John 1:17
New Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ."
Word-by-Word Analysis
תּוֹרָה
tôwrâh
a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
חֵן
chên
graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)
אֶמֶת
ʼemeth
stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
Ἰησοῦς
Iēsoûs
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
Χριστός
Christós
anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
Key Terms in This Verse
חֵן chên
graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)
Study H2580 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Ἰησοῦς Iēsoûs
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
Study G2424 →Cross References
For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, a...
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them.
And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.
He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:
For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence he is.
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