πιστεύσητε (pisteusete) in John 20:31: Verb Second Person Plural Aorist Active Subjunctive

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

Aorist: tense and aspect describe how the action is presented in this form, but context decides the exact force.

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

Subjunctive: the form's mood or participial shape helps explain how the verbal idea functions in the clause.

Second Person: the form marks who is involved in the verbal assertion or purpose clause.

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

Plural: the form is marked for grammatical number and should be tied to the word or subject it relates to.

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

ταῦτα δὲ γέγραπται, ἵνα πιστεύσητε ὅτι ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐστιν

The written-purpose statement that explains why these signs are recorded

πιστεύσητε is a Verb Second Person Plural Aorist Active Subjunctive within "ταῦτα δὲ γέγραπται, ἵνα πιστεύσητε ὅτι ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐστιν". The aorist active subjunctive states the intended reader response inside the purpose clause: that the written signs would lead readers to believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God.

The form does not reduce believing to a bare momentary decision, and it does not settle the whole doctrine of faith from aorist aspect alone.

High: The form matters because it functions as purpose-result in John 20:31.

Verb Second Person Plural Aorist Active Subjunctive. serves the purpose or result movement of the clause. Attached to the hina purpose clause in John 20:31. Governed by the written-purpose statement that explains why these signs are recorded. The syntax should be explained from the clause, not isolated from the passage.

What response does the written Gospel seek from the reader? The subjunctive points to the intended response: readers are meant to believe the testimony about Jesus.

Direct: The form directly shapes how John 20:31 is read, especially its purpose-result function.

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. aorist means once for all: Aorist aspect presents the believing response as a whole in this purpose clause; it should not be used by itself to define the duration or depth of faith. grammatical gender proves theology: Grammatical gender is a language feature and should not be pressed beyond the verse.

The Textus Receptus witness for John 20:31 reads πιστεύσητε with the morphology label Verb Second Person Plural Aorist Active Subjunctive.

The lemma is πιστεύω. The guide uses the gloss "I believe, have faith in" only to orient this occurrence.

πιστεύσητε appears in the phrase "ταῦτα δὲ γέγραπται, ἵνα πιστεύσητε ὅτι ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐστιν". The aorist active subjunctive states the intended reader response inside the purpose clause: that the written signs would lead readers to believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God.

John 20:31 explains that the written signs aim at faith in Jesus as the Christ and Son of God, with life in his name as the result named by the verse.

The form fits John's repeated call to believe in Jesus while this verse anchors that faith in the Gospel's written witness.

When teaching John 20:31, use this form to show that the Gospel is not merely preserving information. It is written toward a faith response grounded in who Jesus is.

Do not say the aorist subjunctive proves a once-for-all definition of faith. The clause gives purpose and response, while the whole Gospel fills out what believing means.