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And if we know (kai ean oidamen). Condition of first class with ean (usually ei) and the perfect active indicative, assumed as true. See 1Th 3:8; Act 8:31 for the indicative with ean as in the papyri. “An amplification of the second limitation” (D. Smith).
Whatsoever we ask (ho ean aitōmetha). Indefinite relative clause with modal ean (= an) and the present middle (as for ourselves) subjunctive of aiteō. This clause, like hēmōn, is also the object of akouei.
We know that we have (oidamen hoti echomen). Repetition of oidamen, the confidence of possession by anticipation.
The petitions (ta aitēmata). Old word, from aiteō, requests, here only in John, elsewhere in N.T. Luk 23:24; Phi 4:6. We have the answer already as in Mar 11:24.
We have asked (ēitēkamen). Perfect active indicative of aiteō, the asking abiding.