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Andκαὶthe one whoὁsentπέμψαςmeμεisἐστινwithμετ’me;ἐμοῦhe has notοὐκleftἀφῆκένmeμεalone,μόνονbecauseὅτιIἐγὼalwaysπάντοτεdoποιῶwhat is pleasingτὰ ἀρεστὰto him.”αὐτῷ
John 8:29
Study it in the app“And the one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, because I always do what is pleasing to him.””
With the Greek beneath
John 8:29, word by word
- sentπέμψαςpempsas
send
To make someone go to another place with a task.
Where else “pempsas” appears- isἐστινestin
be present
To be in a place or with someone.
Where else “estin” appears- leftἀφῆκένaphēken
leave
To part from something or someone and go on without it.
Where else “aphēken” appears- aloneμόνονmonon
alone
With no one else.
Where else “monon” appears- alwaysπάντοτεpantote
always
Always.
Where else “pantote” appears- doποιῶpoiō
do
To carry out an action or cause an effect.
Where else “poiō” appears- what is pleasingἀρεστὰaresta
pleasing
Pleasing, what pleases someone.
Where else “aresta” appears
The context
28So Jesus said, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am, and that I do nothing on my own, but I speak these things as the Father taught me.
29 · This verse (above)
30As he was saying these things, many believed in him.
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?