For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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εἰς
Vocabulary form:
eijV
Definition:
into; in
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
1,767
GK:
1650
Cognates:
Eisegesis is poor hermeneutical practice because it reads a meaning into the text instead of drawing it out of (exegesis) the text.
Mnemonic Singing:
Changed from glory into glory,
'til in heaven we take our place.
Verse:
“Jesus was led by the Spirit εἰς the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.” (Matt 4:1)
“Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized εἰς the Jordan River by John.” (Mark 1:9)
Notes:
In classical Greek, there was little overlap in meaning between εἰς ("into") and ἐν ("in"), but in Koine Greek there is more.
Biblical Concordance
| John 3:17 | For God did not send his Son into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the world to condemn the world, but so that the world might be saved through him. |
| John 3:18 | The one who believes in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) him is not condemned, but the one who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the name of God’s one and only Son. |
| John 3:19 | And the basis for judging is this, that light has come into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the world and people love darkness rather than light, because their deeds are evil. |
| John 3:22 | After this Jesus and his disciples went into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the Judean countryside, and he was there with them for a time and was baptizing. |
| John 3:24 | (John had not yet been thrown into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) prison.) |
| John 3:36 | The one who believes in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the Son has eternal life; but the one who disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him. |
| John 4:3 | he left Judea and departed again for (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Galilee. |
| John 4:5 | So he came to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. |
| John 4:8 | (For his disciples had gone off to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the town to buy food.) |
| John 4:14 | but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again (eis | εἰς | prep-acc), but the water that I will give him will become in him a fountain of water gushing up to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) eternal life.” |
| John 4:28 | Then the woman left her water jar and went off to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the town. She told the people there, |
| John 4:36 | The reaper is already receiving wages and gathering a crop for (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together. |
| John 4:38 | I sent you to reap a crop for which you did not labor. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) their labor.” |
| John 4:39 | Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) him because of what the woman had said when she testified, “He told me everything I ever did.” |
| John 4:43 | Two days later Jesus left from there and went to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Galilee |
| John 4:45 | When he arrived in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, having seen all that he had done in Jerusalem during the feast (for they too had gone to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the feast). |
| John 4:46 | So Jesus came again to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Cana in Galilee where he had made the water wine. Now in Capernaum there was a certain officer in the royal service whose son was ill. |
| John 4:47 | When this man heard that Jesus had arrived in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Galilee from Judea, he went to him and begged him to come down and heal his son; for he was at the point of death. |
| John 4:54 | Now this was the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Galilee. |
| John 5:1 | After this there was a festival of the Jews, and Jesus went up to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Jerusalem. |
| John 5:7 | The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I am on my way someone else steps down ahead of me.” |
| John 5:24 | I tell you the solemn truth, the one who hears my message and believes the one who sent me has eternal life and will not come into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) judgment, but has passed from death to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) life. |
| John 5:29 | and will come out — those who have done good, to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) a resurrection unto life, and those who have practiced evil, to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) a resurrection unto condemnation. |
| John 5:45 | Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father; the one who accuses you is Moses, on (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) whom you have set your hope. |
| John 6:3 | Jesus went up on (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the mountainside, and he sat down there with his disciples. |
| John 6:9 | “There is a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are they for (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) so many?” |
| John 6:14 | So when the people saw the miraculous sign that Jesus had performed, they began to say, “This is truly the prophet who was to come into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the world.” |
| John 6:15 | Therefore when Jesus realized that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, he withdrew again up (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the mountainside alone. |
| John 6:17 | got into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) a boat and started across the sea to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Capernaum. It had by then become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. |
| John 6:21 | Then they were glad to take him into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the boat, and at once the boat reached the shore toward (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) which they were going. |
| John 6:22 | On the next day the crowd was standing on the other side of the lake. They knew that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not gotten into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the boat with his disciples, but that the disciples had left without him. |
| John 6:24 | So when the crowd realized that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they got into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the boats and went to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Capernaum looking for Jesus. |
| John 6:27 | Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that lasts for (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you; for on him God the Father has set his seal.” |
| John 6:29 | Jesus answered, saying to them, “This is the work that God requires, that you believe in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) him whom he has sent.” |
| John 6:35 | Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; the one who comes to me will never go hungry, and the one who believes in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) me will never be thirsty again. |
| John 6:40 | For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who considers the Son and comes to believe in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.” |
| John 6:51 | I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever (eis | εἰς | prep-acc); and the bread that I will give is my flesh — given on behalf of the world.” |
| John 6:58 | This is the bread that came down from heaven; it is not like that which your fathers ate and died. The one who feeds on this bread will live forever.” (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) |
| John 6:66 | From this time, many of his disciples turned back (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) and no longer associated with him. |
| John 7:3 | So his brothers said to him, “You should leave here and go to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Judea so that your disciples also may observe the works you are doing. |
| John 7:5 | (You see, not even his brothers had confidence in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) him.) |
| John 7:8 | You go up to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the festival yourselves; I am not going up to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) this festival, for my time has not yet fully come.” |
| John 7:10 | However, when his brothers had gone up to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the festival, then Jesus himself also went up, not openly, but as it were, in private. |
| John 7:14 | About halfway through the festival Jesus went up to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the temple and began to teach. |
| John 7:31 | Yet many of the crowd believed in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) him, saying, “When the Christ comes, he will not perform more miraculous signs than this man has, will he?” |
| John 7:35 | Then the Jews said to one another, “Where is this man about to go that we will not find him? Surely he is not going to go to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) our people dispersed among the Greeks and teach the Greeks, is he? |
| John 7:38 | The one who believes in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) me, as the scripture says, “Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’” |
| John 7:39 | Now he said this about the Spirit, which those who believed in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet present, because Jesus had not yet been glorified. |
| John 7:48 | None of the rulers or the Pharisees have believed in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) him, have they? |
| John 7:53 | Then each one went to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) his own house, |
Mnemonics
The ACE went INTO the pile
The ACE went INTO the pile
The ACE went IN the pile
The ACE was AMONG the pile