John 13:19

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀπʼ ἄρτι λέγω ὑμῖν πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι, ἵνα, ὅταν γένηται, πιστεύσητε ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι.

Transliteration

From arti legō to you before the genesthai, hina, when genētai, pisteusēte that I eimi.

Grammar Details

• *arti*: adverb - now/at present
• *legō*: present active indicative, 1st singular - I say/tell
• *genesthai*: aorist middle infinitive - to happen/occur
• *hina*: conjunction - that/in order that
• *genētai*: aorist middle subjunctive, 3rd singular - it might happen/occur
• *pisteusēte*: aorist active subjunctive, 2nd plural - you might believe
• *eimi*: present active indicative, 1st singular - I am

Word Meanings

• *arti*: now/at present/from now on
• *legō*: say/tell/speak
• *genesthai*: to happen/to occur/to come to pass
• *hina*: in order that/so that/that
• *genētai*: might happen/might occur/comes to pass
• *pisteusēte*: might believe/might trust/might have faith
• *eimi*: am/exist (potentially a divine reference to God's name 'I AM')

Referenced Verses

• John 14:29 : 29 And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.
• John 16:4 : 4 But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.
• 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 {G2532} 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.
• Isa 41:23 : 23 Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
• Isa 43:10 : 10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
• Isa 48:5 : 5 I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.
• Mal 3:1 : 1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.
• Matt 11:3 : 3 And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?
• Matt 24:25 : 25 Behold, I have told you before.
• Luke 21:13 : 13 And it shall turn to you for a testimony.
• John 1:15 : 15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
• John 8:23-24 : 23 And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world. 24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
• John 8:58 : 58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.