What Does John 16:30 Mean in the King James?
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 analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
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.
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.
“camest forth” 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.”
“knowest” 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 unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.THE THREAD
For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed 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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