John 15:27

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and ye also bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ὑμεῖς δὲ μαρτυρεῖτε, ὅτι ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς μετʼ ἐμοῦ ἐστε.

Transliteration

And humeis de martureite, hoti ap' archēs met' emou este.

Grammar Details

• *humeis*: nominative, plural, second person pronoun - you [plural]
• *de*: conjunction - and/but/moreover
• *martureite*: present indicative or imperative, active, second person plural - you testify/testify!
• *hoti*: conjunction - because
• *ap' archēs*: preposition + genitive - from the beginning
• *met' emou*: preposition + genitive - with me
• *este*: present indicative, active, second person plural - you are

Word Meanings

• *martureite*: testify/bear witness/confirm [as indicative or imperative]
• *archēs*: beginning/origin/first
• *este*: are/have been/exist

Referenced Verses

• John 21:24 : 24 This is the disciple that beareth witness of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his witness is true.
• 1 John 1:1-2 : 1 That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we beheld, and our hands handled, concerning the Word of life 2 (and the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare unto you the life, the eternal [life], which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us);
• 1 John 4:14 : 14 And we have beheld and bear witness that the Father hath sent the Son [to be] the Saviour of the world.
• Luke 24:48 : 48 {G1161} Ye are witnesses of these things.
• Luke 1:2-3 : 2 even as they delivered them unto us, who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word, 3 it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus;
• Acts 1:21-22 : 21 Of the men therefore that have companied with us {G1722} all the time {G1722} that the Lord Jesus went in and went out among us, 22 beginning from the baptism of John, unto the day that he was received up from us, of these must one become a witness with us of his resurrection.
• Acts 4:20 : 20 for we {G1410} cannot but speak the things which we saw and heard.
• Acts 10:39-42 : 39 And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom also they slew, hanging him on a tree. 40 Him God raised up the third day, and gave him to be made manifest, 41 not to all the people, but unto witnesses that were chosen before of God, [even] to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. 42 And he charged us to preach unto the people, and to testify that this is he who is ordained of God [to be] the Judge of the living and the dead.
• Acts 23:11 : 11 And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer: {G3972} for as thou hast testified concerning me at Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.
• 1 Pet 5:1 : 1 The elders {G3588} among you I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, who am also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
• 1 Pet 5:12 : 12 By Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I account [him], I have written unto you briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand ye fast {G3739} therein.
• 2 Pet 1:16-18 : 16 For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 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: 18 and this voice we [ourselves] heard borne out of heaven, when we were with him in the holy mount.
• Acts 13:31 : 31 and he was seen for many days of them that came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses unto the people.
• Acts 18:5 : 5 But when {G5037} Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was constrained by the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.
• Acts 4:33 : 33 And with great power gave the apostles their witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
• Acts 3:15 : 15 and killed the Prince of life; whom God raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
• Acts 1:8 : 8 But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit is come upon you: and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
• John 19:35 : 35 And he that hath seen hath borne witness, and his witness is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye also may believe.
• Rev 1:2 : 2 who bare witness of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, [even] of all things that he saw.
• Rev 1:9 : 9 I John, {G2532} your brother and partaker with you in the tribulation and {G1722} kingdom and patience [which are] in {G5547} Jesus, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God and {G1223} the testimony of {G5547} Jesus.
• Mark 1:1 : 1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.