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Thursday, March 18, 2010

John 5:3

ἐν ταύταις κατέκειτο πλῆθος τῶν ἀσθενούντων, τυφλῶν, χωλῶν, ξηρῶν.

Rough Word-by-word:
in these it was lying down a crowd of the ones being sick, blind, lame, and withered.

Smooth Translation:
A crowd of ones being sick, blind, lame, and withered was lying down in these.

ἐν dative preposition "in"

ταύταις demonstrative pronoun dative plural feminine "these"

κατέκειτο verb imperfect middle 3rd plural from κατάκειμαι (I lie down) "[it] was lying down"

πλῆθος noun nominative singular neuter "[a] crowd"

τῶν definite article genitive plural masculine "[of] the"

ἀσθενούντων present active participle genitive plural masculine from ἀσθενέω (I am sick) "ones being sick"

τυφλῶν adjective genitive plural masculine "blind"

χωλῶν adjective genitive plural masculine "lame"

ξηρῶν adjective genitive plural masculine "[and] withered; paralyzed"

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