λέγει οὖν αὐτῷ ὁ Πιλᾶτος· ἐμοὶ οὐ λαλεῖς (John 19:10)

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Title:  So Pilate Said to Him, “You Do Not Speak to Me?”

The text is, “λέγει οὖν αὐτῷ ὁ Πιλᾶτος· ἐμοὶ οὐ λαλεῖς; οὐκ οἶδας ὅτι ἐξουσίαν ἔχω ἀπολῦσαί σε καὶ ἐξουσίαν ἔχω σταυρῶσαί σε”.

λέγει -> third person, singular, aorist, active, indicative verb -> said

οὖν -> coordinating inferential conjunction -> so

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

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

Πιλᾶτος -> masculine, singular, nominative, proper noun -> Pilate

ἐμοὶ -> first person, personal, singular, dative pronoun -> to me

οὐ -> negative particle -> not

λαλεῖς -> second person, singular, present, active, indicative verb -> you do speak

οὐκ -> negative particle -> not

οἶδας -> second person, singular, present, active, indicative verb -> you do know

ὅτι -> subordinating complementary conjunction -> that

ἐξουσίαν -> feminine, singular, accusative noun -> authority

ἔχω -> first person, singular, present, active, indicative verb -> I have

ἀπολῦσαί -> aorist, active, infinitive verb -> to release

σε -> second person, personal, singular, accusative pronoun -> you

καὶ -> coordinating additive conjunction -> and

ἐξουσίαν -> feminine, singular, accusative noun -> authority

ἔχω -> first person, singular, present, active, indicative verb -> I have

σταυρῶσαί -> aorist, active, infinitive verb -> to crucify

σε -> second person, personal, singular, accusative pronoun -> you

The meaning of this verse is,

So Pilate said to him, “You do not speak to me?  Do you not know that I have authority to release you, and I have authority to crucify you?”

λέγει οὖν αὐτῷ ὁ Πιλᾶτος· ἐμοὶ οὐ λαλεῖς (John 19:10) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.