ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ Ἰησοῦς εἰ κακῶς ἐλάλησα μαρτύρησον περὶ τοῦ κακοῦ (John 18:23)

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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?”

CC BY 4.0 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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