εἶπεν αὐτοῖς Ἰησοῦς· ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν (John 8:58)

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Title:  Jesus Said to Them, “Truly, Truly, I am Saying to You

The text is, “εἶπεν αὐτοῖς Ἰησοῦς· ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, πρὶν Ἀβραὰμ γενέσθαι ἐγὼ εἰμί”.

“εἶπεν”:  third person, singular, aorist, active, indicative verb meaning “said”.

“αὐτοῖς”:  third person, masculine, plural, dative pronoun meaning “to them”.

“Ἰησοῦς”:  masculine, singular, nominative, proper noun meaning “Jesus”.

“ἀμὴν”:  Hebraicized  particle meaning “truly”.

“ἀμὴν”:  Hebraicized  particle meaning “truly”.

“λέγω”:  third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning “I am saying”.

“ὑμῖν”:  second person, personal, plural, dative pronoun meaning “to you”.

“πρὶν”:  subordinating temporal conjunction meaning “before”.

“Ἀβραὰμ”:  masculine, singular, nominative, proper noun meaning “Abraham”.

“γενέσθαι”:  aorist, middle, infinitive verb meaning “to be born”.

“ἐγὼ”:  first person, personal, singular, nominative pronoun meaning “I”.

“εἰμί”:  first person, singular, present, indicative verb meaning “am”.

The meaning of this verse is,

Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I am saying to you, before Abraham to be born, I am”.

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