Ἰωάννην 6:28

Greek Modern Translation

Ειπον λοιπον προς αυτον· Τι να καμωμεν, δια να εργαζωμεθα τα εργα του Θεου;

Parallel Translations

Byzantine/Majority Text
ειπον ουν προς αυτον τι ποιωμεν ινα εργαζωμεθα τα εργα του θεου

SBL Greek New Testament (2010)
εἶπον οὖν πρὸς αὐτόν· Τί ποιῶμεν ἵνα ἐργαζώμεθα τὰ ἔργα τοῦ θεοῦ;

Tischendorf 8th Edition
εἶπον οὖν πρὸς αὐτόν· τί ποιῶμεν ἵνα ἐργαζώμεθα τὰ ἔργα τοῦ θεοῦ;

Textus Receptus (1550/1894)
ειπον ουν προς αυτον τι ποιουμεν ποιουμεν ινα εργαζωμεθα τα εργα του θεου

Westcott/Hort UBS4 (1881)
ειπον ουν προς αυτον τι ποιωμεν ινα εργαζωμεθα τα εργα του θεου

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

What: Deuteronomy 5:27, Jeremiah 42:3-6, Jeremiah 42:20, Micah 6:7, Micah 6:8, Matthew 19:16, Luke 10:25, Acts 2:37, Acts 9:6, Acts 16:30

Reciprocal: Mark 10:17 - what Luke 8:21 - which John 6:27 - Labour not Romans 14:6 - for 1 Corinthians 15:58 - the work

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then said they unto him,.... Understanding by what he said, that they must labour and work, though not for perishing food, yet for durable food; and as they imagined, in order to obtain eternal life by working:

what shall we do that we might work the works of God? Such as are agreeable to his will, are acceptable to him, and well pleasing in his sight: they seem to intimate, as if they desired to know whether there were any other works of this kind, than what Moses had directed them to, or than they had done; and if there were, they suggest they would gladly do them; for this was the general cast and complexion of this people; they were seeking for righteousness, and life not by faith, but, as it were, by the works of the law.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? - That is, such things as God will approve. This was the earnest inquiry of men who were seeking to be saved. They had crossed the Sea of Tiberias to seek him; they supposed him to be the Messiah, and they sincerely desired to be taught the way of life; yet it is observable that they expected to find that way as other sinners commonly do - by their works. The idea of doing something to merit salvation is one of the last that the sinner ever surrenders.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 28. That we might work the works of God? — That is, Divine works, or such as God can approve.