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Monday, August 10, 2009

John 1:45

εὑρίσκει Φίλιππος τὸν Ναθαναὴλ καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ· ὃν ἔγραψεν Μωϋσῆς ἐν τῷ νόμῳ καὶ οἱ προφῆται, εὑρήκαμεν, Ἰησοῦν υἱὸν τοῦ Ἰωσὴφ τὸν ἀπὸ Ναζαρέτ.

Rough Word-by-word:
he found Philip the Nathanael and he says to him "Who wrote Moses in the law and the prophets, we have found, Jesus the son the of Joseph the from Nazareth.

Smooth Translation:
Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found who Moses in the law and the prophets wrote [about,] Jesus from Nazareth, the son of Joseph."

εὑρίσκει verb aorist active indicative 3rd singular from εὑρίσκω (I find) "he found"

Φίλιππος proper noun nominative masculine singular "Philip"

τὸν definite article accusative masculine singular "the"

Ναθαναὴλ proper noun accusative masculine singular "Nathanael"

καὶ conjunction "and"

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

αὐτῷ pronoun dative masculine singular "to him"

ὃν relative pronoun "who"

ἔγραψεν verb aorist active indicative 3rd singular from γράφω (I write) "he wrote"

Μωϋσῆς proper noun nominative masculine singular "Moses"

ἐν preposition dative "in"

τῷ definite article dative neuter singular "the"

νόμῳ noun dative neuter singular "law"

καὶ conjunction "and"

οἱ definite article nominative masculine plural "the"

προφῆται noun nominative masculine singular "prophets"

εὑρήκαμεν verb perfect active indicative 1st plural from εὑρίσκω (I find) "we have found"

Ἰησοῦν proper noun accusative masculine singular "Jesus"

υἱὸν noun accusative masculine singular "son"

τοῦ definite article genitive masculine singular "the"

Ἰωσὴφ proper noun genitive masculine singular "Joseph"

τὸν definite article accusative masculine singular "the" (note: This whole concluding phrase goes with the accusative proper noun Ἰησοῦν as an appositive.)

ἀπὸ preposition with accusative "from"

Ναζαρέτ proper noun accusative feminine singular "Nazareth"

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