Joh 6:58 ouv kaqw.

j e;fagon oi` pate,rej — The expression presents some

challenges. What does ouv negate? Just how does kaqw,j function? An alternative
diagramming would treat kaqw,j as a relative pronoun functioning as direct object of
e;fagon. BDAG almost seems to justify such a construction (see BDAG, kaqw,j, 1,
where the word is said to be capable of carrying the sense of poi/oj). Such a construction
would have the virtue of eliminating the elliptical o` a;rtoj evsti,n clause and relative
pronoun (o[n), but I would rather keep kaqw,j functioning as a conjunction, and the
diagram as I have drawn it is the only way I see to do that.
Joh 6:59 evn sunagwgh|/ — The prepositional phrase could alternatively be
construed as modifying ei=pen.
Joh 6:58 ouv kaqw.j e;fagon oi` pate,rej — The expression presents some
challenges. What does ouv negate? Just how does kaqw,j function? An alternative
diagramming would treat kaqw,j as a relative pronoun functioning as direct object of
e;fagon. BDAG almost seems to justify such a construction (see BDAG, kaqw,j, 1,
where the word is said to be capable of carrying the sense of poi/oj). Such a construction
would have the virtue of eliminating the elliptical o` a;rtoj evsti,n clause and relative
pronoun (o[n), but I would rather keep kaqw,j functioning as a conjunction, and the
diagram as I have drawn it is the only way I see to do that.
Joh 6:59 evn sunagwgh|/ — The prepositional phrase could alternatively be
construed as modifying ei=pen.