Joh 13:19 | NETfull | 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, ^{▼▼ 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 ^{▼▼ Grk “so that you may believe.”} that I am he. ^{▼▼ 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.}