John 8:55

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ οὐκ ἐγνώκατε αὐτόν· ἐγὼ δὲ οἶδα αὐτόν: καὶ ἐὰν εἴπω, ὅτι οὐκ οἶδα αὐτόν, ἔσομαι ὅμοιος ὑμῶν ψεύστης: ἀλλʼ οἶδα αὐτόν, καὶ τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ τηρῶ.

Transliteration

And not egnōkate auton; egō de oida auton: and if eipō, that not oida auton, esomai homoios hymōn pseustēs: but oida auton, and the logon autou tērō.

Grammar Details

*egnōkate*: perfect active, 2nd plural - you have known
*auton*: accusative, masculine, singular - him
*egō*: nominative, singular - I
*de*: conjunction - but/and
*oida*: perfect with present meaning, 1st singular - I know
*eipō*: aorist subjunctive, 1st singular - I might say
*esomai*: future, 1st singular - I will be
*homoios*: adjective, nominative, masculine - like/similar
*hymōn*: genitive, plural - your/of you
*pseustēs*: nominative, masculine, singular - liar
*logon*: accusative, masculine, singular - word
*autou*: genitive, masculine, singular - his/of him
*tērō*: present indicative, 1st singular - I keep

Word Meanings

*egnōkate*: have known/have understood/have recognized
*oida*: know/have knowledge of [perfect with present meaning]
*homoios*: like/similar/resembling
*pseustēs*: liar/false one
*tērō*: keep/observe/guard

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

John 8:19 : 19 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.
John 8:44 : 44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
John 7:28-29 : 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. 29 But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
John 8:51 : 51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
Matt 11:27 : 27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal 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.
1 John 5:10 : 10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
Rev 3:9 : 9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
John 16:3 : 3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
John 17:25 : 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.
Acts 17:23 : 23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions , I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
2 Cor 4:6 : 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.
1 John 2:4 : 4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
1 John 2:22 : 22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
John 10:15 : 15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
John 15:10 : 10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
Luke 10:22 : 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 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 6:46 : 46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.
John 8:29 : 29 And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.
Jer 4:22 : 22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Jer 9:3 : 3 And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
Hos 5:4 : 4 They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.

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