Matthew 10:33

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὅστις δʼ ἂν ἀρνήσηταί με ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ἀρνήσομαι αὐτὸν κἀγὼ ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ Πατρός μου τοῦ ἐν οὐρανοῖς.

Transliteration

Whoever d' an arnēsētai me emprosthen of-the anthrōpōn, arnēsomai him I-also emprosthen of-the Patros of-me the (one) in ouranois.

Grammar Details

• *d'*: elided form of *de* - but/and
• *an*: conditional particle - ever/would
• *arnēsētai*: aorist middle subjunctive, 3rd singular - might deny/disown
• *emprosthen*: preposition + genitive - before/in presence of
• *anthrōpōn*: genitive masculine plural - of men/people
• *arnēsomai*: future middle indicative, 1st singular - I will deny/disown
• *Patros*: genitive masculine singular - of Father
• *ouranois*: dative masculine plural - in heavens

Word Meanings

• *arnēsētai*: might deny/disown/reject
• *emprosthen*: before/in presence of/in front of
• *anthrōpōn*: men/people/mankind
• *arnēsomai*: I will deny/disown/reject
• *Patros*: Father/ancestor
• *ouranois*: heavens/sky/the above

Referenced Verses

• 2 Tim 2:12 : 12 if we endure, we shall also reign with him: if we shall deny him, he also will deny us:
• 2 Pet 2:1 : 1 But there arose false prophets also among the people, as among you also there shall be false teachers, who shall privily bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
• 1 John 2:23 : 23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that confesseth the Son hath the Father also.
• Mark 8:38 : 38 For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of man also shall be ashamed of him, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
• Luke 9:26 : 26 For whosoever {G302} shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in his own glory, and [the glory] of the Father, and of the holy angels.
• Luke 12:9 : 9 but he that denieth me in the presence of men shall be denied in the presence of the angels of God.
• Mark 14:30 : 30 And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, that thou to-day, [even] this night, before the cock crow twice, shalt deny me thrice.
• Mark 14:72 : 72 And straightway the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word, how that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept.
• Matt 26:70-75 : 70 But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest. 71 And when he was gone out into the porch, another [maid] saw him, and saith unto them that were there, This man also was with Jesus of Nazareth. 72 And again he denied with an oath, I know not the man. 73 And after a little while they that stood by came and said to Peter, Of a truth thou also art [one] of them; for thy speech maketh thee known. 74 Then began he to curse and to swear, I know not the man. And straightway the cock crew. 75 And Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.