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John 12:34

The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?

KJV

ἀπεκρίθη οὖν αὐτῷ ὁ ὄχλος, ἡμεῖς ἠκούσαμεν ἐκ τοῦ νόμου ὅτι ὁ Χριστὸς μένει εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, καὶ πῶς λέγεις σὺ ὅτι δεῖ ὑψωθῆναι τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου; τίς ἐστιν οὗτος ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου;

Greek NT

Respondit ei turba : Nos audivimus ex lege, quia Christus manet in æternum : et quomodo tu dicis : Oportet exaltari Filium hominis ? quis est iste Filius hominis ?

Vulgate

The multitude therefore answered him, We have heard out of the law that the Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?

ASV

The multitude answered him: We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever. And how sayest thou: The Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

25 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Χριστός
christos
noun · 530×
αἰών
aion
noun · 124×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δεῖ
dei
verb · 103×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μένω
meno
verb · 117×
νόμος
nomos
noun · 196×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πῶς
pos
adverb · 104×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
υἱός
uios
noun · 375×
ἀκούω
akouo
verb · 427×
ἀποκρίνομαι
apokrinomai
verb · 233×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
o
article · 19778×
ὄχλος
ochlos
noun · 173×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὑψόω
upsoo
verb · 20×

Textual variants

3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

trivial
SBLGNT: οὖν | WH/NIV: οὖν
  • οὖνSBLGNT
  • οὖνWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: λέγεις σὺ | WH/Treg/NIV: λέγεις σὺ | RP: σὺ λέγεις
  • λέγεις σὺSBLGNT
  • λέγεις σὺWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • σὺ λέγειςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: ὅτι | WH/Treg/NIV: ὅτι
  • ὅτιSBLGNT
  • ὅτιWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. Deceit is a thing easily detected, and weak, though it be daubed outside with ten thousand colors. For as those who whitewash decayed walls, cannot by the plastering make them sound, so too those who lie are easily found out, as in fact was the case here with the Jews. For when Christ said to them, If I be lifted up I will draw all men unto Me; We have heard, says one of the…

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 7:13 — He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
  • 2Sam 7:16 — And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
  • Dan 2:44 — And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all
  • Dan 2:44 — And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all
  • Dan 7:13 — I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
  • Dan 7:14 — And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingd
  • Dan 7:14 — And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingd
  • Dan 7:27 — And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dom
  • Dan 7:27 — And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dom
  • Ezek 37:24 — And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
  • Heb 7:24 — But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.
  • Isa 9:7 — Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even
  • Isa 40:8 — The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
  • Isa 53:8 — He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
  • John 3:14 — And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
  • John 5:25 — Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
  • John 8:53 — Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
  • John 10:34 — Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
  • John 12:32 — And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
  • John 12:32 — And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
  • John 15:25 — But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
  • Luke 1:32 — He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
  • Matt 8:20 — And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
  • Matt 16:13 — When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
  • Matt 16:13 — When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
  • Matt 21:10 — And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?
  • Matt 22:42 — Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David.
  • Mic 4:7 — And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever.
  • Ps 72:7 — In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.
  • Ps 72:17 — His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
  • Ps 89:36 — His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
  • Ps 110:4 — The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
  • Rom 3:19 — Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
  • Rom 5:18 — Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.