ἐρχόμενον (erchomenon) in John 1:47: Verb Present Middle or Passive Deponent Participle Accusative Singular Masculine

Verb: the form is a participle, so it functions verbally while describing the action of coming or going in a clause.

Present: often views the action as in progress, customary, or presently in view. Context decides the exact force.

Middle or Passive Deponent: uses a middle or passive form traditionally read with active sense. The lexeme and sentence still govern the meaning.

Participle: carries a verbal idea while also functioning like an adjective or clause element. Context decides its role.

Accusative: the form is accusative here, which usually means it is linked to the object-like slot that matches the noun it describes.

Singular: the form is singular in this occurrence, so it agrees with one person in the immediate context.

Masculine: the participle is masculine in form, which signals agreement with a masculine noun and does not by itself make a theological claim.

τὸν Ναθαναήλ

The participle is governed by the nearby accusative phrase and agrees with Nathanael as the one being seen while coming toward Jesus.

It describes Nathanael as in the act of approaching, giving the scene a contemporaneous, descriptive sense rather than a separate main action.

It is not the main verb of the verse, and it does not by itself state a completed action or create a new subject.

Moderate: The participle describes Nathanael approaching Jesus and sets up Jesus' statement about him.

Accusative participle modifying the object. describes Nathanael in motion toward Jesus. Attached to Nathanael as Jesus sees him coming. Governed by the seeing clause in John 1:47. The participle gives scene detail rather than a new main assertion.

What is Nathanael doing when Jesus sees him? Nathanael is coming toward Jesus.

Direct: The participle directly supports a rendering such as "Nathanael coming toward him."

The accusative participle modifies Nathanael in the seeing clause and should not be made into a separate subject. The deponent form does not imply passive agency.

Case ending creates theology: Accusative case marks the phrase relation; the narrative supplies the meaning. present participle proves continuous action: The participle presents the scene without making a doctrine of movement.

The witness reads ἐρχόμενον in John 1:47 within the sequence, Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him.

The form belongs to ἔρχομαι, a common verb for coming or going, so the basic sense is movement toward a destination.

Its participial form lets the text portray Nathanael's arrival as part of what Jesus sees, not as a detached event.

The scene presents Jesus observing Nathanael in approach and then speaking about him, which supports the verse's direct personal encounter.

In John, coming language often marks movement toward Jesus or response to him, and this verse fits that narrative pattern without forcing it.

For readers and teachers, the form can be rendered as 'coming' or 'approaching' to keep the descriptive force clear in English.

Do not derive a separate doctrine from the participle's gender or case, and do not make the form say more than the context shows.