John 8:24

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἶπον οὖν ὑμῖν, ὅτι ἀποθανεῖσθε ἐν ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις ὑμῶν: ἐὰν γὰρ μὴ πιστεύσητε ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι, ἀποθανεῖσθε ἐν ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις ὑμῶν.

Transliteration

Eipon oun to-you, that apothaneisthe in the hamartiais of-you: if for not pisteusēte that egō eimi, apothaneisthe in the hamartiais of-you.

Grammar Details

• *Eipon*: aorist active indicative, 1st person singular - I said/told [completed action]
• *oun*: inferential particle - therefore/then/accordingly
• *apothaneisthe*: future middle indicative, 2nd person plural - you will die
• *hamartiais*: dative feminine plural - sins/offenses/failures
• *pisteusēte*: aorist active subjunctive, 2nd person plural - you might believe/trust
• *egō eimi*: pronoun + present active indicative, 1st person singular - I am/exist
• *ean*: conditional particle with subjunctive - if/if ever
• *mē*: negative particle with subjunctive - not

Word Meanings

• *oun*: therefore/consequently/then
• *hamartiais*: sins/misses/errors/failures
• *egō eimi*: I am/I exist/I am he [possibly divine name reference]

Referenced Verses

• John 3:36 : 36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
• Heb 12:25 : 25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
• Heb 10:26-29 : 26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, 27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. 28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: 29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
• Mark 16:16 : 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
• Prov 8:36 : 36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
• John 8:21 : 21 Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.
• John 3:18 : 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
• Heb 2:3 : 3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
• 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.
• Acts 4:12 : 12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
• John 4:26 : 26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.
• Mark 13:6 : 6 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
• Luke 21:8 : 8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.