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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

John 6:10

εἶπεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς· ποιήσατε τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἀναπεσεῖν. ἦν δὲ χόρτος πολὺς ἐν τῷ τόπῳ. ἀνέπεσαν οὖν οἱ ἄνδρες τὸν ἀριθμὸν ὡς πεντακισχίλιοι.

Rough Word-by-word:
He said the Jesus, "You all make the men to sit down." He [it] was and grass much in the place. Sat down therefore the men the number as five thousand.

Smooth Translation:
Jesus said, "You make the men sit down." And there was much grass in the place. Therefore the men sat down, the number around five thousand.

εἶπεν verb aorist active indicative 3rd singular from λέγω (I say) "he said"

definite article nominative singular masculine "the"

Ἰησοῦς proper noun nominative singular masculine "Jesus"

ποιήσατε verb aorist active imperative 2nd plural from ποιέω (I do, I make) "you all make"

τοὺς definite article accusative plural masculine "the"

ἀνθρώπους noun accusative plural masculine "men, people"

ἀναπεσεῖν verb present active infinitive from ἀναπίπτω (I sit down) "to sit down"

ἦν verb imperfect indicative 3rd singular from εἰμί (I am) "[it/he] was"

δὲ post positive conjunction "and, but"

χόρτος noun nominative singular masculine "grass"

πολὺς adjective nominative singular masculine "much"

ἐν dative preposition "in"

τῷ definite article dative singular masculine "the"

τόπῳ noun dative singular masculine "place"

ἀνέπεσαν verb aorist active indicative 3rd plural from ἀναπίπτω (I sit down) "they sat down"

οὖν post positive conjunction "therefore"

οἱ definite article nominative plural masculine "the"

ἄνδρες noun nominative plural masculine "men"

τὸν definite article accusative singular masculine "the"

ἀριθμὸν noun accusative singular masculine "number (arithmetic)"

ὡς adverb "as"

πεντακισχίλιοι numeral "five thousand"

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