ταῦτα εἶπεν Ἠσαΐας ὅτι εἶδεν τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐλάλησεν περὶ αὐτοῦ (John 12:41)

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Title:  Isaiah Spoke These Things Because He Saw His Glory and He Spoke About Him

The text is, “ταῦτα εἶπεν Ἠσαΐας ὅτι εἶδεν τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐλάλησεν περὶ αὐτοῦ”.

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

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

“Ἠσαΐας”:  masculine, singular, nominative, proper noun meaning “Isaiah”.

“ὅτι”:  subordinating causative conjunction meaning “because”.

“εἶδεν”:  third person, singular, aorist, active, indicative verb meaning “he saw”.

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

“δόξαν”:  feminine, singular, accusative noun meaning “glory”.

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

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“ἐλάλησεν”:  third person, singular, aorist, active, indicative verb meaning “he spoke”.

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

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

The meaning of this verse is,

Isaiah spoke these things because he saw his glory and he spoke about him.

CC BY 4.0 ταῦτα εἶπεν Ἠσαΐας ὅτι εἶδεν τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐλάλησεν περὶ αὐτοῦ (John 12:41) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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