John 8:25

Ἔλεγον οὖν αὐτῷ, Σὺ τίς εἶ; Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Τὴν ἀρχὴν ὅ τι καὶ λαλῶ ὑμῖν.

RBT Greek Interlinear:

Strongs 2036; Elegon; Ἔλεγον; Were saying; V-IIA-3P

Strongs 3767; oun; οὖν; therefore; Conj

Strongs 846; autō; αὐτῷ; to himself; PPro-DM3S

Strongs 4771; Sy; Σὺ; You; PPro-N2S

Strongs 5101; tis; τίς; who; IPro-NMS

Strongs 1510; ei; εἶ; you are; V-PIA-2S

Strongs 2036; Eipen; Εἶπεν; Said; V-AIA-3S

Strongs 846; autois; αὐτοῖς; to themselves; PPro-DM3P

Strongs 3588; ho; ὁ; the; Art-NMS

Strongs 2424; Iēsous; Ἰησοῦς; Salvation; N-NMS

Strongs 3588; Tēn; Τὴν; the; Art-AFS

Strongs 746; archēn; ἀρχὴν; origin; N-AFS

Strongs 3754; ho¦ti; ὅ¦τι; that; Conj

Strongs 2532; kai; καὶ; and; Conj

Strongs 2980; lalō; λαλῶ; I chatter; V-PIA-1S

Strongs 4771; hymin; ὑμῖν; to yourselves; PPro-D2P

RBT Hebrew Literal:

"Who am I?"

They were saying therefore to himself, "Who is 'yourself'?" The Salvation said to themselves, "The Origin/Beginning, who also I am chirping to yourselves.⁸⁴

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
Then said they to him, Who art thou? And Jesus said to them, In the beginning, he which I spake to you.

LITV Translation:
Then they said to Him, Who are you? And Jesus said to them, Altogether what I also say to you.

ESV Translation:
So they said to him, “Who are you?” Jesus said to them, “Just what I have been telling you from the beginning.

Footnotes

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Greek τὴν ἀρχὴν ὅ τι καὶ λαλῶ ὑμῖν. 

"Τὴν ἀρχὴν" (Tēn archēn): "The beginning" or "The Origin." There is no "from" preposition here and it is in the accusative. It escaped notice, being a hidden mystery, that the Genesis 1 beginning "In the Head" was a "someone".

ὅ τι has been fumbled around by some as something meant to be one word "ὅτι" meaning "that". The problem with this is that you end up with two conjunctions which makes no sense. It is a relative pronoun and an indefinite pronoun.

That Jesus should say something like "What I also speak to you" or "what I have been speaking" in answer to a simple question is quite the pointless answer, and even makes him sound incapable of explaining.

• "ὅ" (ho): The relative pronoun "what/who".
• "τι" (ti): The indefinite pronoun "someone, something."
• "καὶ" (kai): The conjunction "also/and/even"
• "λαλῶ" (lalō): "to utter, talk"
• "ὑμῖν" (hymin): The second person plural pronoun "you all/yourselves" in the dative case.

A literal reading of this therefore would be something like, "The Origin [feminine] who, someone also I am uttering to yourselves."