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I haveἔχωmany thingsπολλὰto sayλαλεῖνaboutπερὶyouὑμῶνandκαὶto judge;κρίνεινbutἀλλ’the one whoὁsentπέμψαςmeμεisἐστινtrue,ἀληθήςand Iκἀγὼspeakλαλῶtoεἰςthe worldτὸν κόσμονwhatἃ ταῦταI have heardἤκουσαfromπαρ’him.”αὐτοῦ
John 8:26
Study it in the app“I have many things to say about you and to judge; but the one who sent me is true, and I speak to the world what I have heard from him.””
With the Greek beneath
John 8:26, word by word
- I haveἔχωechō
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echō” appears- many thingsπολλὰpolla
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “polla” appears- to sayλαλεῖνlalein
tell
To tell someone something, announce it.
Where else “lalein” appears- to judgeκρίνεινkrinein
judge
To hear a case and give sentence, as God will do with the world.
Where else “krinein” appears- sentπέμψαςpempsas
send
To make someone go to another place with a task.
Where else “pempsas” appears- isἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- trueἀληθήςalēthēs
true, truthful
True, truthful.
Where else “alēthēs” appears- and Iκἀγὼkagō
and I, I also
And I, I too.
Where else “kagō” appears- the worldκόσμονkosmon
world of people
People everywhere, whom God loves.
Where else “kosmon” appears- I have heardἤκουσαēkousa
hear
To perceive a sound, a voice or words with the ears.
Where else “ēkousa” appears
The context
25So they were saying to him, “Who are you?” Jesus said to them, “What I have been telling you from the beginning.
26 · This verse (above)
27They did not understand that he was speaking to them about the Father.
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?