Revelation 21:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he that sitteth on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he saith, {G3427} Write: for these words are faithful and true.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ καθήμενος ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου, Ἰδοὺ, καινὰ ποιῶ πάντα. Καὶ λέγει μοι, Γράψον: ὅτι οὗτοι οἱ λόγοι ἀληθινοί καὶ πιστοὶ εἰσιν.

Transliteration

And eipen the one-kathēmenos upon the thronou, Idou, kaina I-poiō all-things. And he-legei to-me, Grapson: because these the logoi alēthinoi and pistoi eisin.

Grammar Details

*eipen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - said/spoke
*kathēmenos*: present middle participle, nominative, masculine, singular - sitting/seated
*thronou*: genitive, masculine, singular - throne
*Idou*: aorist middle imperative, 2nd person singular - behold/look/see
*kaina*: accusative, neuter, plural - new things
*poiō*: present active indicative, 1st person singular - I make/do
*legei*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - says/speaks/tells
*Grapson*: aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular - write
*logoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - words/sayings
*alēthinoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - true/genuine
*pistoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - faithful/trustworthy
*eisin*: present active indicative, 3rd person plural - are

Word Meanings

*eipen*: said/spoke/told
*kathēmenos*: sitting/seated/enthroned
*thronou*: throne/seat of power
*Idou*: behold/look/see/pay attention
*kaina*: new things/fresh things
*poiō*: make/do/create/cause
*logoi*: words/sayings/messages
*alēthinoi*: true/genuine/real
*pistoi*: faithful/trustworthy/reliable

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Referenced Verses

2 Cor 5:17 : 17 Wherefore if any man is in Christ, [he is] a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.
Isa 42:9 : 9 Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them.
Isa 43:19 : 19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now shall it spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
Rev 19:9 : 9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they that are bidden to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are true words of God.
Rev 20:11 : 11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
Rev 22:6 : 6 And he said unto me, These words are faithful and true: and the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent his angels to show unto his servants the things which must {G1722} shortly come to pass.
Rev 1:11 : 11 saying, What thou seest, write in a book and send [it] to the seven churches: unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamum, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
Rev 1:19 : 19 Write therefore the things which thou sawest, and the things which are, and the things which shall come to pass {G3326} hereafter;
Rev 4:2 : 2 {G2532} Straightway I was in the Spirit: and behold, there was a throne set in heaven, and one sitting upon the throne;
Rev 4:9 : 9 And when the living creatures shall give glory and honor and thanks to him that sitteth on the throne, to him that liveth for ever and ever,
Rev 5:1 : 1 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the back, close sealed with seven seals.

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