εἶπεν οὖν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν (John 6:32)

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Title:  Then Jesus Said to Them, “Amen, amen, I Tell You…”

The text is, “εἶπεν οὖν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, οὐ Μωϋσῆς δέδωκεν ὑμῖν τὸν ἄρτον ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, ἀλλ’ ὁ πατήρ μου δίδωσιν ὑμῖν τὸν ἄρτον ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ τὸν ἀληθινόν”.

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

“οὖν”:  coordinating inferential conjunction meaning “then”.

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

“ὁ”:  masculine, singular, nominative article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.

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

“ἀμὴν”:  Hebraicized particle meaning “truly”.

“ἀμὴν”:  Hebraicized particle meaning “truly”.

“λέγω”: first person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning “I say”.

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

“οὐ”:  negative particle meaning “not”.

“Μωϋσῆς”:  masculine, singular, nominative, proper noun meaning “Moses”.

“δέδωκεν”:  third person, singular, perfect, active, indicative verb meaning “did give”.

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

“τὸν”:  masculine, singular, accusative article meaning “the”.

“ἄρτον”:  masculine, singular, accusative noun meaning “bread”.

“ἐκ”:  preposition taking the genitive for its object word and meaning “from” or “out of”.

“τοῦ”:  masculine, singular, genitive article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.

“οὐρανοῦ”:  masculine, singular, genitive noun meaning “heaven”.

“ἀλλ’”:  coordinating adversative conjunction meaning “but”.

“ὁ”:  masculine, singular, nominative article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.

“πατήρ”:  masculine, singular, nominative noun meaning “Father”.

“μου”:  first person, personal, singular, genitive pronoun meaning “my”.

“δίδωσιν”:  third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning “gives”.

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

“τὸν”:  masculine, singular, accusative article meaning “the”.

“ἄρτον”:  masculine, singular, accusative noun meaning “bread”.

“ἐκ”:  preposition taking the genitive for its object word and meaning “from” or “out of”.

“τοῦ”:  masculine, singular, genitive article meaning “the” but it i not rendered into English here.

“οὐρανοῦ”:  masculine, singular, genitive noun meaning “heaven”.

“τὸν”:  masculine, singular, accusative article meaning “the”.

“ἀληθινόν”:  masculine, singular, accusative noun meaning “true”.

The meaning of this verse is,

Then Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, Moses did not give to you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives the true bread from heaven to you.”

CC BY 4.0 εἶπεν οὖν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν (John 6:32) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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