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Friday, February 8, 2013

John 7:35

εἶπον οὖν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι πρὸς ἑαυτοὺς Ποῦ οὗτος μέλλει πορεύεσθαι ὅτι ἡμεῖς οὐχ εὑρήσομεν αὐτόν; μὴ εἰς τὴν διασπορὰν τῶν Ἑλλήνων μέλλει πορεύεσθαι καὶ διδάσκειν τοὺς Ἕλληνας;

Rough Word-by-word:
They said therefore the Jews to themselves, "Where [is] this man about to go that we not we will find him? Not unto the dispersion of the Helenists [is] he about to go and to teach the Hellenists?"

Smooth Translation:
Therefore the Jews said to themselves, "Where is this man about to go that we will not find him? He is not about to go to the dispersion of the Greeks to teach the Greeks, is he?"

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

οὖν post positive conjunction "therefore"

οἱ definite article nominative plural masculine "the"

Ἰουδαῖοι adjective nominative plural masculine "jewish men, jews"

πρὸς accusative preposition "to, toward"

ἑαυτοὺς reflexive pronoun accusative plural masculine "themselves"

Ποῦ interrogative adverb "where"

οὗτος demonstrative pronoun nominative singular masculine "this man"

μέλλει present active indicative 3rd singular from μέλλω (I am about) "he is about"

πορεύεσθαι present middle infinitive from πορεύω (I go, I walk) "to go"

ὅτι conjunction "that, because"

ἡμεῖς pronoun nominative 1st plural "we"

οὐχ adverb of negation "not"

εὑρήσομεν future active indicative 1st plural from εὑρίσκω (I find) "we will find"

αὐτόν pronoun accusative singular masculine "him"

μὴ adverb of negation "not" (expecting a negative response)

εἰς accusative preposition "into, unto"

τὴν definite article accusative singular feminine "the"

διασπορὰν noun accusative singular feminine "diaspora, dispersion"

τῶν definite article genitive plural masculine "the"

Ἑλλήνων proper noun genitive plural masculine "Hellenists, Greeks"

μέλλει present active indicative 3rd singular from μέλλω (I am about) "he is about"

πορεύεσθαι present middle infinitive from πορεύω (I go, I walk) "to go"

καὶ conjunction "and"

διδάσκειν present active infinitive from διδάσκω (I teach) "to teach"

τοὺς definite article accusative plural masculine "the"

Ἕλληνας proper  noun accusative plural masculine "Hellenists, Greeks"

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