John 6:42
And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?
KJV
καὶ ἔλεγον· οὐχ οὗτός ἐστιν Ἰησοῦς ὁ υἱὸς Ἰωσήφ, οὗ ἡμεῖς οἴδαμεν τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὴν μητέρα; πῶς νῦν λέγει οὗτος, ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καταβέβηκα;
Greek NT
et dicebant : Nonne hic est Jesus filius Joseph, cujus nos novimus patrem et matrem ? quomodo ergo dicit hic : Quia de cælo descendi ?
Vulgate
And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how doth he now say, I am come down out of heaven?
ASV
And they said: Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then saith he: I came down from heaven?
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
20 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἴδω
eido
verb · 317×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καταβαίνω
katabaino
verb · 78×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μήτηρ
meter
noun · 84×
νῦν
nun
adverb · 147×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὐρανός
ouranos
noun · 274×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πατήρ
pater
noun · 412×
πῶς
pos
adverb · 104×
υἱός
uios
noun · 375×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
Ἰωσήφ
ioseph
noun · 35×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
Textual variants
3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: Οὐχ | NIV/RP: Οὐχ | WH/Treg: Οὐχὶ
- Οὐχ — SBLGNT
- Οὐχ — Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- Οὐχὶ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: νῦν | WH/Treg/NIV: νῦν | RP: οὖν
- νῦν — SBLGNT
- νῦν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- οὖν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: λέγει | WH/Treg/NIV: λέγει | RP: + οὗτος
- λέγει — SBLGNT
- λέγει — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + οὗτος — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2835This petition, with the responsibility it involves, also applies to another hunger from which men are perishing: "Man does not live by bread alone, but . . . by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God,"123 that is, by the Word he speaks and the Spirit he breathes forth. Christians must make every effort "to proclaim the good news to the poor." There is a famine on earth,…
1. At all times indeed, but especially then when I reflect upon the achievements of the saints, it comes over me to feel despondency concerning my own condition, because we have not even in dreams experienced the things among which those men spent their whole lives, not paying the penalty of sins, but always doing rightly and yet always afflicted. For consider, I beseech you, E…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 15:47 — The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.
- John 1:45 — Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
- John 3:13 — And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
- John 6:50 — This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
- John 7:27 — Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.
- John 7:27 — Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.
- Luke 3:23 — And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,
- Luke 4:22 — And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph’s son?
- Luke 4:22 — And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph’s son?
- Mal 3:2 — But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:
- Mark 6:2 — And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto
- Mark 6:3 — Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.
- Mark 6:3 — Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.
- Matt 13:55 — Is not this the carpenter’s son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?
- Matt 13:55 — Is not this the carpenter’s son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?
- Matt 13:57 — And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.