John 12:38

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? And to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἵνα ὁ λόγος Ἠσαΐου τοῦ προφήτου πληρωθῇ, ὃν εἶπεν, Κύριε, τίς ἐπίστευσεν τῇ ἀκοῇ ἡμῶν; καὶ ὁ βραχίων Κυρίου τίνι ἀπεκαλύφθη;

Transliteration

That the logos of Ēsaiou the prophētou might be plērōthē, which he eipen, Kyrie, who has episteusen the akoē of us? And the brachiōn of Kyriou to whom was apekalyphthē?

Grammar Details

*logos*: nominative masculine singular - word/message/saying
*Ēsaiou*: genitive masculine singular - of Isaiah
*prophētou*: genitive masculine singular - of prophet
*plērōthē*: aorist passive subjunctive, 3rd person singular - might be fulfilled
*eipen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - said/spoke
*Kyrie*: vocative masculine singular - Lord
*episteusen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - believed/trusted
*akoē*: dative feminine singular - report/message/hearing
*brachiōn*: nominative masculine singular - arm
*Kyriou*: genitive masculine singular - of Lord
*apekalyphthē*: aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular - was revealed/disclosed

Word Meanings

*logos*: word/message/saying/statement
*prophētou*: prophet/seer/one who speaks for God
*plērōthē*: might be fulfilled/completed/accomplished
*eipen*: said/spoke/declared
*Kyrie*: Lord/Master/Sir
*episteusen*: believed/trusted/had faith in
*akoē*: report/message/what is heard/hearing
*brachiōn*: arm/strength/power
*Kyriou*: of Lord/Master/YHWH
*apekalyphthē*: was revealed/disclosed/made known

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Referenced Verses

Isa 53:1 : 1 Who hath believed our message? and to whom hath the arm of Jehovah been revealed?
Rom 10:16 : 16 But they did not all hearken to the glad tidings. For Isaiah saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?
Rom 10:20 : 20 And Isaiah is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I became manifest unto them that asked not of me.
1 Cor 1:24 : 24 but unto them that are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
2 Cor 3:14-18 : 14 but their minds were hardened: for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remaineth, it not being revealed to them that it is done away in Christ. 15 But unto this day, whensoever Moses is read, a veil lieth upon their heart. 16 But whensoever it shall turn to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, [there] is liberty. 18 But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit.
2 Cor 4:3-6 : 3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled in them that perish: 4 in whom the god of this world hath blinded {G1519} the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn [upon them]. 5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. 6 Seeing it is God, that said, Light shall shine out of darkness, who shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Gal 1:16 : 16 to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles; straightway I conferred not with flesh and blood:
Eph 1:17-20 : 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him; 18 having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, {G2532} what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, 19 and what the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might 20 which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly [places],
2 Chr 32:20 : 20 And Hezekiah the king, and Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz, prayed because of this, and cried to heaven.
Ps 44:3 : 3 For they gat not the land in possession by their own sword, Neither did their own arm save them; But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, Because thou wast favorable unto them.
Isa 40:10-11 : 10 Behold, the Lord Jehovah will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him: Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him. 11 He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom, [and] will gently lead those that have their young.
Isa 51:5 : 5 My righteousness is near, my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the peoples; the isles shall wait for me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
Isa 51:9 : 9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Jehovah; awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Is it not thou that didst cut Rahab in pieces, that didst pierce the monster?
Matt 15:7 : 7 Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
Matt 16:17 : 17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jonah: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father who is in heaven.
Matt 27:35 : 35 And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments among them, casting lots;
John 15:25 : 25 But [this cometh to pass], that the word may be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
John 17:12 : 12 While I was with them, {G1722} {G2889} I kept them in thy name which thou hast given me: and I guarded them, and not one of them perished, but {G3361} the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
John 19:24 : 24 They said therefore one to another, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my garments among them, And upon my vesture did they cast lots.
John 19:36-37 : 36 For these things came to pass, that the scripture might be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. 37 And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
Acts 8:28-30 : 28 and he was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah. 29 And the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot. 30 And Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
Acts 13:27-29 : 27 For they that dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every {G2596} sabbath, fulfilled [them] by condemning [him]. 28 And though they found no cause of death [in him], yet asked they of Pilate that he should be slain. 29 And when they had fulfilled all things that were written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a tomb.

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