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Title -> The Spirit Blows Where He Wishes
The text “is, τὸ πνεῦμα ὅπου θέλει πνεῖ καὶ τὴν φωνὴν αὐτοῦ ἀκούεις, ἀλλ’ οὐκ οἶδας πόθεν ἔρχεται καὶ ποῦ ὑπάγει· οὕτως ἐστὶν πᾶς ὁ γεγεννημένος ἐκ τοῦ πνεύματος”.
τὸ -> neuter, singular, nominative article -> the
πνεῦμα -> neuter, singular, nominative noun -> Spirit
ὅπου -> adverb of place -> where
θέλει -> third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb -> he wishes
πνεῖ -> third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb -> blows
καὶ -> coordinating conjunction -> and
τὴν -> feminine, singular, accusative article -> the
φωνὴν -> feminine, singular, accusative noun -> voice or sound
αὐτοῦ -> third person, personal, neuter, singular, genitive pronoun -> of it
ἀκούεις -> second person, singular, present, active, indicative verb -> you hear or you heed
ἀλλ’ -> coordinating adversative conjunction -> but
οὐκ -> negative particle -> not
οἶδας -> second person, singular, perfect, active, indicative verb -> you do know
πόθεν -> interrogative particle -> from where
ἔρχεται -> third person, singular, present, middle, indicative verb -> it comes
καὶ -> coordinating conjunction -> and
ποῦ -> interrogative article -> where
ὑπάγει -> third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb -> it goes
οὕτως -> demonstrative adverb -> so
ἐστὶν -> third person, singular, present, indicative verb -> is
πᾶς -> masculine, singular, nominative adjective -> everyone
ὁ -> masculine, singular, nominative article -> who
γεγεννημένος -> perfect, passive, participial, masculine, singular, nominative -> was being born
ἐκ -> preposition taking the genitive for its object word → of
τοῦ -> neuter, singular, genitive article -> the
πνεύματος -> neuter, singular, genitive noun -> Spirit
The meaning of this verse is,
“The Spirit blows where he wishes, and you heed the sound of it, but you do not know from where it comes and where it goes, so is everyone who was being born from the Spirit.”
τὸ πνεῦμα ὅπου θέλει πνεῖ (John 3:8) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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