John 1:34

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And I have seen, and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Κἀγὼ ἑώρακα, καὶ μεμαρτύρηκα ὅτι οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ.

Transliteration

Kagō heōraka, and memartyrēka that houtos estin the Huios tou Theou.

Grammar Details

• *Kagō*: crasis of *kai egō* - and I
• *heōraka*: perfect active indicative 1st person singular of *horaō* - have seen
• *memartyrēka*: perfect active indicative 1st person singular of *martyreō* - have testified/borne witness
• *houtos*: demonstrative pronoun, nominative masculine singular - this one/he
• *estin*: present active indicative 3rd person singular of *eimi* - is
• *Huios*: nominative masculine singular - Son
• *tou*: genitive masculine singular article - of the
• *Theou*: genitive masculine singular - of God

Word Meanings

• *heōraka*: have seen/perceived/witnessed (perfect tense indicating lasting effect)
• *memartyrēka*: have testified/borne witness/given evidence (perfect tense indicating lasting effect)
• *Huios*: Son (divine title)
• *Theou*: of God/deity

Referenced Verses

• Matt 4:3 : 3 And the tempter came and said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.
• John 1:49 : 49 Nathanael answered {G2532} {G3004} him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art King of Israel.
• Ps 2:7 : 7 I will tell of the decree: Jehovah said unto me, Thou art my son; This day have I begotten thee.
• Ps 89:26-27 : 26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation. 27 I also will make him [my] first-born, The highest of the kings of the earth.
• Matt 3:17 : 17 and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
• John 20:31 : 31 but these are written, that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye may have life in his name.
• Rom 1:4 : 4 who was declared [to be] the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead; [even] Jesus Christ our Lord,
• 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.
• Heb 1:1-2 : 1 God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners, 2 hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in [his] Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds;
• Heb 1:5-6 : 5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, This day have I begotten thee? and again, I will be to him a Father, And he shall be to me a Son? 6 And when he again bringeth in the firstborn into the world he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
• Heb 7:3 : 3 without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like unto the Son of God), abideth a priest {G1519} continually.
• 1 John 2:23 : 23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that confesseth the Son hath the Father also.
• 1 John 3:8 : 8 he that doeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. To this end was the Son of God manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
• 1 John 4:9 : 9 Herein {G5129} was the love of God manifested in us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him.
• 1 John 4:14-15 : 14 And we have beheld and bear witness that the Father hath sent the Son [to be] the Saviour of the world. 15 Whosoever {G302} shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God.
• 1 John 5:9-9 : 9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for the witness of God is this, that he hath borne witness concerning his Son. 10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in him: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he hath not believed in the witness that God hath borne concerning his Son. 11 And the witness is this, that God gave unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He that hath the Son hath the life; he that hath not the Son of God hath not the life. 13 These things have I written unto you, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, [even] unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God.
• 1 John 5:20 : 20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
• 2 John 1:9 : 9 Whosoever goeth onward and abideth not in the teaching of Christ, hath not God: he that abideth in the teaching, {G5547} the same hath both the Father and the Son.
• Rev 2:18 : 18 And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet are like unto burnished brass:
• John 3:16-18 : 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. 17 For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him. 18 He that believeth on him is not judged: he that believeth not hath been judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God.
• John 3:35-36 : 35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. 36 He that believeth on the Son hath eternal life; but he that obeyeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.
• John 5:23-27 : 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 {G2064} 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, {G2532} because he is a son of man.
• 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?
• John 11:27 : 27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I have believed that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, [even] he that cometh into the world.
• John 19:7 : 7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by that law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
• Matt 4:6 : 6 and saith unto him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and, On their hands they shall bear thee up, lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone.
• Matt 8:29 : 29 And behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
• Matt 11:27 : 27 All things have been delivered unto me of my Father: and no one knows the Son, save the Father; neither does any know the Father, save the Son, and he to whomever the Son willeth to reveal him.
• Matt 16:16 : 16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
• Matt 17:5 : 5 While he was yet speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold, a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
• Matt 26:63 : 63 But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou art the Christ, the Son of God.
• Matt 27:40 : 40 and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself: if thou art the Son of God, come down from the cross.
• Matt 27:43 : 43 He trusteth on God; let him deliver him now, if he desireth him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
• Matt 27:54 : 54 Now the centurion, and they that were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and the things that were done, feared exceedingly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
• Mark 1:1 : 1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
• Mark 1:11 : 11 And a voice came out of the heavens, Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I am well pleased.
• Luke 1:35 : 35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee: wherefore also the holy thing which is begotten shall be called the Son of God.
• Luke 3:22 : 22 and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form, as a dove, upon him, and a voice came out of heaven, {G3004} Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.
• John 1:18 : 18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him].
• John 20:28 : 28 {G2532} Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
• John 6:69 : 69 And we have believed and know that thou art the Holy One of {G2198} God.
• John 10:30 : 30 I and the Father are one.