John 8:28

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἶπεν οὖν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Ὅταν ὑψώσητε τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, Τότε γνώσεσθε ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι, καὶ ἀπʼ ἐμαυτοῦ ποιῶ οὐδέν· ἀλλὰ καθὼς ἐδίδαξέν με ὁ Πατήρ μου, ταῦτα λαλῶ.

Transliteration

Eipen oun to-them the Iēsous, When hypsōsēte the Hyion tou anthrōpou, Then gnōsesthe that egō eimi, and from emautou poiō ouden; but kathōs edidaxen me the Patēr of-me, these lalō.

Grammar Details

• *Eipen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - said/spoke [completed action]
• *oun*: inferential particle - therefore/then
• *Iēsous*: nominative masculine singular - Jesus
• *hypsōsēte*: aorist active subjunctive, 2nd person plural - you might lift up/exalt
• *Hyion*: accusative masculine singular - Son
• *tou anthrōpou*: genitive masculine singular - of man/human
• *Tote*: temporal adverb - then/at that time
• *gnōsesthe*: future middle indicative, 2nd person plural - you will know
• *egō eimi*: pronoun + present active indicative, 1st person singular - I am
• *emautou*: reflexive pronoun, genitive masculine singular - myself
• *poiō*: present active indicative, 1st person singular - I do/make
• *ouden*: pronoun, accusative neuter singular - nothing
• *kathōs*: comparative adverb - just as/according as
• *edidaxen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - taught/instructed [completed action]
• *Patēr*: nominative masculine singular - Father
• *tauta*: demonstrative pronoun, accusative neuter plural - these things
• *lalō*: present active indicative, 1st person singular - I speak/tell

Word Meanings

• *hypsōsēte*: lift up/raise/exalt [possible reference to crucifixion]
• *Hyion tou anthrōpou*: Son of Man [messianic title]
• *egō eimi*: I am/I exist/I am he [possible divine name reference]
• *poiō*: do/make/perform/create
• *edidaxen*: taught/instructed/informed

Referenced Verses

• John 5:30 : 30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
• John 5:19 : 19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
• John 3:14 : 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
• John 6:38 : 38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
• John 12:49-50 : 49 For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. 50 And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
• Rom 1:4 : 4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
• 1 Thess 2:15-16 : 15 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: 16 Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
• Heb 2:2-3 : 2 For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward; 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 16:10 : 10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;
• John 19:18 : 18 Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.
• Acts 2:41 : 41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
• Acts 4:4 : 4 Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.
• John 8:24 : 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 11:42 : 42 And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.
• John 12:32-34 : 32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. 33 {G1161} This he said, signifying what death he should die. 34 The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?
• Num 16:28-30 : 28 And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind. 29 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the LORD hath not sent me. 30 But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD.
• Matt 27:50-54 : 50 {G1161} Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. 51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; 52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, 53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. 54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
• John 3:11 : 11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.