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John 8:25

Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning.

KJV

ἔλεγον οὖν αὐτῷ· σὺ τίς εἶ; εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· τὴν ἀρχὴν ὅ τι καὶ λαλῶ ὑμῖν.

Greek NT

Dicebant ergo ei : Tu quis es ? Dixit eis Jesus : Principium, qui et loquor vobis.

Vulgate

They said therefore unto him, Who art thou? Jesus said unto them, Even that which I have also spoken unto you from the beginning.

ASV

They said therefore to him: Who art thou? Jesus said to them: The beginning, who also speak unto you.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
ἀρχή
arche
noun · 56×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: εἶπεν | WH/Treg/NIV: εἶπεν | RP: Καὶ εἶπεν
  • εἶπενSBLGNT
  • εἶπενWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • Καὶ εἶπενRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ὅ τι | Treg/NIV/RP: ὅ τι | WH: ὅτι
  • ὅ τιSBLGNT
  • ὅ τιTregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
  • ὅτιWestcott-Hort
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

City of God · 2 passages
Chapter 24.—Of the One Only True Principle Which Alone Purifies and Renews Human Nature. Accordingly, when we speak of God, we do not affirm two or three principles, no more than we are at liberty to affirm two or three 195 gods; although, speaking of each, of the Father, or of the Son, or of the Holy Ghost, we confess that each is God: and yet we do not say, as the Sabellian h…
Chapter 32.—Of the Opinion that the Angels Were Created Before the World. But if some one oppose our opinion, and say that the holy angels are not referred to when it is said, “Let there be light, and there was light;” if he suppose or teach that some material light, then first created, was meant, and that the angels were created, not only before the firmament dividing the wate…

Cross-references

  • John 1:22 — Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?
  • John 5:17 — But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
  • John 8:12 — Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
  • John 8:18 — I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.
  • John 10:24 — Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.
  • Luke 22:67 — Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe: