John 14:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Jesus said to him, Philip, have I been with you all this time, and still you have no knowledge of me? He who has seen me has seen the Father. Why do you say, Let us see the Father?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Τοσοῦτον χρόνον μεθʼ ὑμῶν εἰμι, καὶ οὐκ ἔγνωκάς με, Φίλιππε; ὁ ἑωρακὼς ἐμέ ἑώρακεν τὸν Πατέρα· καὶ πῶς σὺ λέγεις, Δεῖξον ἡμῖν τὸν Πατέρα;

Transliteration

Legei autō the Iēsous, Tosouton chronon meth' hymōn eimi, and not egnōkas me, Philippe? The one having heōrakōs eme heōraken ton Patera; and how sy legeis, Deixon hēmin ton Patera?

Grammar Details

• *Legei*: present indicative active, 3rd person singular - says/is saying
• *autō*: dative, masculine, singular pronoun - to him
• *Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
• *Tosouton chronon*: accusative, masculine, singular - so long a time
• *meth' hymōn*: preposition + genitive pronoun - with you
• *eimi*: present indicative, 1st person singular - I am
• *egnōkas*: perfect indicative active, 2nd person singular - you have known
• *me*: accusative, 1st person singular pronoun - me
• *Philippe*: vocative, masculine, singular - Philip
• *heōrakōs*: perfect participle active, nominative, masculine, singular - having seen
• *eme*: accusative, 1st person singular emphatic pronoun - me
• *heōraken*: perfect indicative active, 3rd person singular - has seen
• *ton Patera*: accusative, masculine, singular - the Father
• *sy*: nominative, 2nd person singular pronoun - you
• *legeis*: present indicative active, 2nd person singular - you say
• *Deixon*: aorist imperative active, 2nd person singular - show
• *hēmin*: dative, 1st person plural pronoun - to us

Word Meanings

• *chronon*: time/period/duration
• *heōrakōs*: having seen/having perceived/having experienced

Referenced Verses

• John 12:45 : 45 And he who sees me, sees him who sent me.
• Col 1:15 : 15 Who is the image of the unseen God coming into existence before all living things;
• Heb 1:3 : 3 Who, being the outshining of his glory, the true image of his substance, supporting all things by the word of his power, having given himself as an offering making clean from sins, took his seat at the right hand of God in heaven;
• Phil 2:6 : 6 To whom, though himself in the form of God, it did not seem that to take for oneself was to be like God;
• John 10:30 : 30 I and my Father are one.
• John 14:7 : 7 If you had knowledge of me, you would have knowledge of my Father: you have knowledge of him now and have seen him.
• John 1:14 : 14 And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.
• John 14:20 : 20 At that time it will be clear to you that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I in you.
• 1 Cor 15:12 : 12 Now if the good news says that Christ came back from the dead, how do some of you say that there is no coming back from the dead?
• Mark 9:19 : 19 And he said to them in answer, O generation without faith, how long will I have to be with you? how long will I put up with you? let him come to me.
• Luke 12:56 : 56 O false ones! the face of the earth and the heaven is clear to you; how is it that the signs of these times are not as clear to you?
• Gen 26:9 : 9 And he said to Isaac, It is clear that she is your wife: why then did you say, She is my sister? And Isaac said, For fear that I might be put to death because of her.
• Ps 11:1 : 1 <For the chief music-maker. Of David.> In the Lord put I my faith; how will you say to my soul, Go in flight like a bird to the mountain?
• Jer 2:23 : 23 How are you able to say, I am not unclean, I have not gone after the Baals? see your way in the valley, be clear about what you have done: you are a quick-footed camel twisting her way in and out;