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Title: But I have a Witness Greater than that of John
The text is, “Ἐγὼ δὲ ἔχω τὴν μαρτυρίαν μείζω τοῦ Ἰωάννου· τὰ γὰρ ἔργα ἃ δέδωκέν μοι ὁ πατὴρ ἵνα τελειώσω αὐτά, αὐτὰ τὰ ἔργα ἃ ποιῶ μαρτυρεῖ περὶ ἐμοῦ ὅτι ὁ πατήρ με ἀπέσταλκεν”.
“Ἐγὼ”: first person, singular, nominative noun meaning “I”.
“δὲ”: coordinating conjunction meaning “but”.
“ἔχω”: first