καὶ ἤρχοντο πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ ἔλεγον· χαῖρε ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων (John 19:3)

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Title: And they Came to Him and Were Saying, “Be Joyful! the King of the Jews!”

The text is, “καὶ ἤρχοντο πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ ἔλεγον· χαῖρε ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων· καὶ ἐδίδοσαν αὐτῷ ῥαπίσματα”.

καὶ -> coordinating additive conjunction -> and

ἤρχοντο -> third person, plural, imperfect, active, indicative verb -> they came

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

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

καὶ -> coordinating additive conjunction -> and

ἔλεγον -> third person, plural, imperfect, active, indicative verb -> were saying

χαῖρε-> second person, singular, present, active, imperative verb -> be joyful

ὁ -> masculine, singular, nominative article -> the

βασιλεὺς -> masculine, singular, nominative noun -> king

τῶν -> masculine, plural, genitive article -> of the

Ἰουδαίων -> masculine, plural, genitive, proper noun -> Jews

καὶ -> coordinating additive conjunction -> and

ἐδίδοσαν -> third person, plural, imperfect, active, indicative verb -> were striking

αὐτῷ -> third person, personal, masculine, singular, dative pronoun -> him

ῥαπίσματα -> neuter, plural, accusative noun -> with the palms of their hands

The meaning of this verse is,

And they came to him and were saying, “Be joyful! The king of the Jews!” And they were striking him with the palms of their hands.

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