ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ἐάν τις τὸν ἐμὸν λόγον τηρήσῃ (John 8:51)

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Title:  Truly, Truly, I Say to You, if Anyone Should Hear My Word

The text is, “ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ἐάν τις τὸν ἐμὸν λόγον τηρήσῃ θάνατον οὐ μὴ θεωρήσῃ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα”.

“ἀμὴν”:  Hebraicized particle meaning “truly”.

“ἀμὴν”:  Hebraicized particle meaning “truly”.

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

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

“ἐάν”:  subordinating conditional conjunction meaning “if”.

“τις”:  masculine, singular, nominative, indefinite pronoun meaning “anyone”.

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

“ἐμὸν”:  masculine, singular, accusative, possessive adjective meaning “my”.

“λόγον”:  masculine, singular, accusative noun meaning “word”.

“τηρήσῃ”:  third person, singular, aorist, active, subjunctive verb meaning “should hear”.

“θάνατον”:  third person, singular, masculine, singular, accusative noun meaning “death”.

“οὐ”:  negative particle meaning “not” or “never”.

“μὴ”:  negative particle meaning “not” or “never”.

“θεωρήσῃ”:  third person, singular, aorist, active, subjunctive verb meaning “he should see”.

“εἰς”:  preposition taking the accusative for its object word and meaning “for”.

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

“αἰῶνα”:  masculine, singular, accusative noun meaning “eternity”.

The meaning of this verse is,

Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone should hear my word, he should never see death for eternity.”

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