John 4:25

Authorized King James Version (1611)

The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Λέγει αὐτῷ ἡ γυνή, Οἶδα ὅτι Μεσσίας ἔρχεται, ὁ λεγόμενος Χριστός: ὅταν ἔλθῃ ἐκεῖνος, ἀναγγελεῖ ἡμῖν πάντα.

Transliteration

Legei to-him the gynē, Oida that Messias erchetai, the one legomenos Christos: when elthē that-one, anaggelei to-us all-things.

Grammar Details

• *Legei*: present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - says/is saying
• αὐτῷ: dative, masculine, singular - to him
• ἡ γυνή: nominative, feminine, singular with article - the woman
• *Oida*: perfect with present meaning, 1st person singular - I know
• *Messias*: nominative, masculine, singular - Messiah (Hebrew term)
• *erchetai*: present, middle, indicative, 3rd person singular - comes/is coming
• *legomenos*: present, passive, participle, nominative, masculine, singular - being called/named
• *Christos*: nominative, masculine, singular - Christ/Anointed One
• *elthē*: aorist, active, subjunctive, 3rd person singular - might come/when he comes
• *ekeinos*: demonstrative pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular - that one
• *anaggelei*: future, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - will announce/declare
• ἡμῖν: dative, plural - to us
• πάντα: accusative, neuter, plural - all things

Word Meanings

• *Messias*: Messiah/Anointed One (Hebrew transliteration)
• *Christos*: Christ/Anointed One (Greek equivalent of Messiah)
• *anaggelei*: will announce/will declare/will tell plainly/will reveal

Referenced Verses

• John 1:49 : 49 Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
• John 4:29 : 29 Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
• John 4:39 : 39 And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.
• John 4:42 : 42 And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard [him] ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
• Deut 18:15-18 : 15 ¶ The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken; 16 According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not. 17 And the LORD said unto me, They have well [spoken that] which they have spoken. 18 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
• Dan 9:24-26 : 24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. 25 Know therefore and understand, [that] from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince [shall be] seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. 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.
• Matt 1:16 : 16 And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
• John 1:41-42 : 41 He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ. 42 And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, ‹Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas,› which is by interpretation, A stone.