οἱ οὖν Φαρισαῖοι εἶπαν πρὸς ἑαυτούς· θεωρεῖτε ὅτι οὐκ ὠφελεῖτε οὐδέν (John 12:19)

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Title:  So the Pharisees Said to One Another, “You Come to a Knowledge that Gains Nothing”

The text is, “οἱ οὖν Φαρισαῖοι εἶπαν πρὸς ἑαυτούς· θεωρεῖτε ὅτι οὐκ ὠφελεῖτε οὐδέν· ἴδε ὁ κόσμος ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ ἀπῆλθεν”.

“οἱ”:  masculine, plural, nominative article meaning “the”.

“οὖν”:  coordinating inferential conjunction meaning “so”.

“Φαρισαῖοι”:  masculine, plural, nominative, proper noun meaning “Pharisees”.

“εἶπαν”:  third person, plural, aorist, active, indicative verb meaning “said”.

“πρὸς”:  preposition taking the accusative for its object word and meaning “to”.

“ἑαυτούς”:  third person, masculine, plural, accusative, reflexive pronoun meaning “one another”.

“θεωρεῖτε”:  second person, plural, present, active, indicative verb meaning “you come to a knowledge”.

“ὅτι”:  subordinating complementary conjunction meaning “that”.

“οὐκ”:  negative particle meaning “nothing”.

“ὠφελεῖτε”:  second person, plural, present, active, indicative verb meaning “gains”.

“οὐδέν”:  neuter, singular, accusative, indefinite adjective meaning “nothing”.

“ἴδε”:  interjection meaning “pay attention”.

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

“κόσμος”:  masculine, singular, nominative noun meaning “world”.

“ὀπίσω”:  improper preposition taking the genitive for its object word and meaning “after”.

“αὐτοῦ”:  third person, personal, masculine, singular, genitive pronoun meaning “him”.

“ἀπῆλθεν”:  third person, plural, aorist, active indicative verb meaning “has gone”.

The meaning of this verse is,

So the Pharisees said to one another, “You come to a knowledge that gains nothing.  Nothing!  Pay attention!  The world has gone after him.”

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