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Wednesday, May 14, 2014

John 8:25

ἔλεγον οὖν αὐτῷ Σὺ τίς εἶ; εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς Τὴν ἀρχὴν ὅτι καὶ λαλῶ ὑμῖν;
Rough Word-by-word:
They were saying therefore to him, "You who you are?" He said to them the Jesus, "The beginning that even I speak to you all?"

Smooth Translation:
Therefore they were saying to him, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them, "Am I even speaking the beginning to you?"

ἔλεγον verb imperfect active indicative 3rd plural from λέγω (I say) "they were saying"

οὖν post positive conjunction "therefore"

αὐτῷ pronoun dative singular masculine "to him"

Σὺ pronoun nominative 2nd singular "you"

τίς interrogative pronoun nominative singular masculine "who"

εἶ verb present indicative 3rd singular from εἰμί (I am) "you are"

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

αὐτοῖς pronoun dative 3rd plural "to them"

definite article nominative singular masculine "the"

Ἰησοῦς proper noun nominative singular masculine "Jesus"

Τὴν definite article accusative singular feminine "the"

ἀρχὴν noun accusative singular feminine "beginning"

ὅτι conjunction "that, because"

καὶ adverbial use of the conjunction "also, even"

λαλῶ verb present active indicative 1st singular from λαλέω (I speak) "I speak"

ὑμῖν pronoun dative 2nd plural "to you all"

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