John 17:19

American Standard Version (1901)

And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν ἐγὼ ἁγιάζω ἐμαυτόν, ἵνα καὶ αὐτοὶ ὦσιν ἡγιασμένοι ἐν ἀληθείᾳ.

Transliteration

And hyper them egō hagiazō emauton, that also they ōsin hēgiasmenoi in alētheia.

Grammar Details

• *hyper*: preposition with genitive - for/on behalf of
• *egō*: nominative, singular, personal pronoun - I
• *hagiazō*: present, active, indicative, 1st person singular - I sanctify
• *emauton*: accusative, masculine, singular, reflexive pronoun - myself
• *ōsin*: present, active, subjunctive, 3rd person plural - they may be
• *hēgiasmenoi*: perfect, passive, participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having been sanctified
• *alētheia*: dative, feminine, singular - truth

Word Meanings

• *hyper*: for/on behalf of/for the sake of
• *egō*: I/myself
• *hagiazō*: sanctify/consecrate/make holy
• *emauton*: myself
• *ōsin*: may be/might become
• *hēgiasmenoi*: having been sanctified/consecrated/made holy
• *alētheia*: truth/reality/genuineness

Referenced Verses

• Heb 2:11 : 11 For both he that sanctifieth and they that are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
• Heb 10:5-9 : 5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, But a body didst thou prepare for me; 6 In whole burnt offerings and [sacrifices] for sin thou hadst no pleasure: 7 Then said I, Lo, I am come (In the roll of the book it is written of me) To do thy will, O God. 8 Saying above, Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and [sacrifices] for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein (the which are offered according to the law), 9 then hath he said, Lo, I am come to do thy will. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. 10 By which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
• Titus 2:14 : 14 who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works.
• John 10:36 : 36 say ye of him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am [the] Son of God?
• 1 Cor 1:2 : 2 unto the church of God which is at Corinth, [even] them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called [to be] saints, with all that call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, their [Lord] and ours:
• 2 Cor 4:15 : 15 For all things [are] for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound unto the glory of God.
• 2 Cor 8:9 : 9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might become rich.
• 1 Thess 4:7 : 7 For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.
• 2 Tim 2:10 : 10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
• John 17:17 : 17 Sanctify them in the truth: thy word is truth.
• Isa 62:1 : 1 For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burneth.
• Jer 1:5 : 5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee; I have appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.
• Heb 10:29 : 29 of how much sorer punishment, think ye, shall he be judged worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant wherewith he was sanctified an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
• Heb 9:13 : 13 For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling them that have been defiled, sanctify unto the cleanness of the flesh:
• Heb 9:18 : 18 Wherefore even the first [covenant] hath not been dedicated without blood.
• Heb 9:26 : 26 else must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once at the end of the ages hath he been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.