ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ Σίμων Πέτρος (John 6:68)

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Title:  Simon Peter Replied to Him

The text is, “ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ Σίμων Πέτρος κύριε, πρὸς τίνα ἀπελευσόμεθα; ῥήματα ζωῆς αἰωνίου ἔχεις”.

“ἀπεκρίθη”:  third person, singular, aorist, passive, indicative verb meaning “answered”.

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

“Σίμων”:  masculine, singular, nominative, proper noun meaning “Simon”.

“Πέτρος”:  masculine, singular, nominative, proper noun meaning “Peter”.

“κύριε”:  masculine, singular, vocative noun meaning “Lord”.

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

“τίνα”:  masculine, singular, accusative, interrogative pronoun meaning “whom”.

“ἀπελευσόμεθα”:  first person, plural, future, middle, indicative verb meaning “shall we go”.

“ῥήματα”:  neuter, plural, accusative noun meaning “the words”.

“ζωῆς”:  feminine, singular, genitive noun meaning “of life”.

“αἰωνίου”:  feminine, singular, genitive adjective meaning “eternal”.

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

The meaning of this verse is,

Simon Peter replied to him, “Lord, to whom shall we go?  You have the words of eternal life.”

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