Matthew 3:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But John would have hindered him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ δὲ Ἰωάννης διεκώλυεν αὐτὸν, λέγων, Ἐγὼ χρείαν ἔχω ὑπὸ σοῦ βαπτισθῆναι, καὶ σὺ ἔρχῃ πρός με;

Transliteration

The de Iōannēs diekōlyen him, legōn, Egō chreian echō by you baptisthēnai, and you erchē pros me?

Grammar Details

• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and
• *Iōannēs*: nominative, masculine, singular - John
• *diekōlyen*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd singular - was hindering/preventing
• *legōn*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - saying
• *Egō*: personal pronoun, nominative, 1st singular - I
• *chreian*: accusative, feminine, singular - need
• *echō*: present active indicative, 1st singular - I have
• *baptisthēnai*: aorist passive infinitive - to be baptized
• *erchē*: present middle/passive indicative, 2nd singular - you come
• *pros*: preposition with accusative - to/toward

Word Meanings

• *diekōlyen*: was hindering/was preventing/was trying to prevent
• *legōn*: saying/declaring/speaking
• *chreian*: need/necessity/requirement
• *echō*: I have/I possess/I hold
• *baptisthēnai*: to be baptized/to be immersed/to be washed
• *erchē*: you come/you are coming/you approach

Referenced Verses

• Luke 1:43 : 43 And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come unto me?
• John 1:16 : 16 For of his fulness {G2983} we all received, and grace for grace.
• John 3:3-7 : 3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot {G1410} see the kingdom of God. 4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born? 5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot {G1410} enter into the kingdom of God! 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born anew.
• John 13:6-8 : 6 So he cometh to Simon Peter. {G2532} He saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet? 7 Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt understand hereafter. 8 Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt {G1519} never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.
• Acts 1:5-8 : 5 For John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days hence. 6 They therefore, when they were come together, asked him, saying, Lord, dost thou at this time restore the kingdom to Israel? 7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know times or seasons, which the Father hath set within His own authority. 8 But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit is come upon you: and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
• Rom 3:23 : 23 for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;
• Rom 3:25 : 25 whom God set forth [to be] a propitiation, through faith, in his blood, to show his righteousness because of the passing over of the sins done aforetime, in the forbearance of God;
• Gal 3:22 : 22 But the scriptures shut up all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
• Gal 3:27-29 : 27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ did put on Christ. 28 There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one [man] in Christ Jesus. 29 And if ye are Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, {G2532} heirs according to promise.
• Gal 4:6 : 6 And because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
• Eph 2:3-5 : 3 among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest: — 4 but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace have ye been saved),
• Rev 7:9-9 : 9 After these things I saw, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of [all] tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, arrayed in white robes, and palms in their hands; 10 and they cry with a great voice, saying, Salvation unto our God who sitteth on the throne, and unto the Lamb. 11 And all the angels were standing round about the throne, and [about] the elders and the four living creatures; and they fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, 12 saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might, [be] unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. 13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, These that are arrayed in white robes, who are they, and whence came they? 14 And I say unto him, My lord, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they that come out of the great tribulation, and they washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 Therefore {G5124} are they before the throne of God; and they serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall spread his tabernacle over them. 16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun strike upon them, nor any heat: 17 for the Lamb that is in the midst of the throne shall be their shepherd, and shall guide them unto fountains of waters of life: and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes.