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Title: It Takes Nothing From Me
The text is, “οὐδεὶς αἴρει αὐτὴν ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ, ἀλλ’ ἐγὼ τίθημι αὐτὴν ἀπ’ ἐμαυτοῦ. ἐξουσίαν ἔχω θεῖναι αὐτήν, καὶ ἐξουσίαν ἔχω πάλιν λαβεῖν αὐτήν· ταύτην τὴν ἐντολὴν ἔλαβον παρὰ τοῦ πατρός μου.”
“οὐδεὶς”: masculine, singular, nominative, indefinite adjective meaning “no one” or “nothing”.
“αἴρει”: third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning “takes”.
“αὐτὴν”: first person, personal, feminine, singular, accusative pronoun meaning “it”.
“ἀπ’”: preposition taking the genitive for its object word and meaning “from” or “of”.
“ἐμοῦ”: first person, personal, singular, genitive pronoun meaning “me”.
“ἀλλ’”: coordinating adversative conjunction meaning “but”.
“ἐγὼ”: first person, personal, singular, masculine pronoun meaning “I”.
“τίθημι”: first person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning “lay down”.
“αὐτὴν”: third person, feminine, singular, accusative pronoun meaning “it”.
“ἀπ’”: preposition taking the genitive for its object word and meaning “from” or “of”.
“ἐμαυτοῦ”: first person, masculine, singular, genitive, reflexive pronoun meaning “myself”.
“ἐξουσίαν”: feminine, singular, accusative noun meaning “authority”.
“ἔχω”: first person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning “I have”.
“θεῖναι”: aorist, active, infinitive verb meaning “to lay down”.
“αὐτήν”: third person, feminine, singular, accusative pronoun meaning “it”.
“καὶ”: coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.
“ἐξουσίαν”: feminine, singular, accusative noun meaning “authority”.
“ἔχω”: first person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning “I have”.
“πάλιν”: adverb meaning “again”.
“λαβεῖν”: aorist, active, infinitive verb meaning “to take up”.
“αὐτήν”: third person, feminine, singular, accusative pronoun meaning “it”.
“ταύτην”: feminine, singular, accusative, demonstrative pronoun meaning “this”.
“τὴν”: feminine, singular, accusative article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.
“ἐντολὴν”: feminine, singular, accusative noun meaning “charge” or “commandment”.
“ἔλαβον”: first person, singular, aorist, active, indicative verb meaning “I received”.
“παρὰ”: preposition taking the genitive for its object word and meaning “from”.
“τοῦ”: masculine, singular, genitive article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.
“πατρός”: masculine, singular, genitive noun meaning “Father”.
“μου”: first person, personal, singular, genitive pronoun meaning “my”.
The meaning of this verse is,
It takes nothing from me, and I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. I received this commandment from my Father.”
οὐδεὶς αἴρει αὐτὴν ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ (John 10:18) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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