John 8:38

I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
ἐγὼ
G1473
egō
I, me
  • I, me, my
G3739
hos
the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that
  • who, which, what, that
ἑώρακα
G3708 V-RAI-1S
horaō
by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear
  • to see with the eyes
  • "to see with the mind, to perceive, know"to see, i.e., become acquainted with by experience, to experience"to see, to look to
    • to take heed, beware
    • "to care for, pay heed to
    I was seen, showed myself, appeared
παρὰ
G3844 PREP
para
properly, near; i.e., (with genitive case) from beside (literally or figuratively), (with dative case) at (or in) the vicinity of (objectively or subjectively), (with accusative case) to the proximity with (local (especially beyond or opposed to) or causal (on account of)
  • from, of at, by, besides, near
τῷ
G3588 T-DSM
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
πατρὶ
G3962 N-DSM
patēr
a ___%___father___%___ (literally or figuratively, near or more remote)
  • generator or male ancestor
    • either the nearest ancestor: father of the corporeal nature, natural fathers, both parents
    • "a more remote ancestor, the founder of a race or tribe, progenitor of a people, forefather: so Abraham is called, Jacob and David
      • fathers i.e., ancestors, forefathers, founders of a race
      one advanced in years, a senior
    metaphorically
    • the originator and transmitter of anything
      • the authors of a family or society of persons animated by the same spirit as himself
      • "one who has infused his own spirit into others, who actuates and governs their minds
      one who stands in a father's place and looks after another in a paternal way"a title of honor
      • teachers, as those to whom pupils trace back the knowledge and training they have received
      • "the members of the Sanhedrin, whose prerogative it was by virtue of the wisdom and experience in which they excelled, to take charge of the interests of others
    God is called the Father
    • of the stars, the heavenly luminaries, because he is their creator, upholder, ruler
    • "of all rational and intelligent beings, whether angels or men, because he is their creator, preserver, guardian and protector
      • of spiritual beings and of all men
      of Christians, as those who through Christ have been exalted to a specially close and intimate relationship with God, and who no longer dread him as a stern judge of sinners, but revere him as their reconciled and loving Father"the Father of Jesus Christ, as one whom God has united to himself in the closest bond of love and intimacy, made acquainted with his purposes, appointed to explain and carry out...
μου
G3450
mou
of me
  • I, me, my, of me
λαλῶ·
G2980 V-PAI-1S
laleō
to talk, i.e., utter words
  • to utter a voice or emit a sound
  • "to speak
    • to use the tongue or the faculty of speech
    • "to utter articulate sounds
    to talk"to utter, tell"to use words in order to declare one's mind and disclose one's thoughts
    • to speak
καὶ
G2532 CONJ
kai
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
  • and, also, even, indeed, but
ὑμεῖς
G5210
hymeis
you (as subjective of verb)
  • you
οὖν
G3767 CONJ
oun
(adverbially) certainly, or (conjunctionally) accordingly
  • then, therefore, accordingly, consequently, these things being so
G3739
hos
the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that
  • who, which, what, that
ἑωράκατε
G3708
horaō
by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear
  • to see with the eyes
  • "to see with the mind, to perceive, know"to see, i.e., become acquainted with by experience, to experience"to see, to look to
    • to take heed, beware
    • "to care for, pay heed to
    I was seen, showed myself, appeared
παρὰ
G3844 PREP
para
properly, near; i.e., (with genitive case) from beside (literally or figuratively), (with dative case) at (or in) the vicinity of (objectively or subjectively), (with accusative case) to the proximity with (local (especially beyond or opposed to) or causal (on account of)
  • from, of at, by, besides, near
τῷ
G3588
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
πατρὶ
G3962
patēr
a ___%___father___%___ (literally or figuratively, near or more remote)
  • generator or male ancestor
    • either the nearest ancestor: father of the corporeal nature, natural fathers, both parents
    • "a more remote ancestor, the founder of a race or tribe, progenitor of a people, forefather: so Abraham is called, Jacob and David
      • fathers i.e., ancestors, forefathers, founders of a race
      one advanced in years, a senior
    metaphorically
    • the originator and transmitter of anything
      • the authors of a family or society of persons animated by the same spirit as himself
      • "one who has infused his own spirit into others, who actuates and governs their minds
      one who stands in a father's place and looks after another in a paternal way"a title of honor
      • teachers, as those to whom pupils trace back the knowledge and training they have received
      • "the members of the Sanhedrin, whose prerogative it was by virtue of the wisdom and experience in which they excelled, to take charge of the interests of others
    God is called the Father
    • of the stars, the heavenly luminaries, because he is their creator, upholder, ruler
    • "of all rational and intelligent beings, whether angels or men, because he is their creator, preserver, guardian and protector
      • of spiritual beings and of all men
      of Christians, as those who through Christ have been exalted to a specially close and intimate relationship with God, and who no longer dread him as a stern judge of sinners, but revere him as their reconciled and loving Father"the Father of Jesus Christ, as one whom God has united to himself in the closest bond of love and intimacy, made acquainted with his purposes, appointed to explain and carry out...
ὑμῶν
G5216
hymōn
of (from or concerning) you
  • of yours
ποιεῖτε
G4160 V-PAI-2P
poieō
to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct)
  • to make
    • with the names of things made, to produce, construct, form, fashion, etc.
    • "to be the authors of, the cause"to make ready, to prepare"to produce, bear, shoot forth"to acquire, to provide a thing for one's self"to make a thing out of something"to (make i.e.,) render one anything
      • to (make i.e.,) constitute or appoint one anything, to appoint or ordain one that
      • "to (make i.e.,) declare one anything
      to put one forth, to lead him out"to make one do something
      • cause one to
      to be the authors of a thing (to cause, bring about)
    to do
    • to act rightly, do well
      • to carry out, to execute
      to do a thing unto one
      • to do to one
      with designation of time: to pass, spend"to celebrate, keep
      • to make ready, and so at the same time to institute, the celebration of the passover
      to perform: to a promise

ἐγὼ ὃ ἑώρακα παρὰ τῷ πατρὶ μου λαλῶ· καὶ ὑμεῖς οὖν ὃ ἑωράκατε παρὰ τῷ πατρὶ ὑμῶν ποιεῖτε
38
I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.
Cross References

John 5:19

Ἀπεκρίνατο οὖν Ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς Ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν οὐ δύναται υἱὸς ποιεῖν ἀφ' ἑαυτοῦ οὐδὲν ἐὰν μή τι βλέπῃ τὸν πατέρα ποιοῦντα· γὰρ ἂν ἐκεῖνος ποιῇ ταῦτα καὶ υἱὸς ὁμοίως ποιεῖ
19
Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.

John 8:44

ὑμεῖς ἐκ πατρὸς τοῦ διαβόλου ἐστὲ καὶ τὰς ἐπιθυμίας τοῦ πατρὸς ὑμῶν θέλετε ποιεῖν ἐκεῖνος ἀνθρωποκτόνος ἦν ἀπ' ἀρχῆς καὶ ἐν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ οὐχ ἔστηκεν ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἀλήθεια ἐν αὐτῷ ὅταν λαλῇ τὸ ψεῦδος ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων λαλεῖ ὅτι ψεύστης ἐστὶν καὶ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ
44
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

John 5:30

Οὐ δύναμαι ἐγὼ ποιεῖν ἀπ' ἐμαυτοῦ οὐδέν· καθὼς ἀκούω κρίνω καὶ κρίσις ἐμὴ δικαία ἐστίν ὅτι οὐ ζητῶ τὸ θέλημα τὸ ἐμὸν ἀλλὰ τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πέμψαντός με πατρός
30
I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.

John 12:49

ὅτι ἐγὼ ἐξ ἐμαυτοῦ οὐκ ἐλάλησα ἀλλ' πέμψας με πατὴρ αὐτός μοι ἐντολὴν ἔδωκεν τί εἴπω καὶ τί λαλήσω
49
For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

John 8:41

ὑμεῖς ποιεῖτε τὰ ἔργα τοῦ πατρὸς ὑμῶν εἶπον οὖν αὐτῷ Ἡμεῖς ἐκ πορνείας οὐ γεγεννήμεθα· ἕνα πατέρα ἔχομεν τὸν θεόν
41
Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.

John 14:24

μὴ ἀγαπῶν με τοὺς λόγους μου οὐ τηρεῖ· καὶ λόγος ὃν ἀκούετε οὐκ ἔστιν ἐμὸς ἀλλὰ τοῦ πέμψαντός με πατρός
24
He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.

John 3:32

καὶ ἑώρακεν καὶ ἤκουσεν τοῦτο μαρτυρεῖ καὶ τὴν μαρτυρίαν αὐτοῦ οὐδεὶς λαμβάνει
32
And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.

1 John 3:8

ποιῶν τὴν ἁμαρτίαν ἐκ τοῦ διαβόλου ἐστίν· ὅτι ἀπ' ἀρχῆς διάβολος ἁμαρτάνει εἰς τοῦτο ἐφανερώθη υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ ἵνα λύσῃ τὰ ἔργα τοῦ διαβόλου
8
He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

John 8:26

πολλὰ ἔχω περὶ ὑμῶν λαλεῖν καὶ κρίνειν ἀλλ' πέμψας με ἀληθής ἐστιν κἀγὼ ἤκουσα παρ' αὐτοῦ ταῦτα λὲγω εἰς τὸν κόσμον
26
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.

John 14:10

οὐ πιστεύεις ὅτι ἐγὼ ἐν τῷ πατρὶ καὶ πατὴρ ἐν ἐμοί ἐστιν τὰ ῥήματα ἐγὼ λαλῶ ὑμῖν ἀπ' ἐμαυτοῦ οὐ λαλῶ δὲ πατὴρ ἐν ἐμοὶ μένων αὐτὸς ποιεῖ τὰ ἔργα
10
Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.

John 17:8

ὅτι τὰ ῥήματα δέδωκάς μοι δέδωκα αὐτοῖς καὶ αὐτοὶ ἔλαβον καὶ ἔγνωσαν ἀληθῶς ὅτι παρὰ σοῦ ἐξῆλθον καὶ ἐπίστευσαν ὅτι σύ με ἀπέστειλας
8
For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.

Matthew 3:7

Ἰδὼν δὲ πολλοὺς τῶν Φαρισαίων καὶ Σαδδουκαίων ἐρχομένους ἐπὶ τὸ βάπτισμα αὐτοῦ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς Γεννήματα ἐχιδνῶν τίς ὑπέδειξεν ὑμῖν φυγεῖν ἀπὸ τῆς μελλούσης ὀργῆς;
7
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?