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Thursday, September 10, 2009

John 2:14

καὶ εὗρεν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ τοὺς πωλοῦντας βόας καὶ πρόβατα καὶ περιστερὰς καὶ τοὺς κερματιστὰς καθημένους,

Rough Word-by-word:
and he found in the temple the ones selling oxen and sheep and doves and the money changers as they were sitting,

Smooth Translation:
and he found in the temple those selling oxen, sheep, and doves and the money changers as they were sitting,

καὶ conjunction "and"

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

ἐν dative preposition "in"

τῷ definite article dative neuter singular "the"

ἱερῷ noun dative neuter singular "temple"

τοὺς definite article accusative masculine plural "the"

πωλοῦντας present active participle accusative masculine plural from πωλέω (I sell) "ones who were selling"

βόας noun accusative masculine plural "oxen"

καὶ conjunction "and"

πρόβατα noun accusative neuter plural "sheep"

καὶ conjunction "and"

περιστερὰς noun accusative feminine plural "doves"

καὶ conjunction "and"

τοὺς definite article accusative masculine plural "the"

κερματιστὰς noun accusative masculine plural "money changers"

καθημένους present middle participle accusative masculine plural from κάθημαι(I sit) "as they were sitting"

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