Ἀπεκρίθησαν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ (John 8:48)

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Title:  The Pharisees Answered and Said to Him

The text is, ” Ἀπεκρίθησαν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ οὐ καλῶς λέγομεν ἡμεῖς ὅτι Σαμαρίτης εἶ σὺ καὶ δαιμόνιον ἔχεις”.

“Ἀπεκρίθησαν”:  third person, plural, aorist, passive, indicative verb meaning “answered”.

“οἱ”:  masculine, plural, nominative article meaning “the”.

“Ἰουδαῖοι”: masculine, plural, nominative, proper noun meaning “Pharisees”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“εἶπαν”:  third person, plural, aorist, active, indicative verb meaning “said”.

“αὐτῷ”:  third person, personal, masculine, singular, dative pronoun meaning “to him”.

“οὐ”:  negative particle meaning “not”.

“καλῶς”:  adverb meaning “rightly”.

“λέγομεν”:  first person, plural, present, active, indicative verb meaning “do say”.

“ἡμεῖς”:  second person, personal, plural, nominative pronoun meaning “we”.

“ὅτι”:  subordinating complementary conjunction meaning “that”.

“Σαμαρίτης”:  masculine, singular, nominative, proper noun meaning “a Samaritan”.

“εἶ”:  second person, singular, present, indicative verb meaning “are”.

“σὺ”:  second person, personal, singular, nominative pronoun meaning “you”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“δαιμόνιον”:  neuter, singular, accusative noun meaning “an evil spirit”.

“ἔχεις”:  second person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning “you have”.

The meaning of this verse is,

The Pharisees answered and said to him, “Do we not rightly say that you are a Samaritan an and you have an evil spirit?”

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