Καὶ αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ μαρτυρία τοῦ Ἰωάννου (John 1:19)

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Title:  And This is the Testimony of John

The text is, “Καὶ αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ μαρτυρία τοῦ Ἰωάννου ὅτε ἀπέστειλαν πρὸς αὐτὸν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι ἐξ Ἱεροσολύμων ἱερεῖς καὶ Λευίτας ἵνα ἐρωτήσωσιν αὐτόν σὺ τίς εἶ”.

Καὶ -> coordinating conjunction -> And

αὕτη -> feminine, singular, nominative, demonstrative pronoun -> this

ἐστὶν -> third person, singular, present, indicative verb -> is

μαρτυρία -> feminine, singular, nominative noun -> testimony

τοῦ’ -> masculine, singular, genitive article -> the

Ἰωάννου -> masculine, singular, genitive noun -> of John

ὅτε -> subordinating temporal conjunction -> when

ἀπέστειλαν -> third person, plural, aorist, active, indicative verb -> sent

[πρὸς] -> preposition taking the accusative for its object word and -> to

[αὐτὸν] -> third person, personal, masculine, singular, accusative pronoun -> him

οἱ -> masculine, plural, nominative article -> the

Ἰουδαῖοι -> masculine, plural, nominative, proper adjective -> Jews

ἐξ -> preposition taking the genitive for its object word and -> from

Ἱεροσολύμων -> neuter, plural, genitive, proper noun -> Jerusalem

ἱερεῖς -> masculine, plural, accusative noun -> priests.

καὶ -> coordinating conjunction -> and

Λευίτας -> masculine, plural, accusative, proper noun -> Levites

ἵνα -> subordinating conjunction of purpose -> in order that

ἐρωτήσωσιν -> third person, plural, aorist, active, subjunctive verb -> they might ask

αὐτόν -> third person, personal, masculine, singular, accusative pronoun -> him

σὺ -> second person, personal, singular, nominative pronoun -> you

τίς -> masculine, singular, nominative, interrogative pronoun -> who

εἶ -> second person, singular, present, indicative verb -> are

The meaning of this verse is,

And this is the testimony of John when the Jews sent Levites and priests from Jerusalem to him in order to ask him, “Who are you?”

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