KJV: By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
YLT: in this shall all know that ye are my disciples, if ye may have love one to another.'
Darby: By this shall all know that ye are disciples of mine, if ye have love amongst yourselves.
ASV: By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
| τούτῳ | this |
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Parse: Demonstrative Pronoun, Dative Neuter Singular Root: οὗτος Sense: this. |
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| γνώσονται | will know |
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Parse: Verb, Future Indicative Middle, 3rd Person Plural Root: γινώσκω Sense: to learn to know, come to know, get a knowledge of perceive, feel. |
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| ὅτι | that |
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Parse: Conjunction Root: ὅτι Sense: that, because, since. |
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| ἐμοὶ | to Me |
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Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Dative 1st Person Singular Root: ἐμός Sense: my, mine, etc. |
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| μαθηταί | disciples |
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Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: μαθητής Sense: a learner, pupil, disciple. |
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| ἐστε | you are |
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Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 2nd Person Plural Root: εἰμί Sense: to be, to exist, to happen, to be present. |
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| ἀγάπην | love |
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Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Singular Root: ἀγάπη Sense: brotherly love, affection, good will, love, benevolence. |
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| ἔχητε | you have |
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Parse: Verb, Present Subjunctive Active, 2nd Person Plural Root: ἔχω Sense: to have, i.e. to hold. |
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| ἀλλήλοις | one another |
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Parse: Personal / Reciprocal Pronoun, Dative Masculine Plural Root: ἀλλήλων Sense: one another, reciprocally, mutually. |
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Greek Commentary for John 13:35
Locative case with εν en “In this way,” viz., “if ye have love” See John 17:23 where Jesus prays for mutual love among the disciples “that the world may know” that the Father sent him. Jerome (ad Galat. vi. 10) says that in his extreme old age John repeated often this command of Jesus and justified it: “Because it is the Lord‘s commandment; and if it be fulfilled it is enough.” See also John 14:31. Tertullian (Apol. 39) urges it also as proof of being disciples. Hatred of one another per contra, is an argument that we are not disciples (learners) of Jesus. [source]
Perceive, or come to know. [source]
See on Matthew 12:49. Literally, disciples unto me. Compare John 15:8. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for John 13:35
This form of expression occurs frequently in the New Testament, to denote the possession or experience of virtues, sensations, desires, emotions, intellectual or spiritual faculties, faults, or defects. It is stronger than the verb which expresses any one of these. For instance, to have faith is stronger than to believe: to have life, than the act of living. It expresses a distinct, personal realization of the virtue or fault or sentiment in question. Hence, to have sorrow is more than to be sorrowful. In Matthew 17:20, Christ does not say if ye believe, but if ye have faith; if faith, in ever so small a degree, is possessed by you as a conscious, living principle and motive. Compare have love (John 13:35; 1 John 4:16); have peace (John 16:33); have trust (2 Corinthians 3:4); have boldness (Hebrews 10:19; 1 John 2:28). [source]
Perfect active indicative, “we have come to know and still know” as in John 6:9, only there order is changed Confession Believers are the sphere See John 13:35 for “having love.” [source]