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Title: Jesus Answered Him, “If I Spoke Wrongly, You Testify About the Wrong.”
The text is, “ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ Ἰησοῦ· εἰ κακῶς ἐλάλησα μαρτύρησον περὶ τοῦ κακοῦ εἰ δὲ καλῶς τί με δέρεις”.
ἀπεκρίθη -> third person, singular,aorist, passive, indicative verb -> answered
αὐτῷ -> third person, personal, masculine, singular, dative pronoun -> him
Ἰησοῦς -> masculine, singular, nominative, proper noun -> Jesus
εἰ -> coordinating conjunction -> if
κακῶς -> adverb -> wrongly
ἐλάλησα -> first person, singular, aorist, active, indicative verb -> I spoke
μαρτύρησον -> second person, singular, aorist, active, imperative verb -> you testify
περὶ -> preposition taking the genitive for its object word -> about
τοῦ -> neuter, singular, genitive article -> the
κακοῦ -> neuter, singular, genitive adjective -> wrong
εἰ -> coordinating conjunction -> if
δὲ -> coordinating conjunction -> but
καλῶς -> adverb -> with propriety
τί -> neuter, singular, accusative, interrogative pronoun -> why
με -> first person, personal, singular, accusative pronoun -> me
δέρεις -> second person, singular, present, active, indicative verb -> you do strike
The meaning of this verse is,
Jesus answered him, “If I spoke wrongly, you testify about the wrong, but if with propriety, why do you strike me?”
ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ Ἰησοῦς εἰ κακῶς ἐλάλησα μαρτύρησον περὶ τοῦ κακοῦ (John 18:23) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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