καὶ ἐὰν κρίνω δὲ ἐγώ, ἡ κρίσις ἡ ἐμὴ ἀληθινή (John 8:16)

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Title: And if I Should Judge My Judgment is True

The text is, “καὶ ἐὰν κρίνω δὲ ἐγώ, ἡ κρίσις ἡ ἐμὴ ἀληθινή ἐστιν, ὅτι μόνος οὐκ εἰμί, ἀλλ’ ἐγὼ καὶ ὁ πέμψας με πατήρ”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“ἐὰν”:  subordinating conditional conjunction meaning “if”.

“κρίνω”:  first person, singular, present, active, subjunctive verb meaning “should judge”.

“δὲ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “but”.

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

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

“κρίσις”:  feminine, singular, nominative noun meaning “judgment”.

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

“ἐμὴ”:  feminine, singular, nominative, possessive adjective meaning “my”.

“ἀληθινή”:  feminine, singular, nominative adjective meaning “true”.

“ἐστιν”:  third person, singular, present, indicative verb meaning “is”.

“ὅτι”:  subordinating causative conjunction meaning “because”.

“μόνος”:  masculine, singular, nominative adjective meaning “alone” or “only”.

“οὐκ”:  negative particle meaning “not”.

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

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

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

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“ὁ”:  masculine, singular, nominative article meaning “the”.

“πέμψας”:  aorist, active, participial, masculine, singular, nominative verb meaning “having sent”.

“με”:  first person, personal, singular, accusative pronoun meaning “me”.

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

The meaning of this verse is,

And if I should judge, my judgment is true, because it is not alone, but I and the Father having sent me.”

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