John 8:31

Geneva Bible (1560)

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

Referenced Verses

• 2 John 1:9 : 9 Whosoeuer transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that continueth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Sonne.
• 2 Tim 3:14 : 14 But continue thou in the thinges which thou hast learned, and which are committed vnto thee, knowing of who thou hast learned them:
• John 15:4-9 : 4 Abide in me, and I in you: as the branche cannot beare fruite of it selfe, except it abide in the vine, no more can ye, except ye abide in me. 5 I am that vine: ye are the branches: he that abideth in me, & I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruite: for without me can ye doe nothing. 6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branche, and withereth: and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they burne. 7 If ye abide in me, and my wordes abide in you, aske what ye wil, & it shalbe done to you. 8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye beare much fruite, and be made my disciples. 9 As the father hath loued me, so haue I loued you: continue in that my loue.
• Matt 24:13 : 13 But he that endureth to the ende, he shalbe saued.
• John 1:47 : 47 Iesus sawe Nathanael comming to him, and saide of him, Beholde in deede an Israelite, in whom is no guile.
• John 6:55 : 55 For my flesh is meat in deede, & my blood is drinke in deede.
• John 6:66-71 : 66 From that time, many of his disciples went backe, and walked no more with him. 67 Then sayde Iesus to the twelue, Will yee also goe away? 68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Master, to whome shall we goe? thou hast the wordes of eternall life: 69 And we beleeue and knowe that thou art that Christ that Sonne of the liuing God. 70 Iesus answered them, Haue not I chosen you twelue, and one of you is a deuill? 71 Now he spake it of Iudas Iscariot the sonne of Simon: for hee it was that shoulde betraie him, though he was one of the twelue.
• Heb 10:38-39 : 38 Nowe the iust shall liue by faith: but if any withdrawe himselfe, my soule shall haue no pleasure in him. 39 But we are not they which withdrawe our selues vnto perdition, but follow faith vnto the conseruation of the soule.
• Col 1:23 : 23 If ye continue, grounded and stablished in the faith, & be not moued away from the hope of the Gospel, whereof ye haue heard, and which hath bene preached to euery creature which is vnder heauen, whereof I Paul am a minister.
• 1 Tim 2:15 : 15 Notwithstanding, through bearing of children she shalbe saued if they continue in faith, and loue, and holines with modestie.
• 1 Tim 4:16 : 16 Take heede vnto thy selfe, and vnto learning: continue therein: for in doing this thou shalt both saue thy selfe, & them that heare thee.
• Acts 13:43 : 43 Nowe when the congregation was dissolued, many of the Iewes and Proselytes that feared God, followed Paul & Barnabas, which spake to them, and exhorted them to continue in the grace of God.
• 1 Sam 12:14 : 14 If ye wil feare the Lord and serue him, and heare his voyce, and not disobey the worde of the Lorde, both yee, and the King that reigneth ouer you, shall follow the Lord your God.
• 1 John 2:24 : 24 Let therefore abide in you that same which ye haue heard from the beginning. If that which ye haue heard from the beginning, shal remaine in you, ye also shal continue in the Sonne, and in the Father.
• Acts 14:22 : 22 Confirming the disciples hearts, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, affirming that we must through many afflictions enter into the kingdome of God.
• Acts 26:22 : 22 Neuertheles, I obteined helpe of God, and continue vnto this day, witnessing both to small and to great, saying none other things, then those which the Prophets and Moses did say should come,
• Rom 2:7 : 7 That is, to them which through patience in well doing, seeke glorie, and honour, and immortalitie, euerlasting life:
• Rom 11:22 : 22 Beholde therefore the bountifulnesse, and seueritie of God: towarde them which haue fallen, seueritie: but toward thee, bountifulnesse, if thou continue in his bountifulnesse: or els thou shalt also be cut off.
• John 8:36 : 36 If that Sonne therefore shal make you free, ye shalbe free in deede.
• 1 Tim 5:3-5 : 3 Honour widowes, which are widowes in deede. 4 But if any widowe haue children or nephewes, let them learne first to shewe godlinesse towarde their owne house, and to recompense their kinred: for that is an honest thing and acceptable before God. 5 And shee that is a widowe in deede and left alone, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and praiers night and day.
• Jas 1:25 : 25 But who so looketh in the perfect Lawe of libertie, and continueth therein, hee not being a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the woorke, shalbe blessed in his deede.
• 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from vs, but they were not of vs: for if they had bene of vs, they should haue continued with vs. But this cometh to passe, that it might appeare, that they are not all of vs.
• Heb 3:14 : 14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we keepe sure vnto the ende that beginning, wherewith we are vpholden,
• Heb 8:9 : 9 Not like the Testament that I made with their fathers, in the day that I tooke them by the hand, to leade them out of the land of Egypt: for they continued not in my Testament, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.