John 10:15

King James Version 1611 (Original)

As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καθὼς γινώσκει με ὁ Πατήρ, κἀγὼ γινώσκω τὸν Πατέρα: καὶ τὴν ψυχήν μου τίθημι ὑπὲρ τῶν προβάτων.

Transliteration

Kathōs ginōskei me the Patēr, kagō ginōskō the Patera: and the psychēn of me tithēmi hyper the probatōn.

Grammar Details

• *Kathōs*: adverb - just as/according as
• *ginōskei*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - knows/recognizes
• *Patēr*: nominative, masculine, singular - Father
• *kagō*: contraction (kai + egō) - and I
• *ginōskō*: present active indicative, 1st person singular - I know/recognize
• *Patera*: accusative, masculine, singular - Father
• *psychēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - life/soul
• *tithēmi*: present active indicative, 1st person singular - I lay down/place
• *hyper*: preposition + genitive - on behalf of/for
• *probatōn*: genitive, neuter, plural - of sheep

Word Meanings

• *Kathōs*: just as/as/according as
• *ginōskei*: knows/recognizes/understands
• *Patēr*: Father
• *kagō*: and I/I also
• *ginōskō*: know/recognize/understand
• *psychēn*: life/soul/self
• *tithēmi*: lay down/place/give
• *hyper*: on behalf of/for the sake of/in place of
• *probatōn*: sheep

Referenced Verses

• Matt 11:27 : 27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
• John 10:11 : 11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
• John 15:13 : 13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
• Eph 5:2 : 2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
• Matt 20:28 : 28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
• Isa 53:10 : 10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
• 1 Pet 3:18 : 18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
• 1 John 2:2 : 2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
• Zech 13:7 : 7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.
• 1 Pet 2:24 : 24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
• Isa 53:4-6 : 4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
• Isa 53:8 : 8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
• John 1:18 : 18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
• 1 Tim 2:5-6 : 5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; 6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
• Gal 1:4 : 4 Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
• John 10:17-18 : 17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. 18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
• John 17:25 : 25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
• Gal 3:13 : 13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
• Titus 2:14 : 14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
• John 6:46 : 46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.
• John 8:55 : 55 Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
• Luke 10:21 : 21 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.
• Dan 9:26 : 26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
• Rev 5:2-9 : 2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? 3 And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. 4 And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. 5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. 6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. 7 And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne. 8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. 9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;