Hebrews 13:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Jesus Christ [is] the same yesterday and to-day, [yea] and for ever.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς χθὲς καὶ σήμερον ὁ αὐτός, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.

Transliteration

Iēsous Christos chthes kai sēmeron the autos, kai into the aiōnas.

Grammar Details

• *Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
• *Christos*: nominative, masculine, singular - Christ/Anointed One
• *chthes*: adverb - yesterday
• *kai*: conjunction - and
• *sēmeron*: adverb - today
• *autos*: nominative, masculine, singular, adjective - same
• *aiōnas*: accusative, masculine, plural - ages/eternities

Word Meanings

• *Christos*: Christ/Anointed One/Messiah
• *autos*: same/very/himself
• *aiōnas*: ages/eternities/forever

Referenced Verses

• Mal 3:6 : 6 For I, Jehovah, change not; therefore ye, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
• Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.
• Heb 1:12 : 12 And as a mantle shalt thou roll them up, As a garment, and they shall be changed: But thou art the same, And thy years shall not fail.
• Rev 1:8 : 8 I am the Alpha and the Omega, saith the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.
• John 8:56-58 : 56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day; and he saw it, and was glad. 57 The Jews therefore said unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? 58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was born, I am.
• Ps 90:2 : 2 Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
• Isa 41:4 : 4 Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Jehovah, the first, and with the last, I am he.
• Isa 44:6 : 6 Thus saith Jehovah, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts: I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.
• Ps 90:4 : 4 For a thousand years in thy sight Are but as yesterday when it is past, And as a watch in the night.
• 2 Cor 1:19 : 19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, [even] by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not yea and nay, but in him is yea.
• Ps 103:17 : 17 But the lovingkindness of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, And his righteousness unto children's children;
• Rev 1:4 : 4 John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from him who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits that are before his throne;
• Rev 1:17-18 : 17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as one dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying, {G3427} Fear not; I am the first and the last, 18 and the Living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, {G0} {G281} and I have the keys of death and of Hades.
• Ps 102:27-28 : 27 But thou art the same, And thy years shall have no end. 28 The children of thy servants shall continue, And their seed shall be established before thee.
• Rev 1:11 : 11 saying, What thou seest, write in a book and send [it] to the seven churches: unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamum, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.