παρέλαβον. (parelabon) in John 1:11: Verb Third Person Plural Second Aorist Active Indicative

Verb: the form names an action or event, here the act of receiving or taking in relation to a person.

Second Aorist: commonly views the action as a whole event. It should not be treated as automatically punctiliar or automatically past in every context.

Active: presents the subject as doing or carrying the action.

Indicative: presents the verbal idea as an assertion or statement in the clause.

Third person: the form speaks about someone or something rather than directly as I/we or you.

Not applicable: this verb form is not using noun case to mark its sentence role.

Plural: the form presents the action as done by more than one actor in the clause.

Not applicable: this verb form does not use grammatical gender to make its point.

It is attached to the clause about his own not receiving him.

The verb is governed by the plural subject, his own, and it takes him as the direct object. The form presents the action as the stated response of those identified as his own.

It functions as the clause's main predicate and carries the report that they did not receive him.

It does not by itself define the nature of the refusal, nor does it force a theological conclusion beyond the narrated rejection in context.

High: The verb carries the negative response that his own did not receive him.

Third-person plural second aorist active indicative receiving verb. states the refusal or failure to receive him. Attached to the plural subject, his own, and the direct object, him. Governed by the negative clause in John prologue. The verb supports the reception statement; the prologue context defines the theological weight of that refusal.

What response does the clause report? The plural verb reports that his own did not receive him.

Direct: The aorist active form directly supports English wording such as "did not receive."

The verb can involve reception or acceptance, but the surrounding prologue explains the theological significance here.

Receiving verb alone defines every aspect of belief: The verb reports the response; the prologue supplies the wider relation to believing and receiving.

The witness reads παρέλαβον in John 1:11 within the clause, 'καὶ οἱ ἴδιοι αὐτὸν οὐ παρέλαβον.'

The lemma παραλαμβάνω normally means to take or receive, and in this verse it is used in a relational sense toward the one who came.

The plural indicative form fits the plural subject and reports the action as a narrated fact. The second aorist presents the refusal as a whole event, without detailing duration or process.

In context, the grammar supports the meaning that those who were his own did not welcome or receive him, which sharpens the contrast with his coming to what was his own.

This wording fits the larger Johannine theme of response to the light and the Messiah, where reception and rejection become key covenantal and revelatory markers.

For teaching or translation, the form can be rendered simply and directly as 'they did not receive him' or 'they did not accept him,' depending on the wider context and audience.

Do not derive from the verb form alone that it specifies every nuance of welcome, belief, hospitality, or spiritual outcome.