John 3:33

King James Version 1611 (Original)

He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ λαβὼν αὐτοῦ τὴν μαρτυρίαν ἐσφράγισεν ὅτι ὁ Θεὸς ἀληθής ἐστιν.

Transliteration

The one labōn autou tēn martyrian esphragisen hoti ho Theos alēthēs estin.

Grammar Details

• *labōn*: aorist participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having received
• *autou*: personal pronoun, genitive, masculine - his
• *martyrian*: accusative, feminine, singular - testimony
• *esphragisen*: aorist, 3rd singular - has sealed/certified
• *hoti*: conjunction - that
• *Theos*: nominative, masculine, singular - God
• *alēthēs*: nominative, masculine, singular - true
• *estin*: present, 3rd singular - is

Word Meanings

• *labōn*: receiving/accepting
• *esphragisen*: sealed/certified/confirmed/attested
• *alēthēs*: true/truthful/genuine

Referenced Verses

• John 6:27 : 27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
• Rom 3:3-4 : 3 For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? 4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
• Rom 4:18-21 : 18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. 19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara's womb: 20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; 21 And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
• 2 Cor 1:18 : 18 But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.
• 2 Cor 1:22 : 22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
• Eph 1:13 : 13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
• Titus 1:1-2 : 1 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness; 2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
• Heb 6:17 : 17 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
• Rev 7:3-8 : 3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. 4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel. 5 Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand. 6 Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand. 7 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand. 8 Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.
• 1 John 5:9-9 : 9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son. 10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.