John 13:33
King James Version
12 Jun 2026
“Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you.”
Ἰουδαῖος
Jewish, belonging to Judah. Ioudaios. Salvation is from the Jews. God chose a people to bring the Messiah into the world. His choice of Israel was for the benefit of all nations.
μικρός
a little while
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μικρός
Small, little, least. Mikros. Unless you become like a little child. The kingdom belongs to the small in their own eyes. Greatness in the kingdom is measured differently.
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ζητέω
You will seek
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ζητέω
To seek, to look for, to desire. Zeteo. Seek first the kingdom of God. Seeking is active not passive. The kingdom does not come to those who wait passively. Seek it.
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δύναμαι
are able
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δύναμαι
To be able, to have power, to be capable. Dunamai. With God all things are possible. The limit of what is possible is not human ability but divine will.
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λέγω
I say
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λέγω
To say, to speak with authority. Jesus said and it was so. When Jesus speaks everything listens. His words carry the weight of creation behind them.
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ἔρχομαι
to come,
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ἔρχομαι
To come, to go, to arrive. Erchomai. Come Lord Jesus. The final prayer of Scripture is an invitation. The church lives in expectation of His return.
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τεκνίον
Little children,
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τεκνίον
an infant, i.e. (plural figuratively) darlings (Christian converts)
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ἔπω
I said
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ἔπω
to speak or say (by word or writing)
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εἰμί
I am.
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εἰμί
I exist (used only when emphatic)
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ἔτι
yet
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ἔτι
"yet," still (of time or degree)
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καθώς
even as
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καθώς
just (or inasmuch) as, that
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