John 12:24

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

Verely verely I saye vnto you except ye wheate corne fall into the grounde and dye it bydeth alone. Yf it dye it brengeth forth moche frute.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀμὴν, ἀμὴν, λέγω ὑμῖν, Ἐὰν μὴ ὁ κόκκος τοῦ σίτου πεσὼν εἰς τὴν γῆν ἀποθάνῃ, αὐτὸς μόνος μένει: ἐὰν δὲ ἀποθάνῃ, πολὺν καρπὸν φέρει.

Transliteration

Amēn, amēn, legō to you, if not the kokkos of the sitos having pesōn into the gē should apothanē, itself alone menei; if but apothanē, much karpon it pherei.

Grammar Details

• *Amēn*: Hebrew term transliterated into Greek, used as affirmation - truly/verily
• *legō*: present active indicative, 1st person singular - I say/tell
• *kokkos*: nominative masculine singular - grain/kernel/seed
• *sitos*: genitive masculine singular - of wheat/grain
• *pesōn*: aorist active participle, nominative masculine singular - having fallen
• *gē*: accusative feminine singular - earth/ground/soil
• *apothanē*: aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular - might/should die
• *menei*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - remains/abides
• *karpon*: accusative masculine singular - fruit/harvest/yield
• *pherei*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - bears/produces/brings forth

Word Meanings

• *Amēn*: truly/verily/certainly
• *kokkos*: grain/kernel/seed
• *pesōn*: falling/dropping/descending
• *gē*: earth/ground/soil/land
• *apothanē*: die/perish
• *menei*: remains/abides/stays/continues
• *karpon*: fruit/produce/result/yield
• *pherei*: bears/produces/brings forth/yields

Referenced Verses

• 1 Cor 15:36-38 : 36 Thou fole that which thou sowest is not quickened except it dye. 37 And what sowest thow? Thow sowest not that body that shalbe: but bare corne (I meane ether of wheet or of some other) 38 and God geveth it a body at his pleasure to every seed a severall body.
• Heb 2:9-9 : 9 Neverthelesse we yet se not all thynges subdued but him yt was made lesse the ye angelles: we se that it was Iesus which is crouned with glory and honour for the sofferinge of death: that he by the grace of god shulde tast of deeth for all men. 10 For it becam him for whom are all thynges and by whom are all thynges after that he had brought many sonnes vnto glory that he shuld make the LORde of their saluacion parfect thorow sofferynge.
• John 12:32-33 : 32 And I yf I were lifte vp from the erthe will drawe all men vnto me. 33 This sayde Iesus signifyinge what deeth he shuld dye.
• Rev 7:9-9 : 9 After this I behelde and lo a gret multitude (which noma coulde nombre) of all nacios and people and tonges stode before the seate and before the lambe clothed with longe whyte garmentes and palmes in there hondes 10 and cryed with a lowde voyce sayinge: salvacion be asscribed to him that syttith apon the seate of oure god and vnto the lambe. 11 And all the angelles stode in the compase of the seate and of the elders and of the iiii. bestes and fel before the seat on their faces and worshipped god 12 sayinge amen: Blessynge and glory wisdome and thankes and honour and power and myght be vnto oure god for evermore Amen. 13 And one of the elders answered sayinge vnto me: what are these which are arayed in longe whyte garmentes and whence cam they? 14 And I sayde vnto him: LORde thou wottest. And he sayde vnto me: these are they which cam oute of gret tribulacion and made their garmetes large and made them whyte in the bloud of the lambe: 15 therfore are they in the presence of the seate of God and serve him daye and nyght in hys temple and he that sytteth in the seate wyll dwell amonge them. 16 They shalt honger no more nether thyrst nether shall the sunne lyght on them nether eny heate: 17 For the lambe which ys in the myddes of the seate shall fede them and shall ledde them vnto fountaynes of lyuynge water and god shall wype awaye all teares from their eyes.