Tag Archives: John 14:19

Ἔτι μικρὸν καὶ ὁ κόσμος με οὐκέτι θεωρεῖ, ὑμεῖς δὲ θεωρεῖτέ με, ὅτι ἐγὼ ζῶ καὶ ὑμεῖς ζήσεσθε. (John 14:19)

Yet a little while, and the world no longer sees me; but you see me, because I live and you also will live.

Reading the Line Through Its Declinables

The verse contrasts two communities—ὁ κόσμος and ὑμεῖς—by way of nominative subjects and accusative objects (με) repeated across clauses. Declinable pronouns and the articular noun do the heavy lifting: they mark who sees, who does not, and why the disciples’ perception becomes participation in life.

Declension Analysis Table Greek Form Morphology Case & Syntactic Role Notes ὁ κόσμος 2nd declension, nominative masculine singular with article Subject of θεωρεῖ “The world” as a definite entity; articular nominative marks a corporate subject.… Learn Koine Greek