τότε οὖν εἰσῆλθεν καὶ ὁ ἄλλος μαθητὴς ὁ ἐλθὼν πρῶτος εἰς τὸ μνημεῖον καὶ εἶδεν καὶ ἐπίστευσεν (John 20:8)

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Title:  Then the Other Disciple, Having Arrived First to the Tomb, Also Entered and Saw and Believed

The text is, “τότε οὖν εἰσῆλθεν καὶ ὁ ἄλλος μαθητὴς ὁ ἐλθὼν πρῶτος εἰς τὸ μνημεῖον καὶ εἶδεν καὶ ἐπίστευσεν”.

τότε -> temporal adverb -> then

οὖν -> coordinating inferential conjunction -> so

εἰσῆλθεν -> third person, singular, aorist, active, indicative verb -> entered

καὶ -> adverb -> also

ὁ -> masculine, singular, nominative article -> the

ἄλλος -> masculine, singular, nominative, demonstrative adjective -> other

μαθητὴς -> masculine, singular, nominative noun -> disciple

ὁ -> masculine, singular, nominative article -> who NRIEH*

ἐλθὼν -> aorist, active, participial, masculine, singular, nominative verb -> having arrived

πρῶτος -> masculine, singular, nominative, ordinal adjective -> first

εἰς -> preposition taking the accusative for its object word -> to

τὸ -> neuter, singular, accusative article -> the

μνημεῖον -> neuter, singular, accusative noun -> tomb

καὶ -> coordinating additive conjunction -> and

εἶδεν -> third person, singular, aorist, active, indicative verb -> saw

καὶ -> coordinating additive conjunction -> and

ἐπίστευσεν -> third person, singular, aorist, active, indicative verb -> believed

The meaning of this verse is,

Then the other disciple, having arrived first to the tomb, also entered, and saw, and believed.

*NRIEH: For the sake of clarity the word is translated into English, but to avoid such odd constructions as applying a definite article (“the”) to a substantive sufficiently determined by its being a proper noun, or by the use of a qualifier other than the definite article. An example would be the basic translation “Peter said to the Jesus”; the word “the” is completely unnecessary. There are many examples of this in the New Testament. The designation NRIEH is equivalent to “Not Rendered Into English Here”.

τότε οὖν εἰσῆλθεν καὶ ὁ ἄλλος μαθητὴς ὁ ἐλθὼν πρῶτος εἰς τὸ μνημεῖον καὶ εἶδεν καὶ ἐπίστευσεν (John 20:8) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.