John 9:33
If this man were not of God, he could do nothing.
KJV
εἰ μὴ ἦν οὗτος παρὰ θεοῦ, οὐκ ἠδύνατο ποιεῖν οὐδέν.
Greek NT
Nisi esset hic a Deo, non poterat facere quidquam.
Vulgate
If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.
ASV
Unless this man were of God, he could not do anything.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
δύναμαι
dunamai
verb · 209×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὐδείς
oudeis
adjective · 235×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
παρά
para
preposition · 191×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. We must go over the Scriptures not in a chance way or carelessly, but with all exactness, that we be not entangled. Since even now in this place one might with show of reason question, how, when they had asserted, This man is not of God, because he keeps not the Sabbath, they now say to the man, What do you say of him, that he has opened your eyes? and not, What do you say o…
Cross-references
- Acts 2:22 — Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
- John 3:2 — The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
- John 9:16 — Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
- John 15:5 — I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.