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Thursday, October 29, 2009

John 3:19

αὕτη δέ ἐστιν ἡ κρίσις, ὅτι τὸ φῶς ἐλήλυθεν εἰς τὸν κόσμον καὶ ἠγάπησαν οἱ ἄνθρωποι μᾶλλον τὸ σκότος ἢ τὸ φῶς· ἦν γὰρ αὐτῶν πονηρὰ τὰ ἔργα.

Rough Word-by-word:
this and is the judgment, that the light has gone into the world and loved the men more the darkness than the light; was for of them evil the works.

Smooth Translation:
And this is the judgment, that the light has gone into the world and the men loved the darkness more than the light; because their works were evil.

αὕτη demonstrative pronoun nominative feminine singular "this"

δέ post positive conjunction "and/but"

ἐστιν verb present indicative 3rd singular from (I am) "she [it] is"

definite article nominative feminine singular "the"

κρίσις noun nominative feminine singular "judgment"

ὅτι conjunction "that/because"

τὸ definite article nominative neuter singular "the"

φῶς noun nominative neuter singular "light"

ἐλήλυθεν perfect active indicative 3rd singular from ἔρχομαι (I come/I go) "has gone"

εἰς accusative preposition "into/unto"

τὸν definite article accusative masculine singular "the"

κόσμον noun accusative masculine singular "world"

καὶ conjunction "and"

ἠγάπησαν verb aorist active indicative 3rd plural from (I love) "they loved"

οἱ definite article nominative masculine plural "the"

ἄνθρωποι noun nominative masculine plural "men"

μᾶλλον adverb "more/rather"

τὸ definite article nominative neuter singular "the"

σκότος noun nominative neuter singular "darkness"

particle "either/or/than"

τὸ definite article nominative neuter singular "the"

φῶς noun nominative neuter singular "light"

ἦν verb imperfect indicative 3rd singular from (I am) "it was" (singular verb with plural neuter noun)

γὰρ post positive conjunction "for"

αὐτῶν pronoun genitive masculine plural "of them"

πονηρὰ adjective nominative neuter plural "evil"

τὰ definite article nominative neuter plural "the"

ἔργα noun nominative neuter plural "works"

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