God & Savior

John 3:35

The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
John 3:35
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Study notes

The Father loves the Son and has put everything into His hands.

Explanation

The Son's authority comes from the Father's love. Everything has been given into His hands, which is why the response to Him decides a person's life (3:36).

Original language
  • πατὴρ (patēr): father
    Greek · Noun, nominative, singular, masculine · Strong's G3962 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Father.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, John 3:35, word 2

  • ἀγαπᾷ (agapa): to love
    Greek · Verb, present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · Strong's G0025 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Loves.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, John 3:35, word 3

  • δέδωκεν (dedōken): to give
    Greek · Verb, perfect, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · Strong's G1325 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Has given.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, John 3:35, word 8

  • χειρὶ (cheiri): hand
    Greek · Noun, dative, singular, feminine · Strong's G5495 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Hand.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, John 3:35, word 11

Cross-references
  • John 5:20 · Same theme

    The Father loves the Son and shows Him all He does.

  • John 13:3 · Related verse

    Jesus knew the Father had put all things under His power.

  • Matthew 28:18 · Same theme

    All authority has been given to Me.

Connected events
  • John the Baptist's last testimony about Jesus
    This verse is part of it

    This verse is part of John's testimony.

    John 3:22-36

Sources

Original language and places

Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Greek)

ὁ πατὴρ ἀγαπᾷ τὸν υἱὸν καὶ πάντα δέδωκεν ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ.

  1. ὁho“The”
    Article, nominative, singular, masculine · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  2. πατὴρpatēr“Father”
    Noun, nominative, singular, masculine · from πατήρ · “father” · Strong's G3962
  3. ἀγαπᾷagapa“loves”
    Verb, present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from ἀγαπάω · “to love” · Strong's G0025
  4. τὸνton“the”
    Article, accusative, singular, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  5. υἱὸνhuion“Son”
    Noun, accusative, singular, masculine · from υἱός · “son” · Strong's G5207
  6. καὶkai“and”
    Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
  7. πάνταpanta“all things”
    Adjective, accusative, plural, neuter · from πᾶς · “all” · Strong's G3956
  8. δέδωκενdedōken“has given”
    Verb, perfect, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from δίδωμι · “to give” · Strong's G1325
  9. ἐνen“into”
    Preposition · “in/on/among” · Strong's G1722
  10. τῇtēa“the”
    Article, dative, singular, feminine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  11. χειρὶcheiri“hand”
    Noun, dative, singular, feminine · from χείρ · “hand” · Strong's G5495
  12. αὐτοῦ.autou“of Him.”
    Personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
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  • Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)