Matthew 10:33

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὅστις δʼ ἂν ἀρνήσηταί με ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ἀρνήσομαι αὐτὸν κἀγὼ ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ Πατρός μου τοῦ ἐν οὐρανοῖς.

Transliteration

Whoever d' an arnēsētai me emprosthen of-the anthrōpōn, arnēsomai him I-also emprosthen of-the Patros of-me the (one) in ouranois.

Grammar Details

• *d'*: elided form of *de* - but/and
• *an*: conditional particle - ever/would
• *arnēsētai*: aorist middle subjunctive, 3rd singular - might deny/disown
• *emprosthen*: preposition + genitive - before/in presence of
• *anthrōpōn*: genitive masculine plural - of men/people
• *arnēsomai*: future middle indicative, 1st singular - I will deny/disown
• *Patros*: genitive masculine singular - of Father
• *ouranois*: dative masculine plural - in heavens

Word Meanings

• *arnēsētai*: might deny/disown/reject
• *emprosthen*: before/in presence of/in front of
• *anthrōpōn*: men/people/mankind
• *arnēsomai*: I will deny/disown/reject
• *Patros*: Father/ancestor
• *ouranois*: heavens/sky/the above

Referenced Verses

• 2 Tim 2:12 : 12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
• 2 Pet 2:1 : 1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
• 1 John 2:23 : 23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father:(but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
• Mark 8:38 : 38 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
• Luke 9:26 : 26 For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels.
• Luke 12:9 : 9 But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.
• Mark 14:30 : 30 And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice.
• Mark 14:72 : 72 And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept.
• Matt 26:70-75 : 70 But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest. 71 And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth. 72 And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man. 73 And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee. 74 Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew. 75 And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.