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John 5:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
Jesus
Iesous (Greek #2424)
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
KJV usage: Jesus.
Pronounce: ee-ay-sooce'
Origin: of Hebrew origin (03091)
answered
apokrinomai (Greek #611)
to conclude for oneself, i.e. (by implication) to respond; by Hebraism (compare 06030) to begin to speak (where an address is expected)
KJV usage: answer.
Pronounce: ap-ok-ree'-nom-ahee
Origin: from 575 and κρίνω
them
autos (Greek #846)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
KJV usage: her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare 848.
Pronounce: ow-tos'
Origin: from the particle αὖ (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward)
, My
mou (Greek #3450)
of me
KJV usage: I, me, mine (own), my.
Pronounce: moo
Origin: the simpler form of 1700
s Father
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
pater (Greek #3962)
a "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote)
KJV usage: father, parent.
Pronounce: pat-ayr'
Origin: apparently a primary word
worketh
ergazomai (Greek #2038)
to toil (as a task, occupation, etc.), (by implication) effect, be engaged in or with, etc.
KJV usage: commit, do, labor for, minister about, trade (by), work.
Pronounce: er-gad'-zom-ahee
Origin: middle voice from 2041
hitherto
heos (Greek #2193)
a conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until (of time and place)
KJV usage: even (until, unto), (as) far (as), how long, (un-)til(-l), (hither-, un-, up) to, while(-s).
Pronounce: heh'-oce
Origin: of uncertain affinity
arti (Greek #737)
just now
KJV usage: this day (hour), hence(-forth), here(-after), hither(-to), (even) now, (this) present.
Pronounce: ar'-tee
Origin: adverb from a derivative of 142 (compare 740) through the idea of suspension
, and I
kago (Greek #2504)
so also the dative case κἀμοί (kam-oy'), and accusative case κἀμέ (kam-eh') and (or also, even, etc.) I, (to) me
KJV usage: (and, even, even so, so) I (also, in like wise), both me, me also.
Pronounce: kag-o'
Origin: from 2532 and 1473
work
ergazomai (Greek #2038)
to toil (as a task, occupation, etc.), (by implication) effect, be engaged in or with, etc.
KJV usage: commit, do, labor for, minister about, trade (by), work.
Pronounce: er-gad'-zom-ahee
Origin: middle voice from 2041
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John 9:4• 4I must work the works of him that sent me while it is day: night cometh, when no one can work. (John 9:4)
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John 14:10• 10Believest thou not that I [am] in the Father, and the Father is in me? The words which I say to you, I do not speak from myself; but the Father that abideth in me, he doeth the works. (John 14:10)

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Ministry on This Verse

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John 9:4• 4I must work the works of him that sent me while it is day: night cometh, when no one can work. (John 9:4)
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John 14:10• 10Believest thou not that I [am] in the Father, and the Father is in me? The words which I say to you, I do not speak from myself; but the Father that abideth in me, he doeth the works. (John 14:10)
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Gen. 2:1‑2•  (Gen. 2:1‑2)
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Psa. 65:6•  (Psa. 65:6)
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Isa. 40:26•  (Isa. 40:26)
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Matt. 10:29• 29{i}Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall to the ground without your Father;{/i} (Matt. 10:29)
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Acts 14:17• 17And yet he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave you from heaven rains and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness. (Acts 14:17)
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Acts 17:28• 28For in him we live and move and are; as also some of your own poets have said, For his off-spring also are we. (Acts 17:28)
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1 Cor. 12:6• 6and there are differences of operations, but the same God that operateth all things in all. (1 Cor. 12:6)
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Col. 1:16• 16for by him was created the universe, the things in the heavens and those on the earth, the seen and the unseen, whether thrones, or lordships, or principalities, or authorities. The universe has been created through him and for him. (Col. 1:16)
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Heb. 1:3• 3who being effulgence of his glory and expression of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, having made [by himself] purification of our sins sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high, (Heb. 1:3)
• Neither the Father nor Himself could find their sabbath in the midst of misery and of the sad fruits of sin. (“John 5” by J.N. Darby)
• Either God must, in justice, destroy the guilty race; or―and this is what He did, according to His eternal purposes―He must begin to work in grace, according to the redemption which the state of man required. (“John 5” by J.N. Darby)
• “Worketh hitherto.” For the Father could not rest in sin, He would not rest in misery. (“John 5” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto and I work.

W. Kelly Translation

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But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.