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Monday, October 19, 2009

John 3:14

καὶ καθὼς Μωϋσῆς ὕψωσεν τὸν ὄφιν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, οὕτως ὑψωθῆναι δεῖ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου,

Rough Word-by-word:
And also as Moses he lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, as this to be lifted up must the son the of man,

Smooth Translation:
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the son of man be lifted up,

καὶ conjunction "and"

καθὼς compound adverb "also as"

Μωϋσῆς proper noun nominative masculine singular "Moses" (indeclinable)

ὕψωσεν verb aorist active indicative 3rd singular from ὑψόω (I lift up) "he lifted up"

τὸν definite article accusative masculine singular "the"

ὄφιν noun accusative masculine singular "serpent"

ἐν dative preposition "in"

τῇ definite article dative feminine singular "the"

ἐρήμῳ substantive adjective dative feminine singular "wilderness"

οὕτως compound adverb "as this"

ὑψωθῆναι verb aorist passive infinitive from ὑψόω (I lift up) "to be lifted up"

δεῖ verb present active indicative 3rd singular from δεῖ (must) "must"

τὸν definite article accusative masculine singular "the"

υἱὸν noun accusative masculine singular "son"

τοῦ definite article genitive masculine singular "the"

ἀνθρώπου noun genitive masculine singular "of man"

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