John 15:26

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, [even] the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall bear witness of me:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὅταν δὲ ἔλθῃ ὁ Παράκλητος, ὃν ἐγὼ πέμψω ὑμῖν παρὰ τοῦ Πατρός, τὸ Πνεῦμα τῆς ἀληθείας, ὃ παρὰ τοῦ Πατρὸς ἐκπορεύεται, ἐκεῖνος μαρτυρήσει περὶ ἐμοῦ:

Transliteration

Hotan de elthē ho Paraklētos, hon egō pempsō humin para tou Patros, the Pneuma tēs alētheias, ho para tou Patros ekporeuetai, ekeinos marturēsei peri emou:

Grammar Details

*Hotan*: temporal conjunction - when
*de*: conjunction - but/and
*elthē*: aorist subjunctive, active, third person singular - comes
*ho Paraklētos*: nominative, masculine, singular - the Helper/Advocate
*hon*: relative pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular - whom
*egō*: nominative, singular, first person pronoun - I
*pempsō*: future indicative, active, first person singular - will send
*humin*: dative, plural, second person pronoun - to you [plural]
*para*: preposition + genitive - from
*tou Patros*: genitive, masculine, singular - the Father
*Pneuma*: nominative, neuter, singular - Spirit
*tēs alētheias*: genitive, feminine, singular - of truth
*ho*: relative pronoun, nominative, neuter, singular - who/which
*ekporeuetai*: present indicative, middle/passive, third person singular - proceeds
*ekeinos*: demonstrative pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular - that one
*marturēsei*: future indicative, active, third person singular - will testify
*peri*: preposition + genitive - concerning
*emou*: genitive, singular, first person pronoun - me/of me

Word Meanings

*Paraklētos*: Helper/Advocate/Comforter/Counselor
*pempsō*: will send/will dispatch
*Pneuma*: Spirit/Breath/Wind
*alētheias*: truth/reality/genuineness
*ekporeuetai*: proceeds/comes forth/goes out
*marturēsei*: will testify/will bear witness/will confirm

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

John 14:26 : 26 But the Comforter, [even] the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said unto you.
John 14:16-17 : 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may be with you for ever, 17 [ even] the Spirit of truth: whom the world cannot {G3756} receive; for it beholdeth him not, neither knoweth him: {G1161} ye know him; for he abideth with you, and shall be in you.
John 16:13-15 : 13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he shall guide you into all the truth: for he shall not speak from himself; but what things soever he shall hear, [these] shall he speak: and he shall declare unto you the things that are to come. 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 {G5124} said I, that he taketh of mine, and shall declare [it] unto you.
Acts 2:32-33 : 32 This Jesus did God raise up, whereof we all are witnesses. 33 Being therefore by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he hath poured forth this, which ye see and hear.
Rev 22:1 : 1 And he showed me a {G2513} river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,
Acts 5:32 : 32 And we are {G846} witnesses of these things; and [so] [is] the Holy Spirit, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
Acts 15:8 : 8 And God, who knoweth the heart, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Spirit, even as he did unto us;
1 Cor 1:6 : 6 even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
Heb 2:4 : 4 God also bearing witness with them, both by signs and wonders, and by manifold powers, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will.
1 John 5:6-9 : 6 This is he that came by water and blood, [even] Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood. 7 And it is {G5140} the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is the truth. 8 For there are three who bear witness, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and the three agree in one. 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.
John 16:7 : 7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I go, I will send him unto you.
Luke 24:49 : 49 And behold, I send forth the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city, {G2419} until ye be clothed with power from on high.
John 8:42 : 42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love {G302} me: for I came forth and am come from God; for neither have I come of myself, but he sent me.

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