Ἐγένετο ἄνθρωπος, ἀπεσταλμένος παρὰ θεοῦ, ὄνομα αὐτῷ Ἰωάννης·
Ἐγένετο verb aorist middle 3rd singular from γίνομαι "came to be"
ἄνθρωπος noun nominative masculine singular "a man"
ἀπεσταλμένος verb perfect passive participle (note:"men" in the middle) from ἀποστέλλω nom masc sing "having been sent"
παρὰ preposition with genative "from"
θεοῦ noun nominative masculine singular "God"
ὄνομα noun nominative singular neuter "name"
αὐτῷ pronoun dative singular masculine "to him"
Ἰωάννης proper noun nominative singular masculine "John"
Rough Translation:
came to be a man having been sent from God, name to him John
Smooth Translation:
A man came to be, having been sent from God, named John
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