Καὶ καθὼς Μωϋσῆς ὕψωσεν τὸν ὄφιν (John 3:14)

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Title -> -> And Just as Moses Lifted up the Serpent

The text is, “Καὶ καθὼς Μωϋσῆς ὕψωσεν τὸν ὄφιν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, οὕτως ὑψωθῆναι δεῖ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου”.

Καὶ -> -> coordinating conjunction -> and

καθὼς -> -> subordinating comparative conjunction -> just as

Μωϋσῆς -> -> masculine, singular, nominative, proper noun -> Moses

ὕψωσεν -> -> third person, singular, aorist, active, indicative verb -> lifted up

τὸν -> -> masculine, singular, accusative article -> the

ὄφιν -> -> masculine, singular, accusative noun -> serpent

ἐν -> -> preposition taking the dative for its object word -> in

τῇ -> -> feminine, singular, dative article -> the

ἐρήμῳ -> -> feminine, singular, dative noun -> wilderness

οὕτως -> -> demonstrative adverb -> so

ὑψωθῆναι -> -> aorist, passive, infinitive verb -> be lifted up

δεῖ -> -> third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb -> it is necessary

τὸν -> -> masculine, singular, accusative article -> the

υἱὸν -> -> masculine, singular, accusative noun -> son

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

ἀνθρώπου -> -> masculine, singular,genitive noun -> of man

The meaning of this verse is,

“‘And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so it is necessary the son of man to be lifted up’.”.

**NRIEH:  For the sake of clarity the word is translated into English, but to avoid such odd constructions as applying a definite article (“the”) to a substantive sufficiently determined by its being a proper noun, or by the use of a qualifier other than the definite article. An example would be the basic translation “Peter said to the Jesus”; the word “the” is completely unnecessary. There are many examples of this in the New Testament. The designation NRIEH is equivalent to “Not Rendered Into English Here”.

Καὶ καθὼς Μωϋσῆς ὕψωσεν τὸν ὄφιν (John 3:14) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.