John 8:22:16John.8.22.W16TAB
ἐλθεῖν
elthein
“to come”
- Transliteration
- el-THEIN
- Extended
- ehl-THAYN
- IPA
- /elˈtʰiːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- to come
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
el-THEIN
- sentence
E-le-gon oun hoi i-ou-DAI-oi MÊ-ti a-pok-te-NEI he-au-TON HO-ti LE-gei HO-pou e-GÔ hy-PA-gō hy-MEIS ou DY-na-sthe el-THEIN
Exegesis
The contrastive second clause hymeis ou dynasthe elthein {ὑμεῖς οὐ δύνασθε ἐλθεῖν | hy-meîs ou dý-na-sthe el-theîn} sets hymeis “you” over against ego “I,” and combines the modal verb dynasthe “you are able” with the infinitive elthein “to come” to express their inability to follow. In translation, the formal version preserves the rhetorical force of meti with “Surely…will He?” and maintains the causal connection through “since He says,” while the dynamic version reshapes the question into natural contemporary English and uses “That is why He says” to make the causal relationship explicit, all while retaining the sharp contrast between Jesus’ destination and His opponents’ inability to reach it.
In context — John 8:22
So the Jews were saying, “Surely He will not kill Himself, will He, since He says, ‘Where I am going , you are not able to come’?”
About this coordinate
John 8:22:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of John 8:22, so the Greek word ἐλθεῖν (elthein) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written John.8.22.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (John.8.22.W16.S1) and character.