John 17:19

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And for them I make myself holy, so that they may be made truly holy.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν ἐγὼ ἁγιάζω ἐμαυτόν, ἵνα καὶ αὐτοὶ ὦσιν ἡγιασμένοι ἐν ἀληθείᾳ.

Transliteration

And hyper them egō hagiazō emauton, that also they ōsin hēgiasmenoi in alētheia.

Grammar Details

• *hyper*: preposition with genitive - for/on behalf of
• *egō*: nominative, singular, personal pronoun - I
• *hagiazō*: present, active, indicative, 1st person singular - I sanctify
• *emauton*: accusative, masculine, singular, reflexive pronoun - myself
• *ōsin*: present, active, subjunctive, 3rd person plural - they may be
• *hēgiasmenoi*: perfect, passive, participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having been sanctified
• *alētheia*: dative, feminine, singular - truth

Word Meanings

• *hyper*: for/on behalf of/for the sake of
• *egō*: I/myself
• *hagiazō*: sanctify/consecrate/make holy
• *emauton*: myself
• *ōsin*: may be/might become
• *hēgiasmenoi*: having been sanctified/consecrated/made holy
• *alētheia*: truth/reality/genuineness

Referenced Verses

• Heb 2:11 : 11 For he who makes holy and those who are made holy are all of one family; and for this reason it is no shame for him to give them the name of brothers,
• Heb 10:5-9 : 5 So that when he comes into the world, he says, You had no desire for offerings, but you made a body ready for me; 6 You had no joy in burned offerings or in offerings for sin. 7 Then I said, See, I have come to do your pleasure, O God (as it is said of me in the roll of the book). 8 After saying, You had no desire for offerings, for burned offerings or offerings for sin (which are made by the law) and you had no pleasure in them, 9 Then he said, See, I have come to do your pleasure. He took away the old order, so that he might put the new order in its place. 10 By that pleasure we have been made holy, by the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once and for ever.
• Titus 2:14 : 14 Who gave himself for us, so that he might make us free from all wrongdoing, and make for himself a people clean in heart and on fire with good works.
• John 10:36 : 36 Do you say of him whom the Father made holy and sent into the world, Your words are evil; because I said, I am God's Son?
• 1 Cor 1:2 : 2 To the church of God which is in Corinth, to those who have been made holy in Christ Jesus, saints by the selection of God, with all those who in every place give honour to the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:
• 2 Cor 4:15 : 15 For we go through all things on account of you, because the greater the number to whom the grace is given, the greater is the praise to the glory of God.
• 2 Cor 8:9 : 9 For you see the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, how though he had wealth, he became poor on your account, so that through his need you might have wealth.
• 1 Thess 4:7 : 7 Because it is God's purpose that our way of life may be not unclean but holy.
• 2 Tim 2:10 : 10 But I undergo all things for the saints, so that they may have salvation in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
• John 17:17 : 17 Make them holy by the true word: your word is the true word.
• Isa 62:1 : 1 Because of Zion I will not keep quiet, and because of Jerusalem I will take no rest, till her righteousness goes out like the shining of the sun, and her salvation like a burning light.
• Jer 1:5 : 5 Before you were formed in the body of your mother I had knowledge of you, and before your birth I made you holy; I have given you the work of being a prophet to the nations.
• Heb 10:29 : 29 But will not the man by whom the Son of God has been crushed under foot, and the blood of the agreement with which he was washed clean has been taken as an unholy thing, and who has had no respect for the Spirit of grace, be judged bad enough for a very much worse punishment?
• Heb 9:13 : 13 For if the blood of goats and oxen, and the dust from the burning of a young cow, being put on the unclean, make the flesh clean:
• Heb 9:18 : 18 So that even the first agreement was not made without blood.
• Heb 9:26 : 26 For then he would have undergone a number of deaths from the time of the making of the world: but now he has come to us at the end of the old order, to put away sin by the offering of himself.