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Andκαὶeven ifἐὰν δὲIἐγώdo judge,κρίνωmyἡ ἐμὴjudgmentἡ κρίσιςisἐστινtrue,ἀληθινήbecauseὅτιI amεἰμίnotοὐκalone,μόνοςbutἀλλ’it isIἐγὼandκαὶthe Fatherὁ πατήρwho sentπέμψαςme.με
John 8:16
Study it in the app“And even if I do judge, my judgment is true, because I am not alone, but it is I and the Father who sent me.”
With the Greek beneath
John 8:16, word by word
- do judgeκρίνωkrinō
judge
To hear a case and give sentence, as God will do with the world.
Where else “krinō” appears- myἐμὴemē
my, mine
My, mine.
Where else “emē” appears- judgmentκρίσιςkrisis
judgment
A judge's sentence; above all, the one God will give at the end.
Where else “krisis” appears- isἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- trueἀληθινήalēthinē
true
True, genuine, real.
Where else “alēthinē” appears- aloneμόνοςmonos
alone
With no one else.
Where else “monos” appears- the Fatherπατήρpatēr
Father
God, who gives life and cares for his own; the Father of Jesus.
Where else “patēr” appears- who sentπέμψαςpempsas
send
To make someone go to another place with a task.
Where else “pempsas” appears
The context
15You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.
16 · This verse (above)
17And in your law it is written that the testimony of two people is true.
To study John 8 in a group
1. What it says
When the woman caught in adultery is brought to him, what does Jesus say to her accusers, and what does he say to her at the end? (vv. 3-11)
2. What it means
Jesus says, “I am the light of the world” and “the truth will set you free.” What link is there between remaining in his word and freedom? (vv. 12, 31-36)
3. How I live it
The accusers left one by one when Jesus spoke about sin (v. 9). When is it your turn to look at yourself before pointing at others?