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Tuesday, May 6, 2014

John 8:23

καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς Ὑμεῖς ἐκ τῶν κάτω ἐστέ, ἐγὼ ἐκ τῶν ἄνω εἰμί· ὑμεῖς ἐκ τούτου τοῦ κόσμου ἐστέ, ἐγὼ οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου τούτου.

Rough Word-by-word:And he was saying to them, "You all from the below being you all are, I from the above being I am. You all from this the world you all are, I not I am from the world this."

Smooth Translation:
And he was saying to them, "You are from below, I myself am from above. You are from this world, I myself am not from this world."
 


καὶ conjunction "and"

ἔλεγεν verb imperfect active indicative 3rd singular from λέγω (I say) "he was saying"

αὐτοῖς pronoun dative 3rd plural "to them"

Ὑμεῖς pronoun nominative 2nd plural "you all"

ἐκ genitive preposition "from, out of"

τῶν definite article genitive plural neuter "the"

κάτω adverb "down, beneath [being]"

ἐστέ verb present indicative 2nd plural from εἰμί (I am) "you all are"

ἐγὼ personal pronoun nominative 1st singular "I"

ἐκ genitive preposition "from, out of"

τῶν definite article genitive plural masculine "the"

ἄνω adverb "up, above [being]"

εἰμί verb present indicative 1st singular from εἰμί (I am) "I am"

ὑμεῖς pronoun nominative 2nd plural "you all"

ἐκ genitive preposition "from, out of"

τούτου demonstrative pronoun genitive singular masculine "this"

τοῦ definite article genitive singular masculine "the"

κόσμου noun genitive singular masculine "world"

ἐστέ verb present indicative 2nd plural from εἰμί (I am) "you all are"

ἐγὼ personal pronoun nominative 1st singular "I"

οὐκ adverb of negation "not"

εἰμὶ verb present active indicative 1st singular from εἰμί (I am) "I am"

ἐκ genitive preposition "from, out of"

τοῦ definite article genitive singular masculine "the"

κόσμου noun genitive singular masculine "world"

τούτου demonstrative pronoun genitive singular masculine "this"

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