Lesson 1 - Question 4 of 41

Other Translations - John 8:24: 

"I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am [the one I claim to be], you will indeed die in your sins." (NIV)

"Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins." (NKJ)

"I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for except ye believe that I am (he), ye shall die in your sins." (ASV)

"I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins." (KJV)

* Note: The word sin means to "miss the mark." 

  Three different Hebrew words used in the early Old Testament manuscripts are translated into the English word "sin":

1. chatta't - meaning to miss the road or to miss the mark,

2. chata - meaning to miss the way or target, and

3. asham - guilt through some wrongdoing.

  The Greek words in the early New Testament manuscripts that are translated into the English word "sin" include:

1. hamartia - meaning "a missing of the mark," and

2. harmartema - meaning an "act of disobedience to a divine law."

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