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Thursday, January 13, 2011

John 6:60

Πολλοὶ οὖν ἀκούσαντες ἐκ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ εἶπον· σκληρός ἐστιν ὁ λόγος οὗτος· τίς δύναται αὐτοῦ ἀκούειν;

Rough Word-by-word:
many therefore when they heard from the disciples of him said, "Hard it is the word this. Anyone he is able him to hear?"

Smooth Translation:
Therefore many of his disciples,when they heard, said, "This word is hard. Is anyone able to hear him?"

Πολλοὶ adjective nominative plural masculine "many"

οὖν post positive conjunction "therefore"

ἀκούσαντες aorist active participle nominative plural masculine from ἀκούω (I hear) "when they heard" (predicate use - temporal clause)

ἐκ genitive preposition "from, out of"

τῶν definite article genitive plural masculine "the"

μαθητῶν noun genitive plural masculine "disciples"

αὐτοῦ pronoun genitive singular masculine "of him"

εἶπον verb aorist active indicative 3rd plural from λέγω (I say) "they said"

σκληρός adjective nominative singular masculine "hard"

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

definite article nominative singular masculine "the"

λόγος noun nominative singular masculine "word"

οὗτος demonstrative pronoun nominative singular masculine "this"

τίς pronoun nominative singular masculine "anyone"

δύναται verb present passive indicative 3rd singular from δύναμαι (I can, I am able) "he is able"

αὐτοῦ pronoun genitive singular masculine "him"

ἀκούειν verb present active infinitive from ἀκούω (I hear) "to hear"

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