John 7:28

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Jesus therefore cried in the temple, teaching and saying, Ye both know me, and know whence I am; and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἔκραξεν οὖν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ διδάσκων ὁ Ἰησοῦς, καὶ λέγων, Κἀμὲ οἴδατε, καὶ οἴδατε πόθεν εἰμί: καὶ ἀπʼ ἐμαυτοῦ οὐκ ἐλήλυθα, ἀλλʼ ἔστιν ἀληθινὸς ὁ πέμψας με, ὃν ὑμεῖς οὐκ οἴδατε.

Transliteration

Ekraxen oun in the hierō didaskōn the Iēsous, and legōn, Kame oidate, and oidate pothen eimi: and from emautou not elēlytha, all' estin alēthinos the one pempsas me, whom hymeis not oidate.

Grammar Details

• *Ekraxen*: aorist, indicative, active, 3rd singular - cried out/shouted
• *oun*: inferential particle - therefore/then/so
• *hierō*: dative, neuter, singular - temple/sanctuary
• *didaskōn*: present, participle, active, nominative, masculine, singular - teaching
• *Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
• *legōn*: present, participle, active, nominative, masculine, singular - saying
• *Kame*: contraction of *kai eme* - accusative, 1st person singular pronoun - me also/and me
• *oidate*: perfect, indicative, active, 2nd plural - you know/have known
• *pothen*: adverb of place - from where/whence
• *eimi*: present, indicative, 1st singular - I am/exist
• *emautou*: genitive, masculine, singular, reflexive pronoun - myself
• *elēlytha*: perfect, indicative, active, 1st singular - I have come
• *all'*: contraction of *alla* - but/however
• *estin*: present, indicative, 3rd singular - is/exists
• *alēthinos*: nominative, masculine, singular - true/genuine
• *pempsas*: aorist, participle, active, nominative, masculine, singular - having sent
• *hymeis*: nominative, 2nd person plural pronoun - you (plural)

Word Meanings

• *Ekraxen*: cried out/shouted/exclaimed
• *oun*: therefore/then/so/consequently
• *hierō*: temple/sanctuary
• *didaskōn*: teaching/instructing
• *Iēsous*: Jesus (proper name)
• *legōn*: saying/speaking
• *oidate*: you know/have knowledge of (perfect tense)
• *pothen*: from where/whence/origin
• *emautou*: myself/my own accord
• *elēlytha*: have come/have arrived (perfect tense)
• *alēthinos*: true/genuine/real/authentic
• *pempsas*: having sent/one who sent

Referenced Verses

• 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.
• John 7:14 : 14 But when it was now the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.
• John 8:19 : 19 They said therefore unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye know neither me, nor my Father: if ye knew me, ye would know {G302} my Father also.
• John 8:26 : 26 I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you: howbeit he that sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these speak I unto the world.
• John 5:43 : 43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
• John 8:14 : 14 Jesus answered and said unto them, Even if I bear witness of myself, my witness is true; for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye know not whence I come, or whither I go.
• Jer 9:6 : 6 Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.
• Jer 31:34 : 34 and they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know Jehovah; for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith Jehovah: for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more.
• Hos 4:1 : 1 Hear the word of Jehovah, ye children of Israel; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.
• Hos 5:4 : 4 Their doings will not suffer them to turn unto their God; for the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they know not Jehovah.
• Hos 6:3-6 : 3 And let us know, let us follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is sure as the morning; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth. 4 O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goeth early away. 5 Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are [as] the light that goeth forth. 6 For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.
• Matt 2:23 : 23 and came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets, that he should be called a Nazarene.
• 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.
• Luke 2:4 : 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David;
• Luke 2:11 : 11 for there is born to you this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord.
• Luke 2:39 : 39 And when they had accomplished all things that were according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.
• Luke 2:51 : 51 And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth; and he was subject unto them: and his mother kept all [these] sayings in her heart.
• Luke 10:22 : 22 All things have been delivered unto me of my Father: and no one knoweth who the Son is, save {G3361} the Father; and who the Father is, save {G3361} the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son willeth to reveal [him].
• John 1:46 : 46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
• John 3:2 : 2 the same came unto him by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that thou doest, except God be with him.
• John 3:33 : 33 He that hath received his witness hath set his seal to [this], that God is true.
• John 5:32 : 32 It is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.
• John 8:54-55 : 54 Jesus answered, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father that glorifieth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God; 55 and ye have not known him: but I know him; and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be like unto you, a liar: but I know him, and keep his word.
• 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 12:49 : 49 For I {G2980} spake not from myself; but the Father that sent me, he hath given me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
• John 14:10 : 10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I say unto you I speak not from myself: but the Father {G3588} abiding in me doeth his works.
• John 14:31 : 31 but that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.
• John 16:3 : 3 And these things will they do, {G5213} because they have not known the Father, nor me.
• John 17:3 : 3 And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, [even] Jesus Christ.
• John 17:25 : 25 O righteous Father, the world {G1097} knew thee not, but I knew thee; and these knew that thou didst send me;
• Acts 17:23 : 23 For as I passed along, and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. What therefore ye worship in ignorance, this I set forth unto you.
• Rom 1:28 : 28 And even as they {G1381} {G3756} refused to have God in [their] knowledge, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
• Rom 3:4 : 4 God forbid: yea, let God be found true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy words, And mightest prevail when thou comest into judgment.
• 2 Cor 1:18 : 18 But as God is faithful, our word toward you is not yea and nay.
• 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 Seeing it is God, that said, Light shall shine out of darkness, who shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
• Titus 1:2 : 2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal;
• Heb 6:18 : 18 that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us:
• 1 John 2:3-4 : 3 And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. 4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;
• 1 John 5:10 : 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 8:16 : 16 Yea and if I judge, my judgment is true; for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.
• 1 Sam 2:12 : 12 Now the sons of Eli were base men; they knew not Jehovah.
• Ps 9:10 : 10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee; For thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
• Prov 2:3-5 : 3 Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding; 4 If thou seek her as silver, And search for her as for hid treasures: 5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, And find the knowledge of God.