συνεισέρχομαι (syneisérchomai) has two governed forms, both in John, and means to enter together or go in with someone. In John 6:22, the crowd observes that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples.
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συνεισέρχομαι (syneisérchomai) has two governed forms, both in John, and means to enter together or go in with someone. In John 6:22, the crowd observes that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples.
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include had not boarded (1), he also went (1).
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at John 6:22. Its strongest book concentrations include John (2).
G4897 has two governed forms, both in John, and means to enter together or go in with someone. In John 6:22, the crowd observes that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples. In John 18:15, another disciple enters the high priest's courtyard with Jesus. The verb marks shared movement into a place; the scene, not the compound alone, determines whether the movement concerns ordinary travel, access, danger, loyalty, or misunderstanding.
John 6 uses the form as the crowd reconstructs what happened after the feeding and Jesus' crossing of the sea. Their observation about the boat is accurate but incomplete, and the following search leads into Jesus' bread-of-life discourse. The verb does not prove unbelief, spiritual perception, or a doctrine of miraculous travel. It simply records the entry the crowd knows did not occur.
John 18 places another disciple inside the courtyard because that disciple is known to the high priest. The text does not identify this disciple by name, explain the relationship, or declare that access itself proves courage, innocence, influence, or complicity. Peter initially remains outside and then enters through the other disciple's intervention before his denials. Physical proximity to Jesus can coexist with uneven understanding and response; distance can reflect exclusion, fear, danger, or lack of access rather than disloyalty.
Shared entry can become a useful image for accompaniment only with restraint. It cannot demand that a pastor, friend, spouse, child, employee, or volunteer enter an unsafe room, private meeting, police encounter, hospital space, online account, confidential process, or traumatic setting. Faithful presence respects consent, role, security, access rules, advocates, interpreters, confidentiality, and the option to remain outside.
The two governed aorist active forms mark a shared entry that did not happen in the boat scene and a shared entry that did happen in the high priest's courtyard.
Jesus had not boarded it with His disciples
The negated shared entry is evidence within the crowd's attempt to trace Jesus' movement.
He also went with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest
A disciple's prior relationship supplies access to the courtyard during Jesus' hearing.
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Greek word. to enter in company with
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
I enter together with
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Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
How this verb appears across 2 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
συνεισέρχομαι is built from these roots:
G4897 marks shared entry twice without turning nearness into a spiritual score. In John 6, the crowd knows Jesus did not board with the disciples but still lacks the full account of his movement. In John 18, an unnamed disciple's relationship creates courtyard access while Peter's entrance leads into a scene of fear and denial. The verb helps readers notice who can enter, who remains outside, and how access is mediated.
Faithful accompaniment may involve entering with someone, arranging an advocate, waiting nearby, or respecting a decision not to enter. It never makes proximity proof of courage or authorizes intrusion, danger, secrecy, coerced meetings, or contempt for people without access.
John.18.15
Biblical narratives often use gates, courts, tents, houses, cities, sanctuaries, and journeys to show access and exclusion. Those settings can enrich reflection on accompaniment while remaining separate from the two direct forms of this Greek verb.