ἐγερῶ (egero) in John 2:19: Verb First Person Singular Future Active Indicative

Verb: the form names an action, state, or verbal idea. The verse determines how strongly the verbal form should be pressed.

Future: the form points forward from the speaker's moment, but context determines the claim's scope.

Active: voice describes how the subject relates to the verbal action in this form.

Indicative: the form's mood helps explain how the verbal idea functions in the clause.

First Person: the form marks who is involved in the verbal assertion, command, or clause.

Not applicable: this verb form is not using noun case to mark its sentence role.

Singular: the form is marked for grammatical number and should be tied to the subject or clause it serves.

Not applicable: this verb form does not use grammatical gender to make its point.

Jesus' promise to raise the temple in three days

Jesus' future verb in John 2:19

ἐγερῶ is a Verb First Person Singular Future Active Indicative within "τοῦτον, καὶ ἐν τρισὶν ἡμέραις ἐγερῶ αὐτόν.". The future active indicative points to what Jesus says he will do after the temple is destroyed.

The verb does not by itself explain the full resurrection theology of John. The surrounding Gospel identifies the temple referent and the resurrection meaning.

High: The form matters because it functions as predicate in John 2:19.

Verb First Person Singular Future Active Indicative. states Jesus' promised action after the temple saying. Attached to Jesus' promise to raise the temple in three days. Governed by Jesus' future verb in John 2:19. The syntax should be explained from the clause, not isolated from the passage.

Who will raise the temple named in the saying? The first person future verb presents Jesus as the one who will raise it.

Direct: The form directly supports I will raise it up.

The same morphology label can function differently in another verse. The immediate wording should decide the contextual force. Grammar identifies the form's role; the passage supplies the interpretive weight. Grammatical gender is not a separate theological claim.

Grammar alone proves doctrine: The form supports interpretation only as it serves the verse and its context. form label replaces context: Do not isolate the future verb from John's clarification that Jesus was speaking about the temple of his body. grammatical gender proves theology: Grammatical gender is a language feature and should not be pressed beyond the verse.

The Textus Receptus witness for John 2:19 reads ἐγερῶ with the morphology label Verb First Person Singular Future Active Indicative.

The lemma is ἐγείρω. The guide uses the gloss "I wake, arouse, raise up" only to orient this occurrence.

ἐγερῶ appears in the phrase "τοῦτον, καὶ ἐν τρισὶν ἡμέραις ἐγερῶ αὐτόν.". The future active indicative points to what Jesus says he will do after the temple is destroyed.

John 2:19 joins the temple saying to Jesus' future raising, which John later explains in relation to his body.

The form fits John's early signaling that Jesus' death and resurrection interpret his identity and mission.

When teaching John 2:19, use the future verb to show that Jesus speaks of a coming act that only makes sense after resurrection.

The verb does not by itself explain the full resurrection theology of John. The surrounding Gospel identifies the temple referent and the resurrection meaning.