John 8:55

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ οὐκ ἐγνώκατε αὐτόν· ἐγὼ δὲ οἶδα αὐτόν: καὶ ἐὰν εἴπω, ὅτι οὐκ οἶδα αὐτόν, ἔσομαι ὅμοιος ὑμῶν ψεύστης: ἀλλʼ οἶδα αὐτόν, καὶ τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ τηρῶ.

Transliteration

And not egnōkate auton; egō de oida auton: and if eipō, that not oida auton, esomai homoios hymōn pseustēs: but oida auton, and the logon autou tērō.

Grammar Details

*egnōkate*: perfect active, 2nd plural - you have known
*auton*: accusative, masculine, singular - him
*egō*: nominative, singular - I
*de*: conjunction - but/and
*oida*: perfect with present meaning, 1st singular - I know
*eipō*: aorist subjunctive, 1st singular - I might say
*esomai*: future, 1st singular - I will be
*homoios*: adjective, nominative, masculine - like/similar
*hymōn*: genitive, plural - your/of you
*pseustēs*: nominative, masculine, singular - liar
*logon*: accusative, masculine, singular - word
*autou*: genitive, masculine, singular - his/of him
*tērō*: present indicative, 1st singular - I keep

Word Meanings

*egnōkate*: have known/have understood/have recognized
*oida*: know/have knowledge of [perfect with present meaning]
*homoios*: like/similar/resembling
*pseustēs*: liar/false one
*tērō*: keep/observe/guard

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

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 8:44 : 44 Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.
John 7:28-29 : 28 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. 29 {G1161} I know him; because I am from him, and he sent me.
John 8:51 : 51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my word, he shall never {G165} see death.
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.
John 15:21 : 21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.
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.
Rev 3:9 : 9 Behold, I give of the synagogue of Satan, of them that say they are Jews, and they are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
John 16:3 : 3 And these things will they do, {G5213} because they have not known the Father, nor me.
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.
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.
1 John 2:4 : 4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;
1 John 2:22 : 22 Who is the liar but he that denieth {G3756} that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, [even] he that denieth the Father and the Son.
John 10:15 : 15 even as the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.
John 15:10 : 10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
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 1:18 : 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 6:46 : 46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save {G3361} he that is from God, he hath seen the Father.
John 8:29 : 29 And he that sent me is with me; he hath not left me alone; for I do always the things that are pleasing to him.
Jer 4:22 : 22 For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Jer 9:3 : 3 And they bend their tongue, [as it were] their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.
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.

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