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SoοὖνI toldεἶπονyouὑμῖνthatὅτιyou would dieἀποθανεῖσθεinἐνyour sins;ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις ὑμῶνforγὰρunlessἐὰν μὴyou believeπιστεύσητεthatὅτιIἐγώam,εἰμιyou will dieἀποθανεῖσθεinἐνyour sins.”ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις ὑμῶν
John 8:24
Study it in the app“So I told you that you would die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am, you will die in your sins.””
With the Greek beneath
John 8:24, word by word
- I toldεἶπονeipon
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipon” appears- you would dieἀποθανεῖσθεapothaneisthe
die
To stop living: the end of life in the body.
Where else “apothaneisthe” appears- your sinsἁμαρτίαιςhamartiais
sin
Doing what God does not want, and the guilt it leaves.
Where else “hamartiais” appears- you believeπιστεύσητεpisteusēte
trust
To trust in God or in Jesus.
Where else “pisteusēte” appears- amεἰμιeimi
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “eimi” appears
Translation note
“I am,” with nothing more (egō eimi). Isaiah 43:10 in Greek says “so that you may believe… that I am,” and Exodus 3:14 begins the same way; it can be understood as an echo of the name by which God revealed himself. Also in 8:28 and 8:58.
The context
23And he was saying to them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.
24 · This verse (above)
25So they were saying to him, “Who are you?” Jesus said to them, “What I have been telling you from the beginning.
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?