John 19:11

Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
ἀπεκρίθη
G611 V-ADI-3S
apokrinomai
to conclude for oneself, i.e., (by implication) to respond; by Hebraism (compare H6030) to begin to speak (where an address is expected)
  • to give an answer to a question proposed, to answer
  • "to begin to speak, but always where something has preceded (either said or done) to which the remarks refer
G3588
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
Ἰησοῦς
G2424 N-NSM-P
iēsous
Jehovah is salvation
Jesus (i.e., Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
  • Joshua was the famous captain of the Israelites, Moses' successor
  • "Jesus, son of Eliezer, one of the ancestors of Christ"Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind, God incarnate"Jesus Barabbas was the captive robber whom the Jews begged Pilate to release instead of Christ"Jesus, surnamed Justus, a Jewish Christian, an associate with Paul in the preaching of the gospel
Οὐκ
G3756
ou
the absolute negative (compare G3361) adverb; no or not
  • no, not
εἶχες
G2192 V-IAI-2S
echō
to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or condition)
  • to have, i.e., to hold
    • to have (hold) in the hand, in the sense of wearing, to have (hold) possession of the mind (refers to alarm, agitating emotions, etc.), to hold fast keep, to have or comprise or involve, to regard or consider or hold as
    to have i.e., own, possess
    • external things such as pertain to property or riches or furniture or utensils or goods or food etc.
    • "used of those joined to any one by the bonds of natural blood or marriage or friendship or duty or law etc, of attendance or companionship
    to hold one's self or find one's self so and so, to be in such or such a condition"to hold one's self to a thing, to lay hold of a thing, to adhere or cling to
    • to be closely joined to a person or a thing
ἐξουσίαν
G1849 N-ASF
exousia
privilege, i.e., (subjectively) force, capacity, competency, freedom, or (objectively) mastery (concretely, magistrate, superhuman, potentate, token of control), delegated influence
  • power of choice, liberty of doing as one pleases
    • leave or permission
    physical and mental power
    • the ability or strength with which one is endued, which he either possesses or exercises
    the power of authority (influence) and of right (privilege)"the power of rule or government (the power of him whose will and commands must be submitted to by others and obeyed)
    • universally
      • authority over mankind
      specifically
      • the power of judicial decisions
      • "of authority to manage domestic affairs
      metonymically
      • a thing subject to authority or rule
        • jurisdiction
        one who possesses authority
        • a ruler, a human magistrate
        • "the leading and more powerful among created beings superior to man, spiritual potentates
      a sign of the husband's authority over his wife
      • the veil with which propriety required a women to cover herself
      the sign of regal authority, a crown
οὐδεμίαν
G3762
oudeis
not even one (man, woman or thing), i.e., none, nobody, nothing
  • no one, nothing
κατ'
G2596
kata
(prepositionally) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined)
  • down from, through out
  • "according to, toward, along
ἐμοῦ
G1700
emou
of me
  • me, my, mine, etc.
εἰ
G1487 CONJ
ei
if, whether, that, etc
  • if, whether
μὴ
G3361 PRT-N
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas G3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
  • no, not lest
ἦν
G2258
ēn
I (thou, etc.) was (wast or were)
  • I was, etc.
σοι
G4671
soi
to thee
  • to you
δεδομένον
G1325 V-RPP-NSN
didōmi
to give (used in a very wide application, properly, or by implication, literally or figuratively; greatly modified by the connection)
  • to give
  • "to give something to someone
    • of one's own accord to give one something, to his advantage
      • to bestow a gift
      to grant, give to one asking, let have"to supply, furnish, necessary things"to give over, deliver
      • to reach out, extend, present
      • "of a writing"to give over to one's care, entrust, commit
        • something to be administered
        • "to give or commit to some one something to be religiously observed
      to give what is due or obligatory, to pay: wages or reward"to furnish, endue
    to give
    • to cause, profuse, give forth from one's self
      • to give, hand out lots
      to appoint to an office"to give one to someone as his own
      • as an object of his saving care
      • "to give one to someone, to follow him as a leader and master"to give one to someone to care for his interests"to give one to someone to whom he already belonged, to return
    to grant or permit one
    • to commission
ἄνωθεν·
G509 ADV
anōthen
from above; by analogy, from the first; by implication, anew
  • from above, from a higher place
    • of things which come from heaven or God
    from the first, from the beginning, from the very first"anew, over again
διὰ
G1223 PREP
dia
through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
  • through
    • of place
      • with
      • "in
      of time
      • throughout
      • "during
      of means
      • by
      • "by the means of
    through
    • the ground or reason by which something is or is not done
      • by reason of
      • "on account of"because of for this reason"therefore"on this account
τοῦτο
G5124
touto
that thing
  • that (thing), this (thing)
G3588 T-NSM
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
παραδιδούς
G3860
paradidōmi
to surrender, i.e yield up, entrust, transmit
  • to give into the hands (of another)
  • "to give over into (one's) power or use
    • to deliver to one something to keep, use, take care of, manage
    • "to deliver up one to custody, to be judged, condemned, punished, scourged, tormented, put to death"to deliver up treacherously
      • by betrayal to cause one to be taken
      • "to deliver one to be taught, moulded
    to commit, to commend"to deliver verbally
    • commands, rites
    • "to deliver by narrating, to report
    to permit allow
    • when the fruit will allow that is when its ripeness permits
    • "gives itself up, presents itself
μέ
G3165
me
me
  • I, me, my, etc.
σοι
G4671
soi
to thee
  • to you
μείζονα
G3173 A-ASF-C
megas
big (literally or figuratively, in a very wide application)
  • great
    • of the external form or sensible appearance of things (or of persons)
      • in particular, of space and its dimensions, as respects
        • mass and weight: great
        • "compass and extent: large, spacious"measure and height: long"stature and age: great, old
      of number and quantity: numerous, large, abundant"of age: the elder"used of intensity and its degrees: with great effort, of the affections and emotions of the mind, of natural events powerfully affecting the senses: violent, mighty, strong
    predicated of rank, as belonging to
    • persons, eminent for ability, virtue, authority, power
    • "things esteemed highly for their importance: of great moment, of great weight, importance"a thing to be highly esteemed for its excellence: excellent
    splendid, prepared on a grand scale, stately"great things
    • of God's preeminent blessings
    • "of things which overstep the province of a created being, proud (presumptuous) things, full of arrogance, derogatory to the majesty of God
ἁμαρτίαν
G266 N-ASF
hamartia
a sin (properly abstract)
  • equivalent to 264
    • to be without a share in
    • "to miss the mark"to err, be mistaken"to miss or wander from the path of uprightness and honor, to do or go wrong"to wander from the law of God, violate God's law, sin
    that which is done wrong, sin, an offence, a violation of the divine law in thought or in act"collectively, the complex or aggregate of sins committed either by a single person or by many
ἔχει
G2192 V-PAI-3S
echō
to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or condition)
  • to have, i.e., to hold
    • to have (hold) in the hand, in the sense of wearing, to have (hold) possession of the mind (refers to alarm, agitating emotions, etc.), to hold fast keep, to have or comprise or involve, to regard or consider or hold as
    to have i.e., own, possess
    • external things such as pertain to property or riches or furniture or utensils or goods or food etc.
    • "used of those joined to any one by the bonds of natural blood or marriage or friendship or duty or law etc, of attendance or companionship
    to hold one's self or find one's self so and so, to be in such or such a condition"to hold one's self to a thing, to lay hold of a thing, to adhere or cling to
    • to be closely joined to a person or a thing

