πολλοὶ δὲ ἐκ τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἐληλύθεισαν πρὸς τὴν Μάρθαν καὶ Μαριὰμ (John 11:19)

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Title:  And Many of the Jews Had Come For the Benefit of Martha and Mary

The text is, “πολλοὶ δὲ ἐκ τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἐληλύθεισαν πρὸς τὴν Μάρθαν καὶ Μαριὰμ ἵνα παραμυθήσωνται αὐτὰς περὶ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ”.

“πολλοὶ”:  masculine, plural, nominative adjective meaning “many”.

“δὲ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“ἐκ”:  preposition taking the genitive for its object word and meaning “of”, “from”, or “out of”.

“τῶν”:  masculine, plural, genitive article meaning “the”.

“Ἰουδαίων”:  masculine, plural, genitive, proper noun meaning “Jews”.

“ἐληλύθεισαν”:  third person, plural, pluperfect, active, indicative verb meaning “had come”.

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

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

“Μάρθαν”:  feminine, singular, accusative, proper noun meaning “Martha”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“Μαριὰμ”:  feminine, singular, accusative, proper noun meaning “Mary”.

“ἵνα”:  subordinating purposive conjunction meaning “so that”.

“παραμυθήσωνται”:  third person, plural, aorist, middle, subjunctive verb meaning “they might comfort”.

“αὐτὰς”:  third person, personal, feminine, plural, accusative pronoun meaning “them”.

“περὶ”:  preposition taking the genitive for its object word and meaning “about”.

“τοῦ”:  masculine, singular, genitive article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.

“ἀδελφοῦ”:  masculine, singular, genitive noun meaning “their brother”.

The meaning of this verse is,

And many of the Jews had come for the benefit of Martha and Mary so that they might comfort them about their brother.

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