γεννηθῇ (gennethe) in John 3:3: Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Passive Subjunctive
γεννηθῇ (gennethe) in John 3:3
Textual Witness
The Textus Receptus witness for John 3:3 reads γεννηθῇ with the morphology label Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Passive Subjunctive.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
The passive subjunctive makes the new birth the necessary condition for seeing the kingdom, while the surrounding phrase supplies the from-above emphasis.
How To Communicate It
When teaching John 3:3, use this form to show the necessity Jesus states while keeping tense, voice, and ?????? tied to the sentence.
What Not To Say
- Grammar should serve context, not override it.
- Do not use aorist aspect as a shortcut for once-for-all claims.
- Do not isolate passive voice from Jesus' full new-birth dialogue.
- Do not settle the above/again nuance of ?????? from this verb form alone.
What Does The Label Mean?
Verb: the form states an action or verbal idea, and here it carries the condition Jesus gives to Nicodemus.
Not applicable: this finite verb does not use noun case to mark its role.
Singular: the verb belongs with the indefinite person in the condition, not with a named individual only.
Not applicable: this finite verb does not use grammatical gender to make its point.
Aorist: presents the being-born action as a whole in the condition, but it should not be turned into an automatic once-for-all rule.
Passive: presents the subject as receiving the action of being born, while Jesus' sentence supplies the larger theological meaning.
Subjunctive: the form belongs inside the conditional phrase introduced by unless, so it states a required condition rather than an isolated assertion.
Third person: the verb speaks about anyone in the condition rather than directly addressing Nicodemus with a second-person command.
What The Form Does In This Verse
The unless condition in Jesus' answer to Nicodemus
The conditional wording "unless anyone is born from above"
??????? Is the aorist passive subjunctive verb in the phrase "??? ?? ??? ??????? ??????". It states the condition Jesus gives before someone can see the kingdom of God.
The aorist form does not by itself prove a once-for-all doctrine, and the verb form alone does not settle every nuance of ??????.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: The verb carries the required condition in Jesus' first new-birth statement.
Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Passive Subjunctive. states the necessary condition for seeing the kingdom of God. Attached to the unless clause in John 3:3. Governed by the conditional wording before the statement about seeing the kingdom. The syntax should be explained from the clause, not isolated from the passage.
What condition does Jesus give before someone can see the kingdom? The subjunctive verb states that someone must be born from above.
Direct: The form directly supports wording such as "unless one is born."
Aorist aspect should not be reduced to once-for-all as a grammar rule. Passive voice marks received action, but the passage supplies the theological frame. The adverb ?????? must be handled from the phrase and dialogue, not from the verb form alone.
Aorist means once-for-all: The aorist presents the action as a whole here; it does not by itself prove a complete doctrinal claim. passive voice alone proves the full agent and doctrine: Passive voice identifies received action; Jesus' surrounding teaching supplies the larger meaning.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
The Textus Receptus witness for John 3:3 reads γεννηθῇ with the morphology label Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Passive Subjunctive.
The lemma is γεννάω. The gloss "I beget, bring forth, give birth to" orients this occurrence, but the sentence controls the public claim.
??????? Is the aorist passive subjunctive verb in the phrase "??? ?? ??? ??????? ??????". It states the condition Jesus gives before someone can see the kingdom of God.
John 3:3 states that seeing the kingdom of God requires being born from above.
The form belongs to John's new-birth dialogue and prepares the fuller water-and-Spirit explanation in John 3:5.
When teaching John 3:3, use this form to show the necessity Jesus states while keeping tense, voice, and ?????? tied to the sentence.
Do not claim that aorist automatically means once-for-all or that passive voice alone supplies the whole doctrine of regeneration.