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Thursday, October 21, 2010

John 6:32

εἶπεν οὖν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, οὐ Μωϋσῆς δέδωκεν ὑμῖν τὸν ἄρτον ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, ἀλλ' ὁ πατήρ μου δίδωσιν ὑμῖν τὸν ἄρτον ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ τὸν ἀληθινόν.

Rough Word-by-word:
He said therefore to them the Jesus, "Amen Amen I say to you, not Moses has given to you the bread from the heaven, but the father of me he is giving to you the bread from the heaven the true."

Smooth Translation:
Therefore Jesus said to them, "Amen, Amen I say to you, Moses has not given you the bread from heaven, but my father is giving you the true bread from heaven."

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

οὖν post positive conjunction "therefore"

αὐτοῖς pronoun dative plural masculine "to them"

definite article nominative singular masculine "the"

Ἰησοῦς proper noun nominative singular masculine "Jesus"

ἀμὴν adverb "truly"

ἀμὴν adverb "truly"

λέγω verb present active indicative 1st singular from λέγω (I say) "I say"

ὑμῖν pronoun dative 2nd plural "to you"

οὐ adverb of negation "not"

Μωϋσῆς proper noun nominative singular masculine "Moses"

δέδωκεν verb perfect active indicative 3rd singular from δίδωμι (I give) "he has given"

ὑμῖν pronoun dative 2nd plural "to you"

τὸν definite article accusative singular masculine "the"

ἄρτον noun accusative singular masculine "bread"

ἐκ genitive preposition "from, out of"

τοῦ definite article genitive singular masculine "the"

οὐρανοῦ noun genitive singular masculine "heaven"

ἀλλ' strong adversative conjunction "but"

definite article nominative singular masculine "the"

πατήρ noun nominative singular masculine "father"

μου pronoun genitive 1st singular "of me"

δίδωσιν verb present active indicative 3rd singular from δίδωμι (I give) "he gives, he is giving" (interesting use of the present by Jesus, here.)

ὑμῖν pronoun dative 2nd plural "to you"

τὸν definite article accusative singular masculine "the"

ἄρτον noun accusative singular masculine "bread"

ἐκ genitive preposition "from, out of"

τοῦ definite article genitive singular masculine "the"

οὐρανοῦ noun genitive singular masculine "heaven"

τὸν definite article accusative singular masculine "the"

ἀληθινόν adjective accusative singular masculine "true"

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