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John 13:19

Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.

KJV

ἀπάρτι λέγω ὑμῖν πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι, ἵνα πιστεύσητε ὅταν γένηται ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι.

Greek NT

Amodo dico vobis, priusquam fiat : ut cum factum fuerit, credatis quia ego sum.

Vulgate

From henceforth I tell you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.

ASV

At present I tell you, before it come to pass: that when it shall come to pass, you may believe that I am he.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
πιστεύω
pisteuo
verb · 241×
πρό
pro
preposition · 47×
ἀπάρτι
aparti
adverb · 3×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
o
article · 19778×
ὅταν
otan
conjunction · 123×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: πιστεύσητε ὅταν γένηται | NIV: πιστεύσητε ὅταν γένηται | WH/Treg: πιστεύητε ὅταν γένηται | RP: ὅταν γένηται πιστεύσητε
  • πιστεύσητε ὅταν γένηταιSBLGNT
  • πιστεύσητε ὅταν γένηταιReader's GNT (NA27)
  • πιστεύητε ὅταν γένηταιWestcott-Hort, Tregelles
  • ὅταν γένηται πιστεύσητεRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

2. And God has set some in the Church: first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, various kinds of tongues. Thus what I spoke of before, this also he now does. Because they thought highly of themselves in respect of the tongues he sets it last every where. For the terms, first and secondly, are not used by him…

Cross-references

  • Isa 41:23 — Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
  • Isa 42:9 — Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
  • Isa 43:10 — Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me
  • Isa 48:5 — I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded
  • John 8:23 — And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
  • John 8:24 — I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
  • John 8:58 — Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
  • John 14:1 — Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
  • John 14:25 — These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.
  • John 14:29 — And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.
  • John 14:29 — And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.
  • John 16:4 — But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.
  • John 16:4 — But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.
  • Mal 3:1 — Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold,
  • Matt 11:3 — And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?
  • Matt 24:25 — Behold, I have told you before.
  • Rev 1:17 — And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: