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Title: Now the Servants and the Officers Had Been Making a Heap ofLive Coals
The text is, “εἱστήκεισαν δὲ οἱ δοῦλοι καὶ οἱ ὑπηρέται ἀνθρακιὰν πεποιηκότες ὅτι ψῦχος ἦν καὶ ἐθερμαίνοντο ἦν δὲ καὶ ὁ Πέτρος μετ’ αὐτῶν ἑστὼς καὶ θερμαινόμενος”.
εἱστήκεισαν -> third person, plural, pluperfect, active, indicative verb -> standing
δὲ -> coordinating conjunction -> now
οἱ -> masculine, plural, nominative article -> the
δοῦλοι -> masculine, plural, nominative noun -> servants
καὶ -> coordinating additive conjunction ->and
οἱ -> masculine, plural, nominative article -> the
ὑπηρέται ->masculine, plural, nominative noun -> officers
ἀνθρακιὰν -> feminine, singular, accusative noun ->a heap of live coals
πεποιηκότες -> perfect, active, participial, masculine, plural, nominative verb – >had been making
ὅτι -> subordinating causative conjunction -> because
ψῦχος -> neuter, singular, nominative noun -> cold
ἦν -> third person, singular, imperfect, indicative verb -> it was
καὶ -> coordinating additive conjunction -> and
ἐθερμαίνοντο -> third person, plural, imperfect, active, indicative verb -> warming themselves
ἦν -> third person, singular, imperfect, indicative verb -> was
δὲ -> coordinating conjunction -> now
καὶ -> adverb -> also
ὁ -> masculine, singular, nominative article -> the NRIEH
Πέτρος -> masculine, singular, nominative, proper noun -> Peter
μετ’ -> preposition taking the genitive for its object word -> with
αὐτῶν -> third person, personal, masculine, plural, genitive pronoun -> them
ἑστὼς -> perfect, active, participial, masculine, singular,nominative verb -> was standing
καὶ -> coordinating conjunction -> and
θερμαινόμενος -> present, middle, participial, masculine, singular,nominative verb -> warming himself ·
The meaning of this verse is,
Now the servants and the officers had been making a heap of live coals because it was cold and were standing and warming themselves. Now Peter was standing with them and was warming himself.
εἱστήκεισαν δὲ οἱ δοῦλοι καὶ οἱ ὑπηρέται ἀνθρακιὰν πεποιηκότες (John 18:18) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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