Tag Archives: John 7:30

Ἐζήτουν οὖν αὐτὸν πιάσαι, καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐπέβαλεν ἐπ’ αὐτὸν τὴν χεῖρα, ὅτι οὔπω ἐληλύθει ἡ ὥρα αὐτοῦ. (John 7:30) The Unseized Christ: Sovereignty amid Hostility

John 7:30 unfolds within a tense Jerusalem scene, where the crowd and authorities are growing hostile toward Jesus. Yet despite their attempts to seize Him, He remains untouched. The verse’s grammar reveals divine restraint, human frustration, and the invisible hand of divine sovereignty operating through precise Greek tenses — especially in the interplay between imperfect, aorist, and perfect.

The Plot: Ἐζήτουν… πιάσαι

Ἐζήτουν οὖν αὐτὸν πιάσαι “They were seeking, therefore, to seize him”

– Ἐζήτουν is imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural of ζητέω — “they were seeking.”… Learn Koine Greek