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Friday, October 18, 2013

John 8:17

καὶ ἐν τῷ νόμῳ δὲ τῷ ὑμετέρῳ γέγραπται ὅτι δύο ἀνθρώπων ἡ μαρτυρία ἀληθής ἐστιν.

Rough Word-by-word:
also in the law and the yours it is written that of two men the testimony true it is.

Smooth Translation:
and even in your own law it is written that the testimony of two men is true.

καὶ conjunction used adverbially "also/even"

ἐν dative preposition "in"

τῷ definite article dative singular masculine "the"

νόμῳ noun dative singular masculine "law"

δὲ post positive conjunction "and/but"

τῷ definite article dative singular masculine "the"

ὑμετέρῳ adjective dative singular masculine "yours" (note: emphatic - "your own")

γέγραπται verb perfect passive indicative 3rd singular from γράφω (I write) "it is written"

ὅτι conjunction "that/because"

δύο numeral genitive plural masculine "of two"

ἀνθρώπων noun genitive plural masculine "men"

definite article nominative singular feminine "the"

μαρτυρία noun nominative singular feminine "testimony"

ἀληθής adjective nominative singular feminine "true"

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

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