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OET interlinear YHN (JHN) 8:58

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SR Greek word order (including unused variant words in grey)

    1. Greek word
    2. Greek lemma
    3. OET-LV words
    4. OET-RV words
    5. Strongs
    6. Role/Morphology
    7. OET Gloss
    8. VLT Gloss
    9. CAPS codes
    10. Confidence
    11. OET tags
    12. OET word #
    1. εἶπεν
    2. legō
    3. said
    4. -
    5. 30040
    6. VIAA3··S
    7. said
    8. said
    9. -
    10. Y33
    11. 70799
    1. Οὖν
    2. oun
    3. -
    4. -
    5. 37670
    6. C·······
    7. therefore
    8. therefore
    9. S
    10. -
    11. 70800
    1. αὐτοῖς
    2. autos
    3. to them
    4. -
    5. 8460
    6. R···3DMP
    7. ˱to˲ them
    8. ˱to˲ them
    9. -
    10. Y33; R70786
    11. 70801
    1. ὁ
    2. ho
    3. -
    4. -
    5. 35880
    6. E····NMS
    7. ¬the
    8. ¬the
    9. -
    10. -
    11. 70802
    1. Ἰησοῦς
    2. iēsous
    3. Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa)
    4. -
    5. 24240
    6. N····NMS
    7. Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa)
    8. Jesus
    9. UN
    10. Person=Jesus; Y33; F70806; F70820
    11. 70803
    1. Ἀμήν
    2. amēn
    3. Truly
    4. -
    5. 2810
    6. I·······
    7. truly
    8. truly
    9. D
    10. Y33
    11. 70804
    1. ἀμήν
    2. amēn
    3. truly
    4. -
    5. 2810
    6. I·······
    7. truly
    8. truly
    9. -
    10. Y33
    11. 70805
    1. λέγω
    2. legō
    3. I am saying
    4. -
    5. 30040
    6. VIPA1··S
    7. ˱I˲ ˓am˒ saying
    8. ˱I˲ ˓am˒ saying
    9. -
    10. Y33; R70803; Person=Jesus
    11. 70806
    1. ὑμῖν
    2. su
    3. to you all
    4. you
    5. 47710
    6. R···2D·P
    7. ˱to˲ you_all
    8. ˱to˲ you_all
    9. -
    10. Y33; R70786
    11. 70807
    1. πρίν
    2. prin
    3. before
    4. before
    5. 42500
    6. C·······
    7. before
    8. before
    9. -
    10. Y33
    11. 70808
    1. Ἀβραάμ
    2. abraam
    3. Abraʼam
    4. Abraham
    5. 110
    6. N····AMS
    7. Abraʼam/(ʼAⱱrāhām)
    8. Abraham
    9. U
    10. Person=Abraham; Y33
    11. 70809
    1. γενέσθαι
    2. ginomai
    3. to become
    4. -
    5. 10960
    6. VNAM····
    7. ˓to˒ become
    8. ˓to˒ become
    9. -
    10. Y33
    11. 70810
    1. ἐγώ
    2. egō
    3. I
    4. -
    5. 14730
    6. R···1N·S
    7. I
    8. I
    9. -
    10. Y33
    11. 70811
    1. εἰμί
    2. eimi
    3. am
    4. -
    5. 15100
    6. VIPA1··S
    7. am
    8. am
    9. -
    10. Y33
    11. 70812

OET (OET-LV) Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) said to_them:
Truly, truly, I_am_saying to_you_all, before Abraʼam to_become, I am.

OET (OET-RV) Yeshua answered, “I can assure you that I am[fn] before Abraham ever existed.”

8:58 This awkward English is necessary to catch the play on words, because ‘I am’ is the meaning of God’s name Yahweh.

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 8:39–59: Abraham saw Jesus

In this section Jesus continued to speak to those who did not believe in him. Although they said that they were Abraham’s children and that God was their Father, they did not do what those people would. They did not accept Jesus’ teaching and wanted to kill him. So he said that their real father was the devil, who was a murderer and a liar.

They replied that he was a Samaritan and had a demon. Jesus denied that and said that if they accepted what he said, they would never die. They said that Abraham died and asked if he was greater than him. Jesus replied that he knew Abraham and existed before him. Then they wanted to throw stones at Jesus, but he hid.

Here are some other possible section headings:

Those who rejected Jesus had the devil for a father

Jesus existed before Abraham

Paragraph 8:52–59

Jesus’ opponents were angry that he said that he was able to protect people from death. When Jesus then said that he had existed before Abraham, they became so angry that they tried to kill him.

