John Chapter 10 verse 15 Holy Bible

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(15) As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father.--Better, . . . and I know the Father. Our version, by its rendering, and by the division of verses, fails to give the full meaning, and there is thus, indeed, no reason for the assertion of the mutual knowledge of the Father and the Son. But connecting the words with those of the previous verse, we have, "I am the Good Shepherd, and know those who are Mine, and those who are Mine know Me, even as the Father knoweth Me, and I know the Father." This deeper sense of union between the human spirit and Himself, and the wondrous likening of it to the union of Himself and the Father, is present to His mind as the close of His work on earth draws near. We find it again in John 14:20; John 15:10; John 17:8; John 17:21. It is bound up with the thought of the love which lays down His own life for them. This is repeated here and again in John 10:17-18.Parallel Commentaries ...Greekjust asκαθὼς (kathōs)AdverbStrong's 2531: According to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as. From kata and hos; just as, that.theὁ (ho)Article - Nominative Masculine SingularStrong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.FatherΠατὴρ (Patēr)Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularStrong's 3962: Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'.knowsγινώσκει (ginōskei)Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularStrong's 1097: A prolonged form of a primary verb; to 'know' in a great variety of applications and with many implications.Meμε (me)Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person SingularStrong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.and Iκἀγὼ (kagō)Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person SingularStrong's 2504: To also, I too, but I. From kai and ego; so also the dative case kamoi, and accusative case kame and I, me.knowγινώσκω (ginōskō)Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person SingularStrong's 1097: A prolonged form of a primary verb; to 'know' in a great variety of applications and with many implications.theτὸν (ton)Article - Accusative Masculine SingularStrong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.Father.Πατέρα (Patera)Noun - Accusative Masculine SingularStrong's 3962: Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'.Andκαὶ (kai)ConjunctionStrong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. I lay downτίθημι (tithēmi)Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person SingularStrong's 5087: To put, place, lay, set, fix, establish. A prolonged form of a primary theo to place.Myμου (mou)Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person SingularStrong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.lifeψυχήν (psychēn)Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularStrong's 5590: From psucho; breath, i.e. spirit, abstractly or concretely.forὑπὲρ (hyper)PrepositionStrong's 5228: Gen: in behalf of; acc: above. theτῶν (tōn)Article - Genitive Neuter PluralStrong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.sheep.προβάτων (probatōn)Noun - Genitive Neuter PluralStrong's 4263: A sheep. Probably neuter of a presumed derivative of probaino; something that walks forward, i.e., a sheep.Jump to PreviousLay Sheep