John 8:19

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἔλεγον οὖν αὐτῷ, Ποῦ ἐστιν ὁ Πατήρ σου; ἀπεκρίθη ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Οὔτε ἐμὲ οἴδατε, οὔτε τὸν Πατέρα μου: εἰ ἐμὲ ᾔδειτε, καὶ τὸν Πατέρα μου ᾔδειτε ἂν.

Transliteration

They elegon oun to him, Where estin the Patēr of you? Apekrithē Iēsous, Neither me you oidate, nor the Patera of me: if me you ēdeite, also the Patera of me you ēdeite an.

Grammar Details

• *elegon*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd plural - they were saying
• *oun*: inferential conjunction - therefore/then
• *estin*: present active indicative, 3rd singular - is
• *Patēr*: nominative, masculine, singular - Father
• *Apekrithē*: aorist passive indicative, 3rd singular - answered
• *Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
• *oidate*: perfect active indicative, 2nd plural - you know
• *Patera*: accusative, masculine, singular - Father
• *ēdeite*: pluperfect active indicative, 2nd plural - you had known
• *an*: particle indicating contingency - would

Word Meanings

• *elegon*: were saying/saying/told
• *Apekrithē*: answered/replied/responded
• *oidate*: know/understand/perceive
• *ēdeite*: had known/understood/perceived

Referenced Verses

• John 16:3 : 3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
• John 7:28 : 28 Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.
• John 8:54-55 : 54 Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God: 55 Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
• 1 Cor 15:34 : 34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
• 2 Cor 4:4-6 : 4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. 5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. 6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
• Gal 4:9 : 9 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
• Eph 1:17 : 17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
• Col 1:10 : 10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
• Col 1:15 : 15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
• Heb 1:3 : 3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
• 1 John 5:20 : 20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
• 2 John 1:9 : 9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
• John 10:14-15 : 14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. 15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
• Jer 22:16 : 16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.
• Jer 24:7 : 7 And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.
• Matt 11:25 : 25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
• John 17:3 : 3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
• John 1:10 : 10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
• John 1:18 : 18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
• John 15:21 : 21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.
• John 17:25-26 : 25 {G2532} O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. 26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
• Luke 10:21-22 : 21 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight. 22 All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
• John 14:6-9 : 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. 7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. 8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. 9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?