John 15:27

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

and you also will testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ὑμεῖς δὲ μαρτυρεῖτε, ὅτι ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς μετʼ ἐμοῦ ἐστε.

Transliteration

And humeis de martureite, hoti ap' archēs met' emou este.

Grammar Details

• *humeis*: nominative, plural, second person pronoun - you [plural]
• *de*: conjunction - and/but/moreover
• *martureite*: present indicative or imperative, active, second person plural - you testify/testify!
• *hoti*: conjunction - because
• *ap' archēs*: preposition + genitive - from the beginning
• *met' emou*: preposition + genitive - with me
• *este*: present indicative, active, second person plural - you are

Word Meanings

• *martureite*: testify/bear witness/confirm [as indicative or imperative]
• *archēs*: beginning/origin/first
• *este*: are/have been/exist

Referenced Verses

• John 21:24 : 24 A Final Note This is the disciple who testifies about these things and has written these things, and we know that his testimony is true.
• 1 John 1:1-2 : 1 ¶ The Prologue to the Letter This is what we proclaim to you: what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and our hands have touched(concerning the word of life– 2 and the life was revealed, and we have seen and testify and announce to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us).
• 1 John 4:14 : 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.
• Luke 24:48 : 48 You are witnesses of these things.
• Luke 1:2-3 : 2 like the accounts passed on to us by those who were eyewitnesses and servants of the word from the beginning. 3 So it seemed good to me as well, because I have followed all things carefully from the beginning, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,
• Acts 1:21-22 : 21 Thus one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time the Lord Jesus associated with us, 22 beginning from his baptism by John until the day he was taken up from us– one of these must become a witness of his resurrection together with us.”
• Acts 4:20 : 20 for it is impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard.”
• Acts 10:39-42 : 39 We are witnesses of all the things he did both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a tree, 40 but God raised him up on the third day and caused him to be seen, 41 not by all the people, but by us, the witnesses God had already chosen, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. 42 He commanded us to preach to the people and to warn them that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead.
• Acts 23:11 : 11 The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said,“Have courage, for just as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.”
• 1 Pet 5:1 : 1 Leading and Living in God’s Flock So as your fellow elder and a witness of Christ’s sufferings and as one who shares in the glory that will be revealed, I urge the elders among you:
• 1 Pet 5:12 : 12 Final Greetings Through Silvanus, whom I know to be a faithful brother, I have written to you briefly, in order to encourage you and testify that this is the true grace of God. Stand fast in it.
• 2 Pet 1:16-18 : 16 For we did not follow cleverly concocted fables when we made known to you the power and return of our Lord Jesus Christ; no, we were eyewitnesses of his grandeur. 17 For he received honor and glory from God the Father, when that voice was conveyed to him by the Majestic Glory:“This is my dear Son, in whom I am delighted.” 18 When this voice was conveyed from heaven, we ourselves heard it, for we were with him on the holy mountain.
• Acts 13:31 : 31 and for many days he appeared to those who had accompanied him from Galilee to Jerusalem. These are now his witnesses to the people.
• Acts 18:5 : 5 Now when Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul became wholly absorbed with proclaiming the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.
• Acts 4:33 : 33 With great power the apostles were giving testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was on them all.
• Acts 3:15 : 15 You killed the Originator of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this fact we are witnesses!
• Acts 1:8 : 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest parts of the earth.”
• John 19:35 : 35 And the person who saw it has testified(and his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth), so that you also may believe.
• Rev 1:2 : 2 who then testified to everything that he saw concerning the word of God and the testimony about Jesus Christ.
• Rev 1:9 : 9 I, John, your brother and the one who shares with you in the persecution, kingdom, and endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony about Jesus.
• Mark 1:1 : 1 ¶ The Ministry of John the Baptist The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.