John 8:28

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

Then sayde Iesus vnto them: when ye have lyft vp an hye the sonne of man then shall ye knowe that I am he and that I do nothinge of my selfe: but as my father hath taught me even so I speake:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἶπεν οὖν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Ὅταν ὑψώσητε τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, Τότε γνώσεσθε ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι, καὶ ἀπʼ ἐμαυτοῦ ποιῶ οὐδέν· ἀλλὰ καθὼς ἐδίδαξέν με ὁ Πατήρ μου, ταῦτα λαλῶ.

Transliteration

Eipen oun to-them the Iēsous, When hypsōsēte the Hyion tou anthrōpou, Then gnōsesthe that egō eimi, and from emautou poiō ouden; but kathōs edidaxen me the Patēr of-me, these lalō.

Grammar Details

• *Eipen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - said/spoke [completed action]
• *oun*: inferential particle - therefore/then
• *Iēsous*: nominative masculine singular - Jesus
• *hypsōsēte*: aorist active subjunctive, 2nd person plural - you might lift up/exalt
• *Hyion*: accusative masculine singular - Son
• *tou anthrōpou*: genitive masculine singular - of man/human
• *Tote*: temporal adverb - then/at that time
• *gnōsesthe*: future middle indicative, 2nd person plural - you will know
• *egō eimi*: pronoun + present active indicative, 1st person singular - I am
• *emautou*: reflexive pronoun, genitive masculine singular - myself
• *poiō*: present active indicative, 1st person singular - I do/make
• *ouden*: pronoun, accusative neuter singular - nothing
• *kathōs*: comparative adverb - just as/according as
• *edidaxen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - taught/instructed [completed action]
• *Patēr*: nominative masculine singular - Father
• *tauta*: demonstrative pronoun, accusative neuter plural - these things
• *lalō*: present active indicative, 1st person singular - I speak/tell

Word Meanings

• *hypsōsēte*: lift up/raise/exalt [possible reference to crucifixion]
• *Hyion tou anthrōpou*: Son of Man [messianic title]
• *egō eimi*: I am/I exist/I am he [possible divine name reference]
• *poiō*: do/make/perform/create
• *edidaxen*: taught/instructed/informed

Referenced Verses

• John 5:30 : 30 I can of myne awne selfe do nothinge at all. As I heare I iudge and my iudgemet is iust because I seke not myne awne will but the will of ye father which hath sent me.
• John 5:19 : 19 Then answered Iesus and sayde vnto them: verely verely I saye vnto you: the sonne can do no thinge of him selfe but that he seeth ye father do. For whatsoever he doeth yt doeth the sonne also.
• John 3:14 : 14 And as Moses lifte vp the serpent in the wyldernes even so must the sonne of man be lifte vp
• John 6:38 : 38 For I came doune fro heaven: not to do myne awne will but his will which hath sent me.
• John 12:49-50 : 49 For I have not spoken of my selfe: but the father which sent me he gave me a commaundemet what I shuld saye and what I shuld speake. 50 And I knowe that this comaundement is lyfe everlastinge. Whatsoever I speake therfore eve as the father bade me so I speake.
• Rom 1:4 : 4 and declared to be the sonne of God with power of the holy goost that sanctifieth sence ye tyme that Iesus Christ oure Lorde rose agayne from deeth
• 1 Thess 2:15-16 : 15 Which as they kylled the LORde Iesus and their awne prophetes even so have they persecuted vs and God they please not and are contrary to all men 16 and forbid vs to preache vnto the gentyls that they myght be saved to fulfill their synnes all waye. For the wrath of God is come on them even to the vtmost.
• Heb 2:2-3 : 2 For yf the worde which was spoke by angels was stedfast: so yt every trasgressio and disobediece receaved a iust recopece to rewarde: 3 how shall we escape yf we despyse so great saluacio which at ye fyrst bega to be preached of ye LORde him silfe and afterwarde was cofermed vnto vs warde by the ye hearde it
• John 16:10 : 10 Of rightwesnes because I go to my father and ye shall se me no moare:
• John 19:18 : 18 Where they crucified him and two other with him on ether syde one and Iesus in the myddes.
• Acts 2:41 : 41 Then they that gladly receaved his preachynge were baptised: and the same daye ther were added vnto them aboute thre thousande soules.
• Acts 4:4 : 4 How be it many of them which hearde the wordes beleved and the noumbre of the men was aboute fyve thousande.
• John 8:24 : 24 I sayde therfore vnto you that ye shall dye in youre synnes. For except ye beleve that I am he ye shall dye in youre synnes.
• John 11:42 : 42 I wot that thou hearest me all wayes: but because of the people that stonde by I sayde it yt they maye beleve that thou hast sent me.
• John 12:32-34 : 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. 34 The people answered him: We have hearde of ye lawe yt Christ bydeth ever: and how sayest thou then that the sonne of man must be lifte vp? who is yt sonne of ma?
• Num 16:28-30 : 28 And Moses sayed: Hereby ye shall knowe that the Lorde hath sent me to doo all these workes and that I haue not done them of myne awne mynde: 29 Yf these men dye the comon deth of all men or yf they be visyted after the visitacion of all men then the Lorde hath not sent me. 30 But and yf the Lorde make a newe thinge and the erth open hir mouthe and swalowe them and all that pertayne vnto them so that they goo doune quycke in to hell: then ye shall vnderstod that these me haue rayled apon the Lorde.
• Matt 27:50-54 : 50 Iesus cryed agayne with a lowde voyce and yelded vp the goost. 51 And beholde the vayle of the temple dyd rent in twayne from ye toppe to the bottome and the erth dyd quake and the stones dyd ren 52 and graves dyd open: and the bodies of many sainctes which slept arose 53 and came out of ye graves after his resurreccion and came into the holy cite and appered vnto many. 54 When the Centurion and they that were with him watchinge Iesus sawe ye erth quake and those thinges which hapened they feared greatly sayinge. Of a surete this was the sonne of God.
• John 3:11 : 11 Verely verely I saye vnto the we speake that we knowe and testify that we have sene: and ye receave not oure witnes.