King James Version

John 15:26

But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “now” (δὲ) before may come here.

Ὅτανhotanwhenὅτανconjunction — “when”G3752when, whenever.This verse uses “when”.whenἔλθῃelthēis comeἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “is come”, a single actionG2064I come, go.is comeὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.παράκλητοςparaklētoscounsellorπαράκλητοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “counsellor”, the subject formG3875(a) an advocate, intercessor, (b) a consoler, comforter, helper, (c) Paraclete.ὃνhonwhomὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “whom”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.whomἐγὼegōIἐγώpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “I”, the subject formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Iπέμψωpempsōwill sendπέμπω (pempō)verb, future active indicative, 1st person singular — “will send”, an action still aheadG3992I send, transmit, permit to go, put forth.will sendὑμῖνhuminunto youσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “unto you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.unto youπαρὰparafromπαράpreposition — “from”G3844gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of.This verse uses “from”.fromτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.πατρόςpatrosFatherπατήρ (patēr)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Father”, the of-formG3962father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior.This verse uses “father”.the Fatherτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.πνεῦμαpneumaeven the Spiritπνεῦμαnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “even the Spirit”, the subject formG4151wind, breath, spirit.This verse uses “spirit”.even the Spiritτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀληθείαςalētheiasof truthἀλήθεια (alētheia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of truth”, the of-formG225truth, but not merely truth as spoken; truth of idea, reality, sincerity, truth in the moral sphere, divine truth revealed to man, straightforwardness.of truthὃhowhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “which”, the subject formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.whichπαρὰparafromπαράpreposition — “from”G3844gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of.This verse uses “from”.fromτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.πατρὸςpatrosFatherπατήρ (patēr)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Father”, the of-formG3962father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior.This verse uses “father”.the Fatherἐκπορεύεταιekporeuetaito departἐκπορεύομαι (ekporeuomai)verb, present middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “to depart”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1607I depart from; I am voided, cast out; I proceed from, am spoken; I burst forth, flow out, am spread abroad.ἐκεῖνοςekeinosheἐκεῖνοςdemonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “he”, the subject formG1565that, that one there, yonder.heμαρτυρήσειmarturēseishall testifyμαρτυρέω (martureō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person singular — “shall testify”, an action still aheadG3140I witness, bear witness, give evidence, testify, give a good report.This verse uses “testify”.shall testifyπερὶperiofπερίpreposition — “of”G4012(a) gen: about, concerning, (b) acc: around.ofἐμοῦemoumeἐγώ (egō)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “me”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.me

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

δὲdeButδέconjunction — “But”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

'And when the Comforter may come, whom I will send to you from the Father — the Spirit of truth, who from the Father doth come forth, he will testify of me;

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American Standard Version (1901)

But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall bear witness of me:

Young’s Literal Translation

'And when the Comforter may come, whom I will send to you from the Father — the Spirit of truth, who from the Father doth come forth, he will testify of me;

World English Bible

“ When the Counselor has come , whom I will send to you from the Father , the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father , he will testify about me .

Darby Translation

But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes forth from with the Father, he shall bear witness concerning me;

Douay-Rheims

But when the Paraclete cometh, whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceedeth from the Father, he shall give testimony of me.

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