What Does John 16:30 Mean?
Now we know that you know all things, and you have no need for anyone to ask you. By this we lean our full weight on the fact that you came out from God.
Key words are shown with the Hebrew or Greek and what each word meant.
Selah Decoded Version The Selah Decoded Version renders what the Hebrew and Greek words meant to the people who first heard them.
King James wording
King James Version
Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.THE KEY
Jesus’ knowledge does not begin with human explanation; the disciples trust him because he knows all things and came forth from God.
THE MEANING
You encounter Jesus as one whose knowing does not depend on people supplying what is missing. You trust that he comes from God, and the verse joins that source with his complete knowledge. You are known before you can frame every question.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The lie this dissolves is that you must explain everything perfectly before Jesus can know you.
THE ROOT
πιστεύομεν
pisteuomen
GROWS FROM
πιστεύω (pisteuō), related to πείθω (peithō)
To be persuaded; to trust or rely upon.
“lean our full weight on the fact” in this verse is pisteuomen. Here, “believe” is trust placed in Jesus because the disciples recognize his knowing and his source. The word-family connects confidence with being persuaded, so their trust is a response to what they perceive about him.
ALSO GROWS
pistis: Trust, reliance
πίστις
This noun names the trust the disciples say they place in Jesus.
pistos: Trustworthy, reliable
πιστός
This branch links trust with the reliability of the one trusted.
peithō: Persuade, win over; be persuaded
πείθω
It shows trust as confidence that has taken hold, not detached agreement.
ἐξῆλθες
exēlthes
GROWS FROM
ἔρχομαι (erchomai), with ἐκ (ek)
Ἔρχομαι means to come or go; with ἐκ, the movement is outward, from a source.
“came out” in this verse is exēlthes. The verb gives “came forth” the shape of movement out from a source, and the sentence names that source as God. The disciples’ confession keeps Jesus’ origin in view.
ALSO GROWS
erchomai: Come or go
ἔρχομαι
This is the verb-family’s basic movement, which the compound directs outward.
exerchomai: Come or go out
ἐξέρχομαι
This is the verb used for Jesus’ coming forth from God.
eiserchomai: Come or go in, enter
εἰσέρχομαι
The same verb-family can mark movement inward, making the direction in “came forth” visible.
οἶδας
oidas
GROWS FROM
εἴδω
eido
To see or perceive; οἶδα (oida) is a perfect form used with the sense “know.”
“know” in this verse is oidas. The Greek word-family brings seeing and knowing together: the claim is that Jesus perceives all things. The verse sets that complete knowing alongside his origin from God.
ALSO GROWS
eido: See, perceive
εἴδω
This is the older verbal form behind the word-family’s link between perception and knowing.
oida: Know; literally connected with “having seen”
οἶδα
This is the word-family form behind “knowest.”
eidos: Visible form, appearance
εἶδος
This related form keeps the family’s connection to what is seen in view.
THE PATTERN
The Son’s origin and mission from God become the ground for recognition, witness, and trust.
Jesus said to them, If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came out from God, and I am here. Nor did I come from myself, but he sent me.For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and you have trusted that I came out from God.And we have beheld and bear witness that the Father has sent the Son as the deliverer of the world.THE THREAD
For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and you have trusted that I came out from God.Both verses use ἐξέρχομαι (exerchomai, to come out): John 16:27 joins Jesus’ coming out from God to the disciples’ trust. John 16:30 brings that same source claim together with their recognition of his complete knowing.
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