πεινάσῃ· (peinase) in John 6:35: Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Active Subjunctive

Verb: the form names an action, state, or verbal idea. The verse determines how strongly the verbal form should be pressed.

Aorist: the form presents the verbal action as a whole, but it should not be treated as a once-for-all formula.

Active: voice describes how the subject relates to the verbal action in this form.

Subjunctive: the form's mood helps explain how the verbal idea functions in the clause.

Third Person: the form marks who is involved in the verbal assertion, command, or clause.

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

Singular: the form is marked for grammatical number and should be tied to the subject or clause it serves.

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

Jesus' promise that the one coming to him will not hunger

The negated subjunctive promise in John 6:35

πεινάσῃ· is a Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Active Subjunctive within "ἐρχόμενος πρός με οὐ μὴ πεινάσῃ· καὶ ὁ πιστεύων εἰς ἐμὲ". The aorist active subjunctive appears in a strong negated promise about hunger.

The aorist form does not prove a once-for-all grammar rule. The promise is defined by Jesus' bread-of-life saying.

High: The form matters because it functions as predicate in John 6:35.

Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Active Subjunctive. states what will not characterize the one who comes to Jesus. Attached to Jesus' promise that the one coming to him will not hunger. Governed by the negated subjunctive promise in John 6:35. The syntax should be explained from the clause, not isolated from the passage.

What does Jesus say will not happen to the one who comes to him? The negated subjunctive states that this person will not hunger.

Direct: The form directly supports will never hunger.

The same morphology label can function differently in another verse. The immediate wording should decide the contextual force. Grammar identifies the form's role; the passage supplies the interpretive weight. 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. form label replaces context: Do not teach that aorist means once-for-all. The negated construction and the bread-of-life context carry the promise. grammatical gender proves theology: Grammatical gender is a language feature and should not be pressed beyond the verse.

The Textus Receptus witness for John 6:35 reads πεινάσῃ· with the morphology label Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Active Subjunctive.

The lemma is πεινάω. The guide uses the gloss "I am hungry, needy" only to orient this occurrence.

πεινάσῃ· appears in the phrase "ἐρχόμενος πρός με οὐ μὴ πεινάσῃ· καὶ ὁ πιστεύων εἰς ἐμὲ". The aorist active subjunctive appears in a strong negated promise about hunger.

John 6:35 promises satisfaction in relation to coming to Jesus as the bread of life.

The form fits John's presentation of Jesus as the one who gives life that cannot be supplied by signs alone.

When teaching John 6:35, use the negated subjunctive to show the strength of the promise without reducing it to a tense formula.

The aorist form does not prove a once-for-all grammar rule. The promise is defined by Jesus' bread-of-life saying.