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Except it have been given him from heaven (ean mē ēi dedomenon autōi ek tou ouranou). See the same idiom in Joh 6:65 (cf. Joh 19:11). Condition of third class, undetermined with prospect of determination, ean mē with the periphrastic perfect passive subjunctive of didōmi. The perfect tense is rare in the subjunctive and an exact rendering into English is awkward, “unless it be granted him from heaven.” See 1Co 4:7 where Paul says the same thing.