Matthew 10:33

KJV1611 – Modern English

But whoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who 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

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  But whoever denies me before others, I will also deny before my Father in heaven.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• 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.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  But whoso ever shall denye me before men hym will I also denye before my father which is in heven.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But who soeuer denyeth me before me, him wil I also denie before my father which is in heauen.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But whosoeuer shall denie me before me, him will I also denie before my Father which is in heauen.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But whosoeuer shall denye me before men, hym wyll I also denye, before my father, which is in heauens.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But whoever denies me before men, him I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and whoever shall deny me before men, I also will deny him before my Father who is in the heavens.

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But if anyone says before men that he has no knowledge of me, I will say that I have no knowledge of him before my Father in heaven.

• World English Bible (2000)

  But whoever denies me before men, him I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But whoever denies me before people, I will deny him also before my Father in heaven.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Tim 2:12 : 12 If we endure, 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 among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who secretly will bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
• 1 John 2:23 : 23 Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
• Mark 8:38 : 38 Whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also the Son of Man will be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
• Luke 9:26 : 26 For whoever is ashamed of me and my words, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed, when he comes in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels.
• Luke 12:9 : 9 But he that denies me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.
• Mark 14:30 : 30 And Jesus said to him, Truly I say to you, That this day, even this night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.
• Mark 14:72 : 72 And the second time the rooster crowed. And Peter remembered the word that Jesus said to him, Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times. And when he thought on it, he wept.
• Matt 26:70-75 : 70 But he denied before them all, saying, I do not know what you are saying. 71 And when he was gone out into the porch, another servant girl saw him, and said to 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 those who stood by came to him, and said to Peter, Surely you also are one of them; for your speech betrays you. 74 Then he began to curse and to swear, saying, I do not know the man. And immediately the rooster crowed. 75 And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said to him, Before the rooster crows, you shall deny me three times. And he went out, and wept bitterly.