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Wednesday, August 5, 2009

John 1:43

Τῇ ἐπαύριον ἠθέλησεν ἐξελθεῖν εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν, καὶ εὑρίσκει Φίλιππον. καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, ἀκολούθει μοι.
The next day he wanted to go out into the Galilee, and he finds Philip. And he says to him the Jesus, "You, follow me."

Τῇ definite article dative feminine singular "The"

ἐπαύριον adverb "next day"

ἠθέλησεν verb aorist active indicative 3rd singular from θέλω (I wish/I want) "he wanted"

ἐξελθεῖν verb aorist active infinitive from ἐξέρχομαι (I go out) "to go out"

εἰς preposition accusative "into"

τὴν definite article accusative feminine singular "the"

Γαλιλαίαν proper noun accusative feminine singular "Galilee"

καὶ conjunction "and"

εὑρίσκει verb present active indicative 3rd singular from εὑρίσκω (I find) "he finds"

Φίλιππον proper noun accusative masculine singular "Philip"

καὶ conjunction "and"

λέγει verb present active indicative 3rd singular from λέγω (I say) "he says"

αὐτῷ pronoun dative masculine singular "to him"

definite article nominative masculine singular "the"

Ἰησοῦς proper noun nominative masculine singular "Jesus"

ἀκολούθει verb present active imperative 2nd singular from ἀκολουθέω ( I follow) "you follow"

μοι pronoun dative 1st singular "me"

Rough Word-by-word:
The next day he wanted/he wished to go out into the Galilee and he finds Philip and he says to him the Jesus you follow me.

Smooth Translation:
The next day he wanted to go out into Galilee and he found Philip and Jesus said to him, "Follow me."

Notes:
Interesting...He goes out and then into Galilee.

2 comments:

Linda Davison said...

The imperative seems very strong here, "you follow me". I would have appreciated hearing the tone of voice that Jesus used to call Phillip.

marty said...

Linda,
The words of Jesus are truly special. The 2nd person singular indicates that he is directing his command to Philip, but I think Jesus' voice would have reflected that it was his "wish" for Philip to follow, as John tells us it was his wish to go to Galilee and, I think, call him.