John 8:26
“I have much to say about you and much to judge. But the One who sent Me is truthful, and what I have heard from Him, I tell the world.”
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ASV
I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you: howbeit he that sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these speak I unto the world.
KJV
I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.
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23 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| πολλὰ | polla | Many things | G4183 → |
| ἔχω | echō | I have | G2192 → |
| περὶ | peri | concerning | G4012 → |
| ὑμῶν | humōn | you | G4771 → |
| λαλεῖν | lalein | to say | G2980 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| κρίνειν· | krinein | to judge; | G2919 → |
| ἀλλ᾽ | all᾽ | but | G235 → |
| ὁ | ho | the [One] | G3588 → |
| πέμψας | pempsas | having sent | G3992 → |
| με | me | Me | G3165 → |
| ἀληθής | alēthēs | true | G227 → |
| ἐστιν, | estin | is, | G1510 → |
| κἀγὼ | kagō | and I myself | G1473 →G2532 → |
| ἃ | ha | what | G3739 → |
| ἤκουσα | ēkousa | I have heard | G191 → |
| παρ᾽ | par᾽ | from | G3844 → |
| αὐτοῦ, | autou | Him, | G846 → |
| ταῦτα | tauta | these things | G3778 → |
| λαλῶ | lalō | I say | G2980 → |
| εἰς | eis | to | G1519 → |
| τὸν | ton | the | G3588 → |
| κόσμον. | kosmon | world. | G2889 → |
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