God & Savior

John 3:33

Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.
John 3:33
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Whoever accepts His testimony confirms that God is truthful.

Explanation

To "certify" is literally to set a seal on something, as a sign of agreement. Believing Jesus' testimony is agreeing with God, because Jesus speaks God's words (3:34).

Original language
  • λαβὼν (labōn): to take
    Greek · Verb, 2nd aorist, active, participle, nominative, singular, masculine · Strong's G2983 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Having received.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, John 3:33, word 2

  • ἐσφράγισεν (esphragisen): to seal
    Greek · Verb, aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · Strong's G4972 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Has set his seal: certified or confirmed.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, John 3:33, word 6

  • ἀληθής (alēthēs): true
    Greek · Adjective, nominative, singular, masculine · Strong's G0227 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    True or truthful.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, John 3:33, word 10

Cross-references
  • 1 John 5:10 · Same theme

    Whoever does not believe God has made Him a liar.

  • John 6:27 · Related verse

    God the Father has set His seal on the Son.

Connected events
  • John the Baptist's last testimony about Jesus
    This verse is part of it

    This verse is part of John's testimony.

    John 3:22-36

Sources

Original language and places

Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Greek)

ὁ λαβὼν αὐτοῦ τὴν μαρτυρίαν ἐσφράγισεν ὅτι ὁ θεὸς ἀληθής ἐστιν.

  1. ὁho“The [one]”
    Article, nominative, singular, masculine · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  2. λαβὼνlabōn“having received”
    Verb, 2nd aorist, active, participle, nominative, singular, masculine · from λαμβάνω · “to take” · Strong's G2983
  3. αὐτοῦautou“His”
    Personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
  4. τὴνtēn“<the>”
    Article, accusative, singular, feminine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  5. μαρτυρίανmarturian“testimony”
    Noun, accusative, singular, feminine · from μαρτυρία · “testimony” · Strong's G3141
  6. ἐσφράγισενesphragisen“has set his seal”
    Verb, aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from σφραγίζω · “to seal” · Strong's G4972
  7. ὅτιhoti“that”
    Conjunction · “that/since” · Strong's G3754G
  8. ὁho“<the>”
    Article, nominative, singular, masculine · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  9. θεὸςtheos“God”
    Noun, nominative, singular, masculine · from θεός · “God” · Strong's G2316
  10. ἀληθήςalēthēs“true”
    Adjective, nominative, singular, masculine · “true” · Strong's G0227
  11. ἐστιν.estin“is.”
    Verb, present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from εἰμί · “to be” · Strong's G1510
  • Prepared by the God & Savior team. Not yet reviewed by an editor.
  • Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)