Joh 13:19 | NET2full | STEP | I am telling you this now , before it happens , so that when it happens you may believe that I am he.

‏ John 13:19

19 I am telling you this now, ^{▼▼tn Or (perhaps) “I am certainly telling you this.” According to BDF §12.3 ἀπ᾿ ἄρτι (ap’ arti) should be read as ἀπαρτί (aparti), meaning “exactly, certainly.”} before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe ^{▼▼tn Grk “so that you may believe.”} that I am he. ^{▼▼tn Grk “that I am.” R. E. Brown (John [AB], 2:555) argues for a nonpredicated ἐγώ εἰμι (egō eimi) here, but this is far from certain.}