ἀπεκρίθη ἐκεῖνος καὶ εἶπεν (John 9:36)

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Title:  He Answered and Said

The text is, “ἀπεκρίθη ἐκεῖνος καὶ εἶπεν· καὶ τίς ἐστιν, κύριε, ἵνα πιστεύσω εἰς αὐτόν”.

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

“ἐκεῖνος”:  masculine, singular, nominative, demonstrative pronoun meaning “he”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“εἶπεν”:  third person, singular, aorist, active, indicative verb meaning “said”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “but”.

“τίς”:  masculine, singular, nominative, interrogative pronoun meaning “who”.

“ἐστιν”:  third person, singular, present, indicative verb meaning “he is”.

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

“ἵνα”:  subordinating purposive conjunction meaning “that” or “so that”.

“πιστεύσω”:  first person, singular, aorist, subjunctive verb meaning “I might believe”.

“εἰς”:  preposition taking the accusative for its object word and meaning “in”.

“αὐτόν”:  third person, personal, masculine, singular, accusative pronoun meaning “him”.

The meaning of this verse is,

He answered and said, “But who is he, Lord, that I might believe in him?”

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