John 6:38

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For I am come down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὅτι καταβέβηκα ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, οὐχ ἵνα ποιῶ τὸ θέλημα τὸ ἐμόν, ἀλλὰ τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πέμψαντός με.

Transliteration

For katabebēka from the ouranou, not hina I may poiō the thelēma the emon, but the thelēma of the one pempsantos me.

Grammar Details

• *katabebēka*: perfect, indicative, active, 1st singular - I have come down
• *ouranou*: genitive, masculine, singular - heaven
• *hina*: conjunction - so that/in order that
• *poiō*: present, subjunctive, active, 1st singular - I may do
• *thelēma*: accusative, neuter, singular - will/desire
• *emon*: possessive pronoun, accusative, neuter, singular - my/mine
• *pempsantos*: aorist, participle, active, genitive, masculine, singular - having sent

Word Meanings

• *katabebēka*: I have come down/descended
• *ouranou*: heaven/sky
• *poiō*: I may do/perform/accomplish
• *thelēma*: will/desire/purpose
• *emon*: my/mine
• *pempsantos*: having sent/dispatched

Referenced Verses

• John 4:34 : 34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work.
• John 5:30 : 30 I can of myself do {G3756} nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is righteous; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
• John 3:13 : 13 And no one hath ascended into heaven, but he that descended out of heaven, [even] the Son of man, who is in heaven.
• John 3:31 : 31 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is of the earth, and of the earth he speaketh: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
• Isa 53:10 : 10 Yet it pleased Jehovah to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see [his] seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand.
• John 6:33 : 33 For the bread of God is that which cometh down out of heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
• Eph 4:9 : 9 (Now this, He ascended, what is it {G1487} but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth?
• Phil 2:7-8 : 7 but {G2758} emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men; 8 and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, becoming obedient [even] unto death, yea, the death of the cross.
• Heb 5:8 : 8 though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered;
• Heb 10:7-9 : 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 {G3754} 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. {G2316} He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
• Ps 40:7-8 : 7 Then said I, Lo, I am come; In the roll of the book it is written of me: 8 I delight to do thy will, O my God; Yea, thy law is within my heart.
• Rom 15:3 : 3 For Christ also pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell upon me.
• Matt 20:28 : 28 even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
• Matt 26:39-42 : 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. 40 And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour? 41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. 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.