8:58a

“Truly, truly, I tell you,” Jesus declared,

Truly, truly, I tell you: The Greek expression that the BSB translates as Truly, truly, I tell you introduces something important that Jesus would say. It is the same expression as is used in 8:51a. For example:

I tell you the truth (NIV)

In all truth I tell you

8:58b

“before Abraham was born, I am!”

before Abraham was born, I am!: Jesus said that he existed before Abraham was born. By this he implied that he was not just a human being and that he had existed before he was born on earth. Here are other ways to translate this clause:

before Abraham came into existence, I am! (NET)

before Abraham began to exist/live, I exist/live!

I am: This phrase refers to the name by which God revealed himself in Exodus 3:14:

God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” He said further, “Thus you shall say to the Israelites, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’” (NRSV)

When Jesus used this phrase, he indicated that he was God. If you use footnotes, it is good to include a footnote about this and refer your readers to Exodus 3:14.

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

ἀμὴν, ἀμὴν, λέγω ὑμῖν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: εἶπεν αὐτοῖς Ἰησοῦς Ἀμήν ἀμήν λέγω ὑμῖν πρίν Ἀβραάμ γενέσθαι ἐγώ εἰμί)

Jesus uses this phrase to emphasize the truth of the statement that follows. See how you translated this phrase in [1:51](../01/51.md).

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐγὼ εἰμί

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: εἶπεν αὐτοῖς Ἰησοῦς Ἀμήν ἀμήν λέγω ὑμῖν πρίν Ἀβραάμ γενέσθαι ἐγώ εἰμί)

See how you translated I am verse [24](../08/24.md) and also see the discussion of this phrase in the introduction for this chapter.

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

    1. OET-LV words
    2. OET-RV words
    3. Strongs
    4. Greek word
    5. Greek lemma
    6. Role/Morphology
    7. OET Gloss
    8. VLT Gloss
    9. CAPS codes
    10. Confidence
    11. OET tags
    12. OET word #
    1. Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa)
    2. -
    3. 24240
    4. UN
    5. iēsous
    6. N-····NMS
    7. Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa)
    8. Jesus
    9. UN
    10. Person=Jesus; Y33; F70806; F70820
    11. 70803
    1. said
    2. -
    3. 30040
    5. legō
    6. V-IAA3··S
    7. said
    8. said
    9. -
    10. Y33
    11. 70799
    1. to them
    2. -
    3. 8460
    5. autos
    6. R-···3DMP
    7. ˱to˲ them
    8. ˱to˲ them
    9. -
    10. Y33; R70786
    11. 70801
    1. Truly
    2. -
    3. 2810
    4. D
    5. amēn
    6. I-·······
    7. truly
    8. truly
    9. D
    10. Y33
    11. 70804
    1. truly
    2. -
    3. 2810
    5. amēn
    6. I-·······
    7. truly
    8. truly
    9. -
    10. Y33
    11. 70805
    1. I am saying
    2. -
    3. 30040
    5. legō
    6. V-IPA1··S
    7. ˱I˲ ˓am˒ saying
    8. ˱I˲ ˓am˒ saying
    9. -
    10. Y33; R70803; Person=Jesus
    11. 70806
    1. to you all
    2. you
    3. 47710
    5. su
    6. R-···2D·P
    7. ˱to˲ you_all
    8. ˱to˲ you_all
    9. -
    10. Y33; R70786
    11. 70807
    1. before
    2. before
    3. 42500
    5. prin
    6. C-·······
    7. before
    8. before
    9. -
    10. Y33
    11. 70808
    1. Abraʼam
    2. Abraham
    3. 110
    4. U
    5. abraam
    6. N-····AMS
    7. Abraʼam/(ʼAⱱrāhām)
    8. Abraham
    9. U
    10. Person=Abraham; Y33
    11. 70809
    1. to become
    2. -
    3. 10960
    5. ginomai
    6. V-NAM····
    7. ˓to˒ become
    8. ˓to˒ become
    9. -
    10. Y33
    11. 70810
    1. I
    2. -
    3. 14730
    5. egō
    6. R-···1N·S
    7. I
    8. I
    9. -
    10. Y33
    11. 70811
    1. am
    2. -
    3. 15100
    5. eimi
    6. V-IPA1··S
    7. am
    8. am
    9. -
    10. Y33
    11. 70812

OET (OET-LV) Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) said to_them:
Truly, truly, I_am_saying to_you_all, before Abraʼam to_become, I am.

OET (OET-RV) Yeshua answered, “I can assure you that I am[fn] before Abraham ever existed.”

8:58 This awkward English is necessary to catch the play on words, because ‘I am’ is the meaning of God’s name Yahweh.

Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.

Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the CNTR.

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