John 8:31

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

Then sayde Iesus to those Iewes which beleved on him. If ye cotinue in my wordes then are ye my very disciples

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἔλεγεν οὖν ὁ Ἰησοῦς πρὸς τοὺς πεπιστευκότας αὐτῷ Ἰουδαίους, Ἐὰν ὑμεῖς μείνητε ἐν τῷ λόγῳ τῷ ἐμῷ, ἀληθῶς μαθηταί μου ἐστέ·

Transliteration

Elegen oun the Iēsous pros tous pepisteukotas to-him Ioudaious, If you meinēte en tō logō tō emō, alēthōs mathētai of-me este;

Grammar Details

• *Elegen*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - was saying [continuous past]
• *oun*: inferential particle - therefore/then
• *Iēsous*: nominative masculine singular - Jesus
• *pros*: preposition + accusative - to/toward
• *tous pepisteukotas*: perfect active participle, accusative masculine plural - the having believed/the ones who had believed
• *Ioudaious*: accusative masculine plural - Jews
• *meinēte*: aorist active subjunctive, 2nd person plural - you might remain/abide
• *en*: preposition + dative - in
• *tō logō*: dative masculine singular with article - in the word/message
• *tō emō*: dative masculine singular possessive pronoun - my/mine
• *alēthōs*: adverb - truly/genuinely
• *mathētai*: nominative masculine plural - disciples/pupils/learners
• *este*: present active indicative, 2nd person plural - you are

Word Meanings

• *pepisteukotas*: having believed/having faith/having trusted
• *meinēte*: remain/abide/continue/dwell
• *logō*: word/message/account/discourse
• *alēthōs*: truly/really/genuinely/indeed
• *mathētai*: disciples/students/followers/pupils

Referenced Verses

• 2 John 1:9 : 9 Whosoever transgresseth and bydeth not in the doctrine of Christ hath not God. He yt endureth in the doctrine of Christ hath bothe the father and the sonne.
• 2 Tim 3:14 : 14 But continue thou in the thynges which thou hast learned which also were committed vnto the seynge thou knowest of whom thou hast learned them
• John 15:4-9 : 4 Byde in me and let me byde in you. As ye braunche canot beare frute of it sylfe excepte it byde in the vyne: no more can ye excepte ye abyde in me. 5 I am the vyne and ye are the braunches. He that abydeth in me and I in him the same bringeth forth moche frute. For with out me can ye do nothinge. 6 Yf a man byde not in me he ys cast forthe as a braunche and is wyddered: and men gadder it and cast it into the fyre and it burneth. 7 Yf ye byde in me and my wordes also byde in you: axe what ye will and it shalbe done to you. 8 Heare in is my father glorified that ye beare moche frute and be made my disciples. 9 As the father hath loved me eve so have I leved you. Continue in my love.
• Matt 24:13 : 13 But he that endureth to the ende the same shalbe safe.
• John 1:47 : 47 Iesus sawe Nathanael commynge to him and sayde of him. Beholde a ryght Israelite in who is no gyle.
• John 6:55 : 55 For my flesshe is meate in dede: and my bloude is drynke in dede.
• John 6:66-71 : 66 From that tyme many of his disciples wet backe and walked no moore with him. 67 Then sayde Iesus to the twelve: will ye alsoo goo awaye? 68 Then Simon Peter answered: Master to whom shall we goo? Thou haste the wordes of eternall lyfe 69 and we beleve and knowe yt thou arte Christ the sonne of the lyvinge God. 70 Iesus answered them: Have not I chosen you twelve and yet one of you is the devyll? 71 He spake it of Iudas Iscariot the sonne of Simon. For he it was yt shuld betraye him and was one of the twelve.
• Heb 10:38-39 : 38 But the iust shall live by faith. And yf he withdrawe him silfe my soule shall have no pleasure in him. 39 We are not whiche withdrawe oure selves vnto dampnacio but partayne to fayth to the wynnynge of the soule.
• Col 1:23 : 23 yf ye continue grounded and stablysshed in the fayth and be not moved awaye from the hope of the gospell wher of ye have herde howe that it is preached amonge all creatures which are vnder heven wher of I Paul am made a minister.
• 1 Tim 2:15 : 15 Notwithstondynge thorow bearinge of chyldre they shalbe saved so they continue in fayth love and holynes with discrecion.
• 1 Tim 4:16 : 16 Take hede vnto thy silfe and vnto learnynge and continue therin. For if thou shalt so do thou shalt save thy silfe and them that heare the.
• Acts 13:43 : 43 When the congregacion was broken vp many of the Iewes and verteous covertes folowed Paul and Barnabas which spake to them and exhorted them to cotinue in the grace of God.
• 1 John 2:24 : 24 Let therfore abyde in you that same which ye hearde from the begynnynge. Yf that which ye hearde from ye begynnynge shall remayne in you ye also shall continewe in the sonne and in the father
• Acts 14:22 : 22 and strengthed the disciples soules exhortinge them to continue in the faith affyrminge yt we must thorowe moche tribulacion entre into the kyngdome of God.
• Acts 26:22 : 22 Neverthelesse I obtayned helpe of God and cotynew vnto this daye witnessyng bothe to small and to greate saying none other thinges then those which the prophetes and Moses dyd saye shuld come
• Rom 2:7 : 7 that is to saye prayse honoure and immortalite to them which cotinue in good doynge and seke eternall lyfe.
• Rom 11:22 : 22 Beholde ye kyndnes and rigorousnes of God: on the which fell rigorousnes: but towardes the kyndnes yf thou cotinue in his kyndnes. Or els thou shalt be hewen of
• John 8:36 : 36 If the sonne therfore shall make you fre then are ye fre in dede.
• 1 Tim 5:3-5 : 3 Honoure widdowes which are true wyddowes. 4 Yf eny wyddowe have chyldren or neves let them learne fyrst to rule their awne houses godly and to recompence their elders. For that is good and acceptable before God. 5 She that is a very wyddowe and frendlesse putteth her trust in god and continueth in supplicacion and prayer nyght and daye.
• Jas 1:25 : 25 But who so loketh in the parfaict lawe of libertie and continueth ther in (yf he be not a forgetfull hearer but a doar of ye worke) the same shall be happie in his dede.
• 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went oute from vs but they were not of vs. For yf they had bene of vs they wolde no dout have continued with vs. But that fortuned that yt myght appere that they were not of vs.
• Heb 3:14 : 14 We are partetakers of Christ yf we kepe sure vnto the ende the fyrst substanc
• Heb 8:9 : 9 a newe testament: not lyke the testament that I made with their fathers at that tyme whe I toke them by the hondes to lede them oute of the londe of Egipte for they continued not in my testament and I regarded them not sayth the LORde.