Luke 12:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And I say unto you, Every one who shall confess {G1722} me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Λέγω δὲ ὑμῖν, Πᾶς ὃς ἂν ὁμολογήσῃ ἐν ἐμοὶ ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων, καὶ ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ὁμολογήσει ἐν αὐτῷ ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀγγέλων τοῦ Θεοῦ:

Transliteration

Legō de to you, All who an homologēsē en me emprosthen of the anthrōpōn, also the Huios of the anthrōpou homologēsei en him emprosthen of the angelōn of the Theou:

Grammar Details

• *Legō*: present active indicative, 1st singular - I say/tell
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and/now
• *an*: modal particle with relative - would/might
• *homologēsē*: aorist active subjunctive, 3rd singular - might confess/acknowledge
• *en*: preposition + dative - in
• *emprosthen*: preposition + genitive - before/in front of
• *anthrōpōn*: genitive plural masculine - men/people
• *Huios*: nominative singular masculine - Son
• *anthrōpou*: genitive singular masculine - man/human
• *homologēsei*: future active indicative, 3rd singular - will confess/acknowledge
• *angelōn*: genitive plural masculine - angels/messengers
• *Theou*: genitive singular masculine - God

Word Meanings

• *homologēsē*: confess/acknowledge/profess
• *en*: in/by (representing identification with)
• *emprosthen*: before/in front of/in the presence of
• *anthrōpōn*: people/mankind/humans
• *Huios tou anthrōpou*: Son of Man (messianic title)
• *homologēsei*: will confess/acknowledge/recognize
• *angelōn*: angels/messengers
• *Theou*: God/Deity

Referenced Verses

• Matt 10:32-33 : 32 Every one therefore who shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven. 33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven.
• Luke 15:10 : 10 Even so, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
• Rom 10:9-9 : 9 because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus [as] Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved: 10 for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
• 1 John 2:23 : 23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that confesseth the Son hath the Father also.
• 2 Tim 2:12 : 12 if we endure, we shall also reign with him: if we shall deny him, he also will deny us:
• Matt 25:31-34 : 31 But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory: 32 and before him shall be gathered all the nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats; 33 and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
• 1 Sam 2:30 : 30 Therefore Jehovah, the God of Israel, saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now Jehovah saith, Be it far from me; for them that honor me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
• Ps 119:46 : 46 I will also speak of thy testimonies before kings, And shall not be put to shame.
• Rev 2:10 : 10 Fear not the things which thou art about to suffer: behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.
• Rev 2:13 : 13 I know where thou dwellest, [even] where Satan's throne is; and thou holdest fast my name, and didst not deny my faith, even in the days {G1722} of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwelleth.
• Rev 3:4-5 : 4 But thou hast a few names {G2532} in Sardis that did not defile their garments: and they shall walk with me in white; for they are worthy. 5 He that overcometh shall thus be arrayed in white garments; and I will in no wise blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
• Jude 1:24-25 : 24 Now unto him that is able to guard you from stumbling, and to set you before the presence of his glory without blemish in exceeding joy, 25 to the only {G4680} God our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, [be] glory, majesty, dominion and power, before all time, and now, and for evermore. Amen.