41 So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou heardest me.
• 1 Tim 1:15 : 15 Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief:
• Heb 2:14 : 14 Since then the children are sharers in flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner partook of the same; that through death he might bring to nought him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;