John 13:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that receiveth {G5100} whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀμὴν, ἀμὴν, λέγω ὑμῖν, Ὁ λαμβάνων ἐάν τινα πέμψω ἐμὲ λαμβάνει· ὁ δὲ ἐμὲ λαμβάνων λαμβάνει τὸν πέμψαντά με.

Transliteration

Amēn, amēn, legō to you, The one lambanōn if anyone pempsō me lambanei; the de me lambanōn lambanei the one having pempsanta me.

Grammar Details

*Amēn*: Hebrew transliteration - truly/verily
*legō*: present active indicative, 1st singular - I say/tell
*lambanōn*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - receiving
*pempsō*: aorist active subjunctive, 1st singular - I might send
*lambanei*: present active indicative, 3rd singular - receives
*de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and
*pempsanta*: aorist active participle, accusative, masculine, singular - having sent

Word Meanings

*Amēn*: truly/verily/certainly
*legō*: say/tell/speak
*lambanōn*: receiving/accepting/welcoming
*pempsō*: might send/may send/will send
*lambanei*: receives/accepts/welcomes
*de*: but/and/now
*pempsanta*: having sent/dispatched/commissioned

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Luke 10:16 : 16 He that heareth you heareth me; and he that rejecteth you rejecteth me; and he that rejecteth me rejecteth him that sent me.
Mark 9:37 : 37 Whosoever shall receive one of such little children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever receiveth me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.
Luke 9:48 : 48 and said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this little child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same is great.
Matt 25:40 : 40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, [even] these least, ye did it unto me.
Matt 10:40-42 : 40 He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. 41 He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward: and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. 42 And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you he shall in no wise lose his reward.
Gal 4:14 : 14 and that which was a temptation to you in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but ye received me as an angel of God, [even] as Christ Jesus.
John 12:44-48 : 44 And Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me. 45 And he that beholdeth me beholdeth him that sent me. 46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me may not abide in the darkness. 47 And if any man hear my sayings, and keep them not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. 48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my sayings, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I spake, the same shall judge him in the last day.
1 Thess 4:8 : 8 Therefore he that rejecteth, rejecteth not man, but God, who giveth his Holy Spirit unto you.
Col 2:6 : 6 As therefore ye {G3880} received Christ Jesus the Lord, [so] walk in him,

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