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Title: Again, Therefore, Jesus Spoke to them, Saying, “I Am the Light of the World”.
The text is, “Πάλιν οὖν αὐτοῖς ἐλάλησεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς λέγων· ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ φῶς τοῦ κόσμου· ὁ ἀκολουθῶν ἐμοὶ οὐ μὴ περιπατήσῃ ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ, ἀλλ’ ἕξει τὸ φῶς τῆς ζωῆς”
“Πάλιν”: adverb meaning “again”.
“οὖν”: coordinating inferential conjunction meaning “therefore”.
“αὐτοῖς”: third person, personal, masculine, plural, dative pronoun meaning “to them”.
“ἐλάλησεν”: third person, singular, aorist, active,indicative verb meaning “spoke”.
“ὁ”: masculine, singular, nominative article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.
“Ἰησοῦς”: masculine, singular, nominative, proper noun meaning “Jesus”.
“λέγων”: present, active, participial, masculine, singular, nominative verb meaning “saying”.
“ἐγώ”: first person, personal, singular, nominative pronoun meaning “I”.
“εἰμι”: first person, singular, present, indicative verb meaning “am”.
“τὸ”: neuter, singular, nominative article meaning “the”.
“φῶς”: neuter, singular, nominative noun meaning “light”.
“τοῦ”: masculine, singular, genitive article meaning “of the”.
“κόσμου”: masculine, singular, genitive noun meaning “world”.
“ὁ”: masculine, singular, nominative article meaning “the”.
“ἀκολουθῶν”: present, active, participial, masculine, singular, nominative verb meaning “the one following”.
“ἐμοὶ”: first person, personal, singular, dative pronoun meaning “me”.
“οὐ”: negative particle meaning “not”.
“μὴ”: negative particle meaning “unless”.
“περιπατήσῃ”: third person, singular, aorist, active, subjunctive verb meaning “he should walk”.
“ἐν”: preposition taking the dative for its object word and meaning “in”.
“τῇ”: feminine, singular, dative article meaning “the”.
“σκοτίᾳ”: feminine, singular, dative noun meaning “darkness”.
“ἀλλ’”: coordinating adversative conjunction meaning “but”.
“ἕξει”: third person, singular, future, active, indicative verb meaning “will have”.
“τὸ”: neuter, singular, accusative article meaning “the”.
“φῶς”: neuter, singular, accusative noun meaning “light”.
“τῆς”: feminine, singular, genitive article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.
“ζωῆς”: feminine, singular, genitive noun meaning “life”.
The meaning of this verse is,
Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world; the one following me, never, never, he should walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Πάλιν οὖν αὐτοῖς ἐλάλησεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς λέγων· ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ φῶς τοῦ κόσμου (John 8:12) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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