John 8:54

American Standard Version (1901)

Jesus answered, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father that glorifieth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀπεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς, Ἐὰν ἐγὼ δοξάζω ἐμαυτόν, ἡ δόξα μου οὐδέν ἐστιν: ἔστιν ὁ Πατήρ μου ὁ δοξάζων με· ὃν ὑμεῖς λέγετε, ὅτι Θεὸς ὑμῶν ἐστιν:

Transliteration

Apekrithē Iēsous, If egō doxazō emauton, the doxa mou ouden estin: estin the Patēr mou the doxazōn me; whom hymeis legete, that Theos hymōn estin:

Grammar Details

• *Apekrithē*: aorist passive, 3rd singular - he answered
• *Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
• *egō*: nominative, singular - I
• *doxazō*: present indicative, 1st singular - I glorify
• *emauton*: accusative, reflexive pronoun - myself
• *doxa*: nominative, feminine, singular - glory
• *mou*: genitive, singular - my/of me
• *ouden*: nominative, neuter, singular - nothing
• *estin*: present indicative, 3rd singular - is
• *Patēr*: nominative, masculine, singular - Father
• *doxazōn*: present participle, nominative, masculine, singular - glorifying/one who glorifies
• *me*: accusative, singular - me
• *hymeis*: nominative, plural - you [plural]
• *legete*: present indicative, 2nd plural - you say
• *Theos*: nominative, masculine, singular - God
• *hymōn*: genitive, plural - your/of you

Word Meanings

• *doxazō*: glorify/honor/praise
• *doxa*: glory/honor/praise
• *ouden*: nothing/not at all
• *doxazōn*: glorifying/honoring/praising

Referenced Verses

• John 8:50 : 50 But I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.
• John 17:1 : 1 These things spake Jesus; and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that the son may glorify thee:
• John 17:5 : 5 And now, Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
• Acts 3:13 : 13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Servant Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied before the face of Pilate, when he had determined to release him.
• Prov 25:27 : 27 It is not good to eat much honey: So [for men] to search out their own glory is grievous.
• 2 Pet 1:17 : 17 For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when there was borne such a voice to him by the Majestic Glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased:
• John 7:39 : 39 But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believed on him were to receive: for the Spirit was not yet [given] ; because Jesus was not yet glorified.
• John 8:41 : 41 Ye do the works of your father. They said unto him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, [even] God.
• Ps 2:6-9 : 6 Yet I have set my king Upon my holy hill of Zion. 7 I will tell of the decree: Jehovah said unto me, Thou art my son; This day have I begotten thee. 8 Ask of me, and I will give [thee] the nations for thine inheritance, And the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. 9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. 10 Now therefore be wise, O ye kings: Be instructed, ye judges of the earth. 11 Serve Jehovah with fear, And rejoice with trembling. 12 Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way, For his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all they that take refuge in him.
• Ps 110:1-4 : 1 [A Psalm of David]. Jehovah saith unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, Until I make thine enemies thy footstool. 2 Jehovah will send forth the rod of thy strength out of Zion: Rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. 3 Thy people offer themselves willingly In the day of thy power, in holy array: Out of the womb of the morning Thou hast the dew of thy youth. 4 Jehovah hath sworn, and will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchizedek.
• John 13:31-32 : 31 When therefore he was gone out, Jesus saith, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him; 32 and God shall glorify him in himself, and straightway shall he glorify him.
• John 16:14-15 : 14 He shall glorify me: for he shall take of mine, and shall declare [it] unto you. 15 All things whatsoever the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he taketh of mine, and shall declare [it] unto you.
• Isa 48:1-2 : 1 Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah; who swear by the name of Jehovah, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness 2 (for they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; Jehovah of hosts is his name):
• Isa 66:5 : 5 Hear the word of Jehovah, ye that tremble at his word: Your brethren that hate you, that cast you out for my name's sake, have said, Let Jehovah be glorified, that we may see your joy; but it is they that shall be put to shame.
• Dan 7:13-14 : 13 I saw in the night-visions, and, behold, there came with the clouds of heaven one like unto a son of man, and he came even to the ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. 14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and languages should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
• Hos 1:9 : 9 And [Jehovah] said, Call his name Lo-ammi; for ye are not my people, and I will not be your [God] .
• John 2:11 : 11 This beginning of his signs did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested his glory; and his disciples believed on him.
• John 5:22-29 : 22 For neither doth the Father judge any man, but he hath given all judgment unto the Son; 23 that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father that sent him. 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath eternal life, and cometh not into judgment, but hath passed out of death into life. 25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour cometh, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear shall live. 26 For as the Father hath life in himself, even so gave he to the Son also to have life in himself: 27 and he gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son of man. 28 Marvel not at this: for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice, 29 and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment.
• John 5:31-32 : 31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. 32 It is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.
• John 5:41 : 41 I receive not glory from men.
• John 7:18 : 18 He that speaketh from himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
• Rom 2:17-29 : 17 But if thou bearest the name of a Jew, and restest upon the law, and gloriest in God, 18 and knowest his will, and approvest the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law, 19 and art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them that are in darkness, 20 a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having in the law the form of knowledge and of the truth; 21 thou therefore that teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? 22 thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou rob temples? 23 thou who gloriest in the law, through thy transgression of the law dishonorest thou God? 24 For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you, even as it is written. 25 For circumcision indeed profiteth, if thou be a doer of the law: but if thou be a transgressor of the law, thy circumcision is become uncircumcision. 26 If therefore the uncircumcision keep the ordinances of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be reckoned for circumcision? 27 and shall not the uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who with the letter and circumcision art a transgressor of the law? 28 For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh: 29 but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
• 2 Cor 10:18 : 18 For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.
• Eph 1:20-23 : 20 which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly [places] , 21 far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: 22 and he put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the church, 23 which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
• Phil 2:9-9 : 9 Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and gave unto him the name which is above every name; 10 that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven and [things] on earth and [things] under the earth, 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
• Heb 5:4-5 : 4 And no man taketh the honor unto himself, but when he is called of God, even as was Aaron. 5 So Christ also glorified not himself to be made a high priest, but he that spake unto him, Thou art my Son, This day have I begotten thee:
• 1 Pet 1:12 : 12 To whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto you, did they minister these things, which now have been announced unto you through them that preached the gospel unto you by the Holy Spirit sent forth from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.
• 1 Pet 1:21 : 21 who through him are believers in God, that raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.