John 8:58

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Jesus said unto them, ‹Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.›

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Ἀμὴν, ἀμὴν, λέγω ὑμῖν, Πρὶν Ἀβραὰμ γενέσθαι, ἐγώ εἰμι.

Transliteration

Eipen autois the Iēsous, Amēn, amēn, legō hymin, Before Abraam genesthai, egō eimi.

Grammar Details

• *Eipen*: aorist active, 3rd singular - he said
• *autois*: dative, masculine, plural - to them
• *Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
• *Amēn*: Hebrew transliteration - truly/verily
• *legō*: present indicative, 1st singular - I say
• *hymin*: dative, plural - to you [plural]
• *Abraam*: accusative, masculine - Abraham
• *genesthai*: aorist infinitive - to become/to be born
• *egō*: nominative, singular - I
• *eimi*: present indicative, 1st singular - I am

Word Meanings

• *Amēn*: truly/verily/certainly [solemn affirmation]
• *genesthai*: to become/to be born/to come into existence
• *eimi*: am/exist [present tense, eternality implied]

Referenced Verses

• Exod 3:14 : 14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
• John 17:5 : 5 ‹And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.›
• John 17:24 : 24 ¶ ‹Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.›
• Col 1:17 : 17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
• Isa 44:6 : 6 Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I [am] the first, and I [am] the last; and beside me [there is] no God.
• Isa 9:6 : 6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
• Heb 1:10-12 : 10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: 11 They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; 12 And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
• Heb 13:8 : 8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
• Mic 5:2 : 2 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, [though] thou be little among the thousands of Judah, [yet] out of thee shall he come forth unto me [that is] to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth [have been] from of old, from everlasting.
• Rev 1:17-18 : 17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, ‹Fear not; I am the first and the last:› 18 [I am] ‹he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.›
• Rev 2:8 : 8 ¶ ‹And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;›
• John 1:1-2 : 1 ¶ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God.
• John 8:34 : 34 Jesus answered them, ‹Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.›
• John 8:51 : 51 ¶ ‹Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.›
• Rev 1:8 : 8 ‹I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending,› saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
• Rev 1:11 : 11 Saying, ‹I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send› [it] ‹unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.›
• Isa 43:13 : 13 Yea, before the day [was] I [am] he; and [there is] none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?
• Prov 8:22-30 : 22 ¶ The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. 23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. 24 When [there were] no depths, I was brought forth; when [there were] no fountains abounding with water. 25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth: 26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. 27 When he prepared the heavens, I [was] there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth: 28 When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep: 29 When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: 30 Then I was by him, [as] one brought up [with him]: and I was daily [his] delight, rejoicing always before him;
• Isa 44:8 : 8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared [it]? ye [are] even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, [there is] no God; I know not [any].
• Isa 46:9 : 9 Remember the former things of old: for I [am] God, and [there is] none else; [I am] God, and [there is] none like me,
• Isa 48:12 : 12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I [am] he; I [am] the first, I also [am] the last.