John 16:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀλλὰ ταῦτα λελάληκα ὑμῖν, ἵνα ὅταν ἔλθῃ ἡ ὥρα, μνημονεύητε αὐτῶν. Ὅτι ἐγὼ εἶπον ὑμῖν ταῦτα δὲ ὑμῖν ἐξ ἀρχῆς οὐκ εἶπον, ὅτι μεθʼ ὑμῶν ἤμην.

Transliteration

But tauta lelalēka to you, hina when elthē the hōra, mnēmoneuēte of them. Because I eipon to you tauta but to you from archēs not eipon, because with you ēmēn.

Grammar Details

• Ἀλλὰ: adversative conjunction - but
• *tauta*: demonstrative pronoun, accusative, neuter, plural - these things
• *lelalēka*: perfect active indicative, 1st person singular - I have spoken
• ὑμῖν: personal pronoun, dative, plural - to you
• *hina*: subordinating conjunction introducing purpose clause - so that
• ὅταν: temporal conjunction - when/whenever
• *elthē*: aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular - might come
• ἡ: definite article, nominative, feminine, singular - the
• *hōra*: noun, nominative, feminine, singular - hour/time
• *mnēmoneuēte*: present active subjunctive, 2nd person plural - you may remember
• αὐτῶν: personal pronoun, genitive, neuter, plural - of them
• Ὅτι: conjunction - because
• ἐγὼ: personal pronoun, nominative, singular - I
• *eipon*: aorist active indicative, 1st person singular - I said/told
• δὲ: contrastive conjunction - but/and
• ἐξ: preposition - from
• *archēs*: noun, genitive, feminine, singular - beginning
• οὐκ: negative particle - not
• ὅτι: conjunction - because
• μεθʼ: preposition - with
• ὑμῶν: personal pronoun, genitive, plural - of you
• *ēmēn*: imperfect active indicative, 1st person singular - I was

Word Meanings

• *tauta*: these things/these matters
• *lelalēka*: I have spoken/I have told (with emphasis on completed action with continuing relevance)
• *elthē*: might come/should come
• *hōra*: hour/time/appointed time
• *mnēmoneuēte*: you may remember/you may recall
• *eipon*: I said/I told
• *archēs*: beginning/start/origin
• *ēmēn*: I was/I continued to be (imperfect tense emphasizes continuous state)

Referenced Verses

• Matt 9:15 : 15 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
• John 13:19 : 19 Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.
• 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 17:12-13 : 12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. 13 And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
• Mark 13:23 : 23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.
• Isa 41:22-23 : 22 Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come. 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.
• 2 Pet 1:14 : 14 Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
• Acts 9:16 : 16 For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.
• Matt 10:7 : 7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
• Matt 24:25 : 25 Behold, I have told you before.
• Mark 2:19 : 19 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
• Luke 21:12-13 : 12 But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake. 13 And it shall turn to you for a testimony.
• Acts 20:23-24 : 23 Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. 24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.