πατέρα, (patera) in John 14:6: Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
πατέρα, (patera) in John 14:6
Textual Witness
The Textus Receptus witness for John 14:6 reads πατέρα, with the morphology label Noun Accusative Singular Masculine.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
The form clarifies what receives or completes the action in the local phrase.
How To Communicate It
When teaching John 14:6, use this Noun Accusative Singular Masculine to explain the exact form's local function first, then move carefully to interpretation from the whole clause.
What Not To Say
- Grammar should serve context, not override it.
- Do not treat this occurrence as a complete word study for G3962.
- Do not make a morphology label carry a doctrine or application apart from the verse.
- Do not turn grammatical gender into a biological or theological claim by itself.
What Does The Label Mean?
Noun: the form functions as a noun in this occurrence, and the phrase decides its contextual force.
Accusative: the case marks how the form relates to the surrounding words, but context decides the exact relation.
Singular: the form is grammatically singular in this occurrence.
Masculine: this is grammatical gender for agreement or classification, not a standalone theological claim.
What The Form Does In This Verse
οὐδεὶς ἔρχεται πρὸς τὸν πατέρα, εἰ μὴ δι᾽ ἐμοῦ.
The clause of John 14:6, not the morphology label by itself
πατέρα, is a Noun Accusative Singular Masculine within "οὐδεὶς ἔρχεται πρὸς τὸν πατέρα, εἰ μὴ δι᾽ ἐμοῦ.". It helps identify what receives or completes the action in the clause.
The form does not by itself settle the whole interpretation of the verse, the full lexical range of the word, or a doctrine apart from the immediate wording and context.
How Much The Form Matters Here
Moderate: The form matters because it functions as direct object in John 14:6.
Noun Accusative Singular Masculine. identifies what receives or completes the action. Attached to οὐδεὶς ἔρχεται πρὸς τὸν πατέρα, εἰ μὴ δι᾽ ἐμοῦ.. Governed by the immediate wording of John 14:6. The syntax should be explained from the clause, not isolated from the passage.
What receives or completes the action? πατέρα, should be read as direct object in John 14:6, with the surrounding words deciding the exact interpretive force.
Direct: The form supports how John 14:6 is read, especially its direct object function, without replacing the whole clause.
The same morphology label can function differently in another verse. The immediate wording should decide the contextual force. Grammatical gender is not a separate theological claim.
Grammar alone proves doctrine: The form supports interpretation only as it serves the verse and its context. grammatical gender proves theology: Grammatical gender is a language feature and should not be pressed beyond the verse.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
The Textus Receptus witness for John 14:6 reads πατέρα, with the morphology label Noun Accusative Singular Masculine.
The lemma is πατήρ. The guide uses the gloss or rendering "father, Father, ancestor" only to orient this occurrence.
πατέρα, is a Noun Accusative Singular Masculine within "οὐδεὶς ἔρχεται πρὸς τὸν πατέρα, εἰ μὴ δι᾽ ἐμοῦ.". It helps identify what receives or completes the action in the clause.
In John 14:6, the form belongs to the statement where the surrounding words determine what the reader should learn from it.
The form should be read within the passage's local argument and the wider canonical witness, not as an isolated proof.
When teaching John 14:6, use this Noun Accusative Singular Masculine to explain the exact form's local function first, then move carefully to interpretation from the whole clause.
Do not derive a full word study, doctrine, or interpretive conclusion from this morphology label alone. The form serves the immediate wording and context.