τοῦτο δὲ ἔλεγεν πειράζων αὐτόν (John 6:6)

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Title:  But He Was Saying This Testing Him

The text is, “τοῦτο δὲ ἔλεγεν πειράζων αὐτόν· αὐτὸς γὰρ ᾔδει τί ἔμελλεν ποιεῖν”.

“τοῦτο”:  neuter, singular, accusative, demonstrative pronoun meaning “this”.

“δὲ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “but”.

“ἔλεγεν”:  third person, singular, imperfect, active, indicative verb meaning “he was saying”.

“πειράζων”:  present, active, participial, masculine, singular, nominative verb meaning “testing”.

“αὐτόν”:  third person, personal, masculine, singular, accusative pronoun meaning “him”.

“αὐτὸς”:  third person, personal, masculine, singular, nominative pronoun meaning “himself”.

“γὰρ”:  coordinating explanatory conjunction meaning “for”.

“ᾔδει”:  third person, singular, pluperfect, active, indicative verb meaning “he knew”.

“τί”:  neuter, singular, accusative, interrogative pronoun meaning “what”.

“ἔμελλεν”:  third person, singular, imperfect, active, indicative verb meaning “he was about”.

“ποιεῖν”:  present, active, infinitive verb meaning “to do”.

The meaning of this verse is,

But he was saying this testing him; for he knew himself what he was about to do.

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