Pronoun oudeis (no one) as the subject in John

(Translation from NRSV for the New Testament with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)


The human being in relation to Jesus

1: 18No one (oudeis) has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father's heart, who has made him known.
3: 2He came to Jesus by night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God; for no one (oudeis) can do these signs that you do apart from the presence of God."
3: 13No one (oudeis) has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.
15: 24If I had not done among them the works that no one (oudeis) else did, they would not have sin. But now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.

Human incapacity which requires or presupposes the intervention of God

3: 32He testifies to what he has seen and heard, yet no one (oudeis) accepts his testimony.
6: 44No one (oudeis) can come to me unless drawn by the Father who sent me; and I will raise that person up on the last day.
6: 65And he said, "For this reason I have told you that no one (oudeis) can come to me unless it is granted by the Father."
7: 19"Did not Moses give you the law? Yet none (oudeis) of you keeps the law. Why are you looking for an opportunity to kill me?"
7: 30Then they tried to arrest him, but no one (oudeis) laid hands on him, because his hour had not yet come.
7: 44Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one (oudeis) laid hands on him.
8: 20He spoke these words while he was teaching in the treasury of the temple, but no one (oudeis) arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.
10: 18No one (oudeis) takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it up again. I have received this command from my Father."
10: 29What my Father has given me is greater than all else, and no one (oudeis) can snatch it out of the Father's hand.
13: 28Now no one (oudeis) at the table knew why he said this to him.
14: 6Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one (oudeis) comes to the Father except through me.
16: 22So you have pain now; but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one (oudeis) will take your joy from you.
17: 12While I was with them, I protected them in your name that you have given me. I guarded them, and not one (oudeis) of them was lost except the one destined to be lost, so that the scripture might be fulfilled.

Paralysis of people for various reasons

4: 27Just then his disciples came. They were astonished that he was speaking with a woman, but no one (oudeis) said, "What do you want?" or, "Why are you speaking with her?"
7: 13Yet no one (oudeis) would speak openly about him for fear of the Jews.
8: 10Jesus straightened up and said to her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one (oudeis) condemned you?"
8: 11She said, "No one (oudeis), sir." And Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you. Go your way, and from now on do not sin again."]]
16: 5But now I am going to him who sent me; yet none (oudeis) of you asks me, 'Where are you going?'
21: 12Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." Now none (oudeis) of the disciples dared to ask him, "Who are you?" because they knew it was the Lord.

Affirmation of a truth or fact known in the Jewish world

7: 4for no one (oudeis) who wants to be widely known acts in secret. If you do these things, show yourself to the world."
7: 27Yet we know where this man is from; but when the Messiah comes, no one (oudeis) will know where he is from."
9: 4We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming when no one (oudeis) can work.
15: 13No one (oudeis) has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends.
19: 41Now there was a garden in the place where he was crucified, and in the garden there was a new tomb in which no one (oudeis) had ever been laid.