ἀπεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς· ἀπὸ σεαυτοῦ σὺ τοῦτο λέγεις (John 18:34)

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Title:  Jesus Answered, “Do You Say This of Yourself?”

The text is,”ἀπεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς· ἀπὸ σεαυτοῦ σὺ τοῦτο λέγεις ἢ ἄλλοι εἶπόν σοι περὶ ἐμοῦ”.

ἀπεκρίθη -> third person, singular, aorist, active, indicative verb -> answered

Ἰησοῦς -> masculine, singular, nominative, proper noun -> Jesus

ἀπὸ -> preposition taking the genitive for its object word -> of | from | by

σεαυτοῦ -> second person, masculine, singular, genitive, reflexive pronoun -> yourself

σὺ -> second person, personal, singular, nominative pronoun -> you

τοῦτο -> neuter, singular, accusative, demonstrative pronoun -> this

λέγεις -> second person, singular, present, active, indicative verb -> do say

ἢ -> particle -> or

ἄλλοι -> masculine, plural, nominative, demonstrative adjective -> others

εἶπόν -> third person, plural, aorist, active, indicative verb -> did say it

σοι -> second person, personal, singular, dative pronoun -> to you

περὶ -> preposition taking the genitive for its object word -> about

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

The meaning of this verse is,

Jesus answered, “Do you say this of yourself?  Or did others say it to you about me?”

ἀπεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς· ἀπὸ σεαυτοῦ σὺ τοῦτο λέγεις (John 18:34) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.