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Friday, November 1, 2013

John 8:21

Εἶπεν οὖν πάλιν αὐτοῖς Ἐγὼ ὑπάγω καὶ ζητήσετέ με, καὶ ἐν τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ ὑμῶν ἀποθανεῖσθε· ὅπου ἐγὼ ὑπάγω ὑμεῖς οὐ δύνασθε ἐλθεῖν.

Rough Word-by-word:
He said therefore again to them, "I I go away and you all will seek me, and in the sin of you all you all will die; where I I go away you all not are able to go."

Smooth Translation:
Therefore he said again to them, "I myself go away and you will seek me, and in your sin you will die. Where I myself go you are not able to go."

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

οὖν post positive conjunction "therefore"

πάλιν adverb "again"

αὐτοῖς pronoun dative plural masculine "to them"

Ἐγὼ pronoun nominative 1st singular "I"

ὑπάγω verb present active indicative 1st singular from ὑπάγω (I go, I go away) "I go away"

καὶ conjunction "and"

ζητήσετέ verb future active indicative 2nd plural from ζητέω (I seek) "you all will seek"

με pronoun accusative 1st singular "me"

καὶ conjunction "and"

ἐν dative preposition "in"

τῇ definite article dative singular feminine "the"

ἁμαρτίᾳ noun dative singular feminine "sin"

ὑμῶν pronoun genitive 2nd plural "of you all"

ἀποθανεῖσθε verb future middle indicative 2nd plural from ἀποθνήσκω (I die) "you all will die"

ὅπου conjunction "where"

ἐγὼ pronoun nominative 1st singular "I"

ὑπάγω verb present active indicative 1st singular from ὑπάγω (I go, I go away) "I go away"

ὑμεῖς pronoun nominative 2nd plural "you all"

οὐ adverb of negation "not"

δύνασθε verb present passive indicative 2nd plural from δύναμαι (I am able) "you all are able"

ἐλθεῖν verb aorist active infinitive from ἔρχομαι (I come, I go) "to go"