ἀπεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ (John 3:10)

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Title -> Jesus Answered and Said to Him

The text is, “ἀπεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· σὺ εἶ ὁ διδάσκαλος τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ ταῦτα οὐ γινώσκεις”

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

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

καὶ -> coordinating conjunction -> and

εἶπεν -> third person, singular, aorist, active, indicative verb -> said

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

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

εἶ -> second person, singular, present, indicative verb -> are

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

διδάσκαλος -> masculine, singular, nominative noun -> teacher

τοῦ -> masculine, singular, genitive article -> theNRIEH**

Ἰσραὴλ -> masculine, singular, genitive, proper noun -> Israel

καὶ -> coordinating conjunction -> and

ταῦτα -> neuter, plural, accusative, demonstrative pronoun -> these things

οὐ -> negative particle -> not

γινώσκεις -> second person, singular, present, active, indicative verb -> you do understand

The meaning of this verse is,

Jesus answered and said to him, ‘You are the teacher of Israel, and these things you do not understand?’”

**NRIEH:  For the sake of clarity the word is translated into English, but to avoid such odd constructions as applying a definite article (“the”) to a substantive sufficiently determined by its being a proper noun, or by the use of a qualifier other than the definite article. An example would be the basic translation “Peter said to the Jesus”; the word “the” is completely unnecessary. There are many examples of this in the New Testament. The designation NRIEH is equivalent to “Not Rendered Into English Here”.

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