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All things have been delivered to Me by My Father. And no one knows the Son, except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and to whom the Son might choose to reveal Him.

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Greek: Transliteration:
All things All, the whole, every kind of. Adj-NNP H3956 Πάντα panta
have been delivered To hand over, pledge, hand down, deliver, commit, commend, betray, abandon. V-AIP-3S H3860 παρεδόθη paredothē
Father. Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. N-AMS H3962 πατρός patros
no one No one, none, nothing. Adj-NMS H3762 οὐδεὶς oudeis
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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knows To come to know by directing my attention to him or it, to perceive, discern, recognize; to find out. V-PIA-3S H1921 ἐπιγινώσκει epiginōskei
Son, A son, descendent. N-NMS H5207 υἱὸν uion
Father; Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. N-AMS H3962 πατήρ patēr
nor Neither, nor, not even, and not. Conj H3761 οὐδὲ oude
{does} anyone Any one, someone, a certain one or thing. IPro-NMS H5100 τις tis
except If. V-PIA-3S H1921 ἐπιγινώσκει epiginōskei
Father, Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. N-AMS H3962 πατέρα patera
Son, A son, descendent. N-NMS H5207 υἱὸς uios
to whom Who, which, what, that. RelPro-DMS H3739 ᾧ ō
Son A son, descendent. N-NMS H5207 υἱὸς uios
might choose To will, intend, desire, wish. V-PSM/P-3S H1014 βούληται boulētai
to reveal [Him]. To uncover, bring to light, reveal. V-ANA H601 ἀποκαλύψαι apokalupsai

Parallel Verses

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Berean Bible All things have been delivered to Me by My Father. And no one knows the Son, except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and to whom the Son might choose to reveal Him.
King James Bible All things have been are delivered to Me by My Father. And unto me of my Father: and no one knows man knoweth the Son, except but the Father; nor does anyone know neither knoweth any man the Father, except save the Son, and he to whom whomsoever the Son might choose to will reveal Him.him.
Hebrew Greek English All "All things have been delivered handed over to Me by My Father. And Father; and no one knows the Son, Son except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father, Father except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son might choose wills to reveal Him.
New American Standard Bible 1995 All "All things have been delivered handed over to Me by My Father. And Father; and no one knows the Son, Son except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father, Father except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son might choose wills to reveal Him.