ἀπεκρίθη ὁ Ἰησοῦς Οὐκ εἶχες ἐξουσίαν οὐδεμίαν κατ' ἐμοῦ εἰ μὴ ἦν σοι δεδομένον ἄνωθεν· διὰ τοῦτο ὁ παραδιδούς μέ σοι μείζονα ἁμαρτίαν ἔχει
11
Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.
Cross References

Romans 13:1

Πᾶσα ψυχὴ ἐξουσίαις ὑπερεχούσαις ὑποτασσέσθω οὐ γάρ ἐστιν ἐξουσία εἰ μὴ ἀπὸ θεοῦ αἱ δὲ οὖσαι ἐξουσίαι ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ τεταγμέναι εἰσίν·
1
Let every be unto soul subject the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

John 3:27

ἀπεκρίθη Ἰωάννης καὶ εἶπεν Οὐ δύναται ἄνθρωπος λαμβάνειν οὐδὲν ἐὰν μὴ δεδομένον αὐτῷ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ
27
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.

Acts 2:23

τοῦτον τῇ ὡρισμένῃ βουλῇ καὶ προγνώσει τοῦ θεοῦ ἔκδοτον λαβόντες διὰ χειρῶν ἀνόμων προσπήξαντες ἀνείλετε
23
Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

Daniel 4:17

בִּגְזֵרַת עִירִין פִּתְגָמָא וּמֵאמַר קַדִּישִׁין שְׁאֵֽלְתָא עַד-דִּבְרַת דִּי יִנְדְּעוּן חַיַּיָּא דִּֽי-שַׁלִּיט עִלָּיָא בְּמַלְכוּת אֲנָושָׁא וּלְמַן-דִּי יִצְבֵּא יִתְּנִנַּהּ וּשְׁפַל אֲנָשִׁים יְקִים עֲלַֽיהּ׃
17
This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.

Acts 3:13

θεὸς Ἀβραὰμ καὶ Ἰσαὰκ καὶ Ἰακώβ θεὸς τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν ἐδόξασεν τὸν παῖδα αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦν ὃν ὑμεῖς παρεδώκατε καὶ ἠρνήσασθε αὐτόν κατὰ πρόσωπον Πιλάτου κρίναντος ἐκείνου ἀπολύειν·
13
The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.

John 7:30

Ἐζήτουν οὖν αὐτὸν πιάσαι καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐπέβαλεν ἐπ' αὐτὸν τὴν χεῖρα ὅτι οὔπω ἐληλύθει ὥρα αὐτοῦ
30
Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.

James 1:17

πᾶσα δόσις ἀγαθὴ καὶ πᾶν δώρημα τέλειον ἄνωθέν ἐστιν καταβαῖνον ἀπὸ τοῦ πατρὸς τῶν φώτων παρ' οὐκ ἔνι παραλλαγὴ τροπῆς ἀποσκίασμα
17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

Daniel 4:25

וְלָךְ טָֽרְדִין מִן-אֲנָשָׁא וְעִם-חֵיוַת בָּרָא לֶהֱוֵה מְדֹרָךְ וְעִשְׂבָּא כְתוֹרִין׀ לָךְ יְטַֽעֲמוּן וּמִטַּל שְׁמַיָּא לָךְ מְצַבְּעִין וְשִׁבְעָה עִדָּנִין יַחְלְפוּן עֲלָיךְ עַד דִּֽי-תִנְדַּע דִּֽי-שַׁלִּיט עִלָּיָא בְּמַלְכוּת אֲנָשָׁא וּלְמַן-דִּי יִצְבֵּא יִתְּנִנַּֽהּ׃
25
That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.

Luke 12:47

ἐκεῖνος δὲ δοῦλος γνοὺς τὸ θέλημα τοῦ κυρίου ἑαυτοῦ καὶ μὴ ἑτοιμάσας μηδὲ ποιήσας πρὸς τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ δαρήσεται πολλάς·
47
And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

James 4:17

εἰδότι οὖν καλὸν ποιεῖν καὶ μὴ ποιοῦντι ἁμαρτία αὐτῷ ἐστιν
17
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

Jeremiah 27:5

אָנֹכִי עָשִׂיתִי אֶת-הָאָרֶץ אֶת-הָאָדָם וְאֶת-הַבְּהֵמָה אֲשֶׁר עַל-פְּנֵי הָאָרֶץ בְּכֹחִי הַגָּדוֹל וּבִזְרוֹעִי הַנְּטוּיָה וּנְתַתִּיהָ לַאֲשֶׁר יָשַׁר בְּעֵינָֽי׃
5
I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.

Matthew 6:13

καὶ μὴ εἰσενέγκῃς ἡμᾶς εἰς πειρασμόν ἀλλὰ ῥῦσαι ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τοῦ πονηροῦ ὅτι σοῦ ἐστιν βασιλεία καὶ δύναμις καὶ δόξα εἰς τοῦς αἰῶνας ἀμήν
13
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

Romans 11:36

ὅτι ἐξ αὐτοῦ καὶ δι' αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰς αὐτὸν τὰ πάντα· αὐτῷ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας ἀμήν
36
For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.

Acts 4:28

ποιῆσαι ὅσα χείρ σου καὶ βουλή σου προώρισεν γενέσθαι
28
For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

Matthew 27:2

καὶ δήσαντες αὐτὸν ἀπήγαγον καὶ παρέδωκαν αὐτὸν Ποντίῳ Πιλάτῳ τῷ ἡγεμόνι
2
And when they had bound him, they led away, him and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.

Daniel 5:21

וּמִן-בְּנֵי אֲנָשָׁא טְרִיד וְלִבְבֵהּ׀ עִם-חֵיוְתָא שַׁוִּי וְעִם-עֲרָֽדַיָּא מְדוֹרֵהּ עִשְׂבָּא כְתוֹרִין יְטַעֲמוּנֵּהּ וּמִטַּל שְׁמַיָּא גִּשְׁמֵהּ יִצְטַבַּע עַד דִּֽי-יְדַע דִּֽי-שַׁלִּיט אֱלָהָא עִלָּיָא בְּמַלְכוּת אֲנָשָׁא וּלְמַן-דִּי יִצְבֵּא יְהָקֵים עֲלַֽיהּ׃
21
And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.

Psalms 62:11

אַחַת׀ דִּבֶּר אֱלֹהִים שְׁתַּֽיִם-זוּ שָׁמָעְתִּי כִּי עֹז לֵאלֹהִֽים׃
11
God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.

Genesis 45:7

וַיִּשְׁלָחֵנִי אֱלֹהִים לִפְנֵיכֶם לָשׂוּם לָכֶם שְׁאֵרִית בָּאָרֶץ וּלְהַֽחֲיוֹת לָכֶם לִפְלֵיטָה גְּדֹלָֽה׃
7
And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

Luke 7:41

δύο χρεωφειλέται ἦσαν δανειστῇ τινι· εἷς ὤφειλεν δηνάρια πεντακόσια δὲ ἕτερος πεντήκοντα
41
There was which had a certain creditor two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.

Daniel 4:32

וּמִן-אֲנָשָׁא לָךְ טָֽרְדִין וְֽעִם-חֵיוַת בָּרָא מְדֹרָךְ עִשְׂבָּא כְתוֹרִין לָךְ יְטַעֲמוּן וְשִׁבְעָה עִדָּנִין יַחְלְפוּן עֲלָיךְ עַד דִּֽי-תִנְדַּע דִּֽי-שַׁלִּיט עִלָּיָא בְּמַלְכוּת אֲנָשָׁא וּלְמַן-דִּי יִצְבֵּא יִתְּנִנַּֽהּ׃
32
And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.