John 16:9

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Of synne, because they beleue not on me.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Περὶ ἁμαρτίας μέν, ὅτι οὐ πιστεύουσιν εἰς ἐμέ·

Transliteration

Peri hamartias men, because not pisteuousin eis me;

Grammar Details

• *Peri*: preposition - concerning
• *hamartias*: noun, genitive, feminine, singular - sin
• *men*: particle indicating contrast with following clause - on the one hand
• ὅτι: conjunction - because
• οὐ: negative particle - not
• *pisteuousin*: present active indicative, 3rd person plural - they believe
• *eis*: preposition - into/in
• ἐμέ: personal pronoun, accusative, singular - me

Word Meanings

• *Peri*: concerning/about/regarding
• *hamartias*: sin/wrongdoing
• *men*: on the one hand (usually paired with δέ in a following clause)
• *pisteuousin*: they believe/they trust/they have faith
• *eis*: into/in/toward (stronger than simple dative, implying movement toward and relationship with)

Referenced Verses

• John 12:47-48 : 47 And he that heareth my wordes and beleueth not, I iudge him not, for I am not come to iudge the worlde, but to saue the worlde. 48 He that refuseth me, and receaueth not my wordes, hath one allready that iudgeth him. The worde that I haue spoken, that shall iudge him at the last daye,
• John 15:22-25 : 22 Yf I had not come & spoke vnto the, the shulde they haue no synne But now haue they nothinge to cloake their synne withall. 23 He yt hateth me, hateth my father also. 24 Yf I had not done amoge the the workes which no other ma dyd, they shulde haue no synne. But now haue they sene it, and yet haue they hated both me & my father. 25 Neuertheles that the sayenge might be fulfilled, which is wrytten in their lawe: They haue hated me without a cause.
• Acts 2:22-38 : 22 Ye men of Israel, heare these wordes: Iesus of Nazareth, ye man approued of God amonge you with miracles, and wonders and tokens, which God dyd by him in the myddes amonge you, as ye yor selues knowe also, 23 him (after that he was delyuered by the determinate councell and foreknowlege of God) haue ye taken by the handes of vnrighteous personnes, and crucifyed him, & slayne him, 24 who God hath raysed vp, and lowsed the sorowes of death, for so moch as it was vnpossyble that he shulde be holden of it. 25 For Dauid speaketh of him: Afore honde haue I set the LORDE allwayes before me, for he is on my right hode, that I shulde not be moued. 26 Therfore dyd my hert reioyse, and my tunge was glad: For my flesh also shal rest in hope. 27 For thou shalt not leaue my soule in hell, nether shalt thou suffer yi Holy to se corrupcion. 28 Thou hast shewed me the wayes of life, thou shalt make me full of ioye with thy countenaunce. 29 Ye men and brethren, let me frely speake vnto you of the Patryarke Dauid: For he is deed and buried, and his sepulcre is with vs vnto this daye. 30 Wherfore now seinge yt he was a prophet, and knewe that God had promised him with an ooth, that the frute of his loynes shulde syt on his seate, 31 he sawe it before, and spake of the resurreccion of Christ: for his soule was not left in hell, nether hath his flesh sene corrupcion. 32 This Iesus hath God raysed vp, wherof we all are witnesses. 33 Seynge now that he by the right hande of God is exalted, and hath receaued of ye father ye promyse of the holy goost, he hath shed forth this, that ye se and heare. 34 For Dauid is not ascended in to heauen, but he sayde: The LORDE sayde vnto my LORDE: Syt thou on my righte hande, 35 vntyll I make thine enemies yi fote stole. 36 So therfore let all the house of Israel knowe for a suertye, yt God hath made this same Iesus (whom ye haue crucified) LORDE and Christ. 37 Whan they herde this, their hert pricked them, and they sayde vnto Peter and to the other Apostles: Ye men and brethre, What shal we do? 38 Peter sayde onto them: Amede youre selues, and let euery one of you be baptysed in the name of Iesus Christ, for the remyssion of synnes, and ye shal receaue the gifte of the holy goost.
• Acts 3:14-19 : 14 But ye denyed the holy and iust, and desyred the murthurer to be geuen you, 15 but ye slewe the prynce of life, whom God hath raysed from the deed, of the which we are witnesses. 16 And thorow ye faith in his name, hath he confirmed his name vpon this man, whom ye se and knowe: and faith thorow him, hath geue this man this health before youre eyes. 17 Now deare brethre, I knowe that ye haue done it thorow ignoraunce, as dyd also youre rulers. 18 But God, which by the mouth of all his prophetes had shewed before, yt his Christ shulde suffre, hath so fulfilled it. 19 Do penaunce now therfore and turne you, that youre synnes maye be done awaye, whan the tyme of refreshinge shal come before the presence of the LORDE,
