Ταῦτα εἰπὼν ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐταράχθη τῷ πνεύματι (John 3:21)

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Title:  Jesus, Having Said These Things, Was Troubled in Spirit

The text is, “Ταῦτα εἰπὼν ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐταράχθη τῷ πνεύματι καὶ ἐμαρτύρησεν καὶ εἶπεν· ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι εἷς ἐξ ὑμῶν παραδώσει με”.

“Ταῦτα”:  neuter, plural, accusative, demonstrative pronoun meaning “these things”.

“εἰπὼν”:  aorist, active, participial, masculine, singular, nominative verb meaning “having said”.

“ὁ”:  masculine, singular, nominative article but it is not rendered into English here.

“Ἰησοῦς”:  masculine, singular, nominative, proper noun meaning “Jesus”.

“ἐταράχθη”:  third person, singular, aorist, passive, indicative verb meaning “was troubled”.

“τῷ”:  neuter, singular, dative article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.

“πνεύματι”:  neuter, singular, dative noun meaning “in spirit”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“ἐμαρτύρησεν”:  third person, singular, aorist, active, indicative verb meaning “bore witness”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“εἶπεν”:  third person, singular, aorist, active, indicative verb meaning “said”.

“ἀμὴν”:  Hebraicized particle meaning “truly.

“ἀμὴν”:  Hebraicized particle meaning “truly”.

“λέγω”:  third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning “I say”.

“ὑμῖν”:  second person, personal, plural, dative pronoun meaning “to you”.

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

“εἷς”:  masculine, singular, nominative, cardinal adjective meaning “one”.

“ἐξ”:  preposition taking the genitive for its object word and meaning “of”.

“ὑμῶν”:  second person, personal, plural, genitive pronoun meaning “you”.

“παραδώσει”:  third person, singular, future, active, indicative verb meaning “will betray”.

“με”:  first person, personal, singular, accusative pronoun meaning “me”.

The meaning of this verse is,

Jesus, having said these things, was troubled in spirit, and bore witness and said, “Truly, truly I say to you, that one of you will betray me.”

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