ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ ὁ ἀσθενῶν (John 5:7)

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Title:  The Man, Being Sick, Answered Him

The text is, “ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ ὁ ἀσθενῶν· κύριε, ἄνθρωπον οὐκ ἔχω ἵνα ὅταν ταραχθῇ τὸ ὕδωρ βάλῃ με εἰς τὴν κολυμβήθραν· ἐν ᾧ δὲ ἔρχομαι ἐγώ, ἄλλος πρὸ ἐμοῦ καταβαίνει”.

ἀπεκρίθη -> third person, singular, aorist, passive, indicative verb -> he answered

αὐτῷ -> third person, personal, masculine, singular, dative pronoun -> him

ὁ -> masculine, singular, nominative article -> the

ἀσθενῶν -> present, active, participial, masculine, singular, nominative verb -> man being sick

κύριε -> masculine, singular, vocative noun -> Lord or sir

ἄνθρωπον -> masculine, singular, accusative noun -> man or one

οὐκ -> negative particle -> no

ἔχω -> first person, singular, present, active, indicative verb -> I have

ἵνα -> subordinating conjunction -> so that

ὅταν -> subordinating conjunction -> when or whenever

ταραχθῇ -> third person, singular, aorist, passive, subjunctive -> has been stirred

τὸ -> neuter, singular, nominative article -> the

ὕδωρ -> neuter, singular, nominative noun -> water

βάλῃ -> third person, singular, aorist, active, subjunctive verb -> he might put

με -> first person, singular, accusative pronoun -> me

εἰς -> preposition taking the accusative for its object word -> into

τὴν -> feminine, singular, accusative article -> the

κολυμβήθραν -> feminine, singular, accusative noun -> pool

ἐν -> preposition taking the dative for its object word -> in

ᾧ -> masculine, singular, dative, definite, relative pronoun -> while

δὲ -> coordinating conjunction ->  but

ἔρχομαι -> first person, singular, present, middle, indicative verb -> am going

ἐγώ -> first person, personal, singular, nominative pronoun -> I

ἄλλος -> masculine, singular, nominative, demonstrative adjective -> another

πρὸ -> preposition taking the genitive for its object word -> in front of

ἐμοῦ -> first person, personal, singular, genitive pronoun -> me

καταβαίνει -> third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb -> goes down

The meaning of this verse is,

The man being sick answered him ‘Sir, I have no man so that whenever the water has been stirred, he might put me into the pool; but while I am going in another goes down in front of me.”

ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ ὁ ἀσθενῶν (John 5:7) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.