John 8:31

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἔλεγεν οὖν ὁ Ἰησοῦς πρὸς τοὺς πεπιστευκότας αὐτῷ Ἰουδαίους, Ἐὰν ὑμεῖς μείνητε ἐν τῷ λόγῳ τῷ ἐμῷ, ἀληθῶς μαθηταί μου ἐστέ·

Transliteration

Elegen oun the Iēsous pros tous pepisteukotas to-him Ioudaious, If you meinēte en tō logō tō emō, alēthōs mathētai of-me este;

Grammar Details

• *Elegen*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - was saying [continuous past]
• *oun*: inferential particle - therefore/then
• *Iēsous*: nominative masculine singular - Jesus
• *pros*: preposition + accusative - to/toward
• *tous pepisteukotas*: perfect active participle, accusative masculine plural - the having believed/the ones who had believed
• *Ioudaious*: accusative masculine plural - Jews
• *meinēte*: aorist active subjunctive, 2nd person plural - you might remain/abide
• *en*: preposition + dative - in
• *tō logō*: dative masculine singular with article - in the word/message
• *tō emō*: dative masculine singular possessive pronoun - my/mine
• *alēthōs*: adverb - truly/genuinely
• *mathētai*: nominative masculine plural - disciples/pupils/learners
• *este*: present active indicative, 2nd person plural - you are

Word Meanings

• *pepisteukotas*: having believed/having faith/having trusted
• *meinēte*: remain/abide/continue/dwell
• *logō*: word/message/account/discourse
• *alēthōs*: truly/really/genuinely/indeed
• *mathētai*: disciples/students/followers/pupils

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed in him, If you continue in my word, then are you my disciples indeed;

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Jesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed him, If ye abide in my word, then are ye truly my disciples;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Then sayde Iesus to those Iewes which beleved on him. If ye cotinue in my wordes then are ye my very disciples

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Yf ye contynue in my worde, then are ye my very disciples,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then saide Iesus to the Iewes which beleeued in him, If ye continue in my worde, ye are verely my disciples,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then sayde Iesus to those Iewes which beleued on him: Yf ye continue in my word, then are ye my very disciples.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, ‹If ye continue in my word,› [then] ‹are ye my disciples indeed;›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Jesus therefore said to those Jews who had believed him, "If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Jesus, therefore, said unto the Jews who believed in him, `If ye may remain in my word, truly my disciples ye are, and ye shall know the truth,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Jesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed him, If ye abide in my word, `then' are ye truly my disciples;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Jesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed him, If ye abide in my word, [then] are ye truly my disciples;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then Jesus said to the Jews who had faith in him, If you keep my word, then you are truly my disciples;

• World English Bible (2000)

  Jesus therefore said to those Jews who had believed him, "If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Abraham’s Children and the Devil’s Children Then Jesus said to those Judeans who had believed him,“If you continue to follow my teaching, you are really my disciples

Referenced Verses

• 2 John 1:9 : 9 Anyone who goes beyond and does not remain in the teaching of Christ does not have God. Whoever remains in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.
• 2 Tim 3:14 : 14 But you, continue in what you have learned and firmly believed, knowing from whom you have learned it.
• John 15:4-9 : 4 Remain in me, as I also remain in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you unless you remain in me. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. 7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and show yourselves to be my disciples. 9 As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you. Now remain in my love.
• Matt 24:13 : 13 'But the one who endures until the end will be saved.'
• John 1:47 : 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him and said about him, 'Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!'
• John 6:55 : 55 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.
• John 6:66-71 : 66 From that time, many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him. 67 So Jesus asked the Twelve, 'Do you also want to leave?' 68 Simon Peter answered him, 'Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69 We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.' 70 Jesus answered them, 'Did I not choose you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil.' 71 He was speaking about Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. For Judas, one of the Twelve, was going to betray Him.
• Heb 10:38-39 : 38 But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he draws back, My soul will have no pleasure in him. 39 But we are not among those who shrink back to destruction, but among those who have faith for the preservation of the soul.
• Col 1:23 : 23 if indeed you continue in the faith, established and firm, and do not move away from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.
• 1 Tim 2:15 : 15 But she will be saved through childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness with self-control.
• 1 Tim 4:16 : 16 Pay close attention to yourself and to your teaching; persevere in them, for by doing this you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.
• Acts 13:43 : 43 After the synagogue meeting had ended, many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.
• 1 Sam 12:14 : 14 If you fear the LORD, serve Him, obey His voice, and do not rebel against His command, then both you and the king who reigns over you will follow the LORD your God.
• 1 John 2:24 : 24 As for you, let what you have heard from the beginning remain in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.
• Acts 14:22 : 22 strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith, saying, 'We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God.'
• Acts 26:22 : 22 But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to both small and great, saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:
• Rom 2:7 : 7 To those who seek glory, honor, and immortality by persistence in doing good, He will give eternal life.
• Rom 11:22 : 22 Consider then the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell but kindness to you, provided you continue in His kindness. Otherwise, you also will be cut off.
• John 8:36 : 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be truly free.
• 1 Tim 5:3-5 : 3 Honor widows who are truly widows. 4 But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show respect within their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God. 5 The widow who is truly alone and desolate has placed her hope in God and continues in prayers and petitions night and day.
• Jas 1:25 : 25 But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom and perseveres—not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—this person will be blessed in what he does.
• 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us, but they did not belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their going out showed that none of them belonged to us.
• Heb 3:14 : 14 For we have become partakers of Christ, if indeed we hold firmly to the beginning of our confidence steadfast until the end.
• Heb 8:9 : 9 It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors on the day I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not remain faithful to my covenant, and so I turned away from them, declares the Lord.