• Mark 16:16 : 16 Who so beleueth and is baptysed, shalbe saued: but who so beleueth not, shalbe damned.
• John 8:23-24 : 23 And he sayde vnto them: Ye are from beneth, I am from aboue: Ye are of this worlde, I am not of this worlde. 24 Therfore haue I sayde vnto you, that ye shal dye in youre synnes. For yf ye beleue not that I am he, ye shal dye in youre synnes.
• John 8:42-47 : 42 Iesus sayde vnto them: Yf God were youre father, then wolde ye loue me. For I am proceaded forth, and come from God. For I am not come of my self, but he hath sent me. 43 Why knowe ye not the my speach? Eue because ye can not abyde the hearinge of my worde. 44 Ye are of the father the deuell, and after the lustes of youre father wyl ye do. The same was a murthurer from the begynnynge, and abode not in the trueth: for the trueth is not in him. Whan he speaketh a lye, then speaketh he of his awne: for he is a lyar, and a father of the same. 45 But because I saye the trueth, ye beleue me not. 46 Which of you can rebuke me of one synne? Yf I saye the trueth, why do ye not beleue me? 47 He that is of God, heareth Gods worde. Therfore heare ye not, because ye are not of God.
• John 3:18-21 : 18 He that beleueth on him, shal not be codemned. But he that beleueth not, is codemned allready: because he beleueth not on the name of the onely sonne of God. 19 But this is ye codempnacion, that the light is come in to the worlde, and men loued the darknesse more the ye light: for their workes were euell. 20 Whosoeuer doth euell, hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, that his dedes shulde not be reproued. 21 But he that doth the trueth, commeth to the light, that his workes maye be knowne: for they are done in God.
• John 5:40-44 : 40 and ye wil not come vnto me, that ye might haue life. 41 I receaue not prayse of men. 42 But I knowe you, that ye haue not the loue of God in you. 43 I am come in my fathers name, and ye receaue me not. Yf another shal come in his awne name, him wil ye receaue. 44 How can ye beleue which receaue prayse one of another, and seke not the prayse, that is of God onely?
• Acts 7:51-54 : 51 Ye styffnecked & of vncircumcysed hertes and eares, ye allwaye resiste the holy goost: Eue as yor fathers dyd, so do ye also. 52 Which of the prophetes haue not yor fathers persecuted? And they slewe the, which tolde before of the comynge of ye righteous, whose traytours and murthurers ye are now become. 53 Ye receaued the lawe by the mynistracion of angels, and haue not kepte it. 54 Whan they herde this, it wente thorow ye hertes of the, and they gnasshed vpo him with their tethe.
• Acts 26:9-9 : 9 I also verely thoughte by my selfe, that I oughte to do many cotrary thinges cleane agaynst the name off Iesus off Nazareth, 10 which I dyd at Ierusalem, whan I shut vp many sayntes in preson, whervpon I receaued auctorite of ye hye prestes. And wha they shulde be put to death, I broughte the sentence.
• Rom 3:19-20 : 19 But we knowe, yt, what soeuer the lawe sayeth, it sayeth it vnto them which are vnder the lawe, yt euery mouthe maye be stopped, & yt all the worlde maye be detter vnto God, 20 because yt by ye dedes of the lawe no flesh maye be iustified in his sighte. For by the lawe commeth but the knowlege of synne.
• Rom 7:9 : 9 As for me, I lyued some tyme without lawe. Howbeit whan the commaundement came, synne reuyued, but I was deed.
• 1 Thess 2:15-16 : 15 Which as they put the LORDE Iesus to death, and their awne prophetes, euen so haue they persecuted vs also, and please not God, and are cotrary to all men, 16 forbyddinge vs to speake vnto the Heythen that they mighte be saued, to fulfill their synnes allwaye: for the wrath is come vpon them allready vnto ye vttemost.
• 1 Tim 1:13 : 13 wha before I was a blasphemer, & a persecuter, & a tyraunt: but I optayned mercy, because I dyd it ignorauntly in vnbeleue.
• Heb 3:12 : 12 Take hede brethren, that there be not in eny of you an euell hert of vnbeleue, to departe from the lyuynge God:
• Heb 10:28-29 : 28 He yt despyseth Moses lawe, dyeth without mercy vnder two or thre witnesses: 29 Of how moch sorer punyshment (suppose ye) shal he be counted worthy, which treadeth vnder fote the sonne of God, and couteth the bloude of ye Testamet (wherby he is sanctified) an unwholy thinge, & doth dishonoure to the sprete of grace?