G1670

• {"n":"John 6:44","s":"Except the Father draw him. The verb is used of hauling a net and drawing a sword.","u":"https:\/\/jayms.com\/bible-study-tools-2\/bible-translation-differences\/#id=john-6-44","r":"John 6:44","b":[{"l":"How modern translations read it","t":"Every version reads draw or drag."},{"l":"First, in plain English","t":"**He drew the curtain.** **They dragged him out.** One English family, and the force in it depends entirely on what is being moved."},{"l":"What you are seeing","t":"Helkuo is used of hauling a net at John 21:6 and 21:11, of drawing a sword at John 18:10, and of dragging people before magistrates at Acts 16:19. John 12:32 uses the same verb of drawing all people."},{"l":"Why translators split","t":"English draw covers the whole range too, from a gentle pull to a haul, so the range survives and the force is still decided by context rather than by the word."},{"l":"The rule to carry away","t":"Listing every occurrence of a verb is more useful than any lexicon gloss, especially where a doctrine rests on how forceful it is."},{"l":"Choosing between them","t":"Draw is the majority rendering; drag appears where the context is clearly violent."},{"l":"The word","t":"\u1f11\u03bb\u03ba\u03cd\u03c9 helkuo \u00b7 G1670"}],"src":["Hauling a net: John 21:6, 11","Drawing a sword: John 18:10","Dragging to court: Acts 16:19; 21:30; James 2:6","Drawing all people: John 12:32"]}
• {"n":"John 12:32","s":"I will draw all men unto me. The same verb as the drawing in chapter six.","u":"https:\/\/jayms.com\/bible-study-tools-2\/bible-translation-differences\/#id=john-12-32","r":"John 12:32","b":[{"l":"How modern translations read it","t":"Versions read draw all people, or draw everyone. All men in the King James; all people in most modern versions."},{"l":"First, in plain English","t":"**He pulled them in.** Said of a fisherman and of a preacher, and the force differs entirely with the object."},{"l":"What you are seeing","t":"Helkuo again, as at 6:44. Here the subject is Christ lifted up and the object is all. Whether all means all without exception or all without distinction is the argument, and the verb does not settle it."},{"l":"Why translators split","t":"English draw carries the same range, so the question is preserved rather than created."},{"l":"The rule to carry away","t":"Read every occurrence of a verb across a book before deciding how strong it is. One verse is not a sample."},{"l":"Choosing between them","t":"Draw all people is what most modern versions print; all men is the King James."},{"l":"The word","t":"\u1f11\u03bb\u03ba\u03cd\u03c9 helkuo \u00b7 G1670"}],"src":["helkuo at John 6:44; 12:32; 18:10; 21:6, 11","Acts 16:19; 21:30; James 2:6","The absence of an object noun after all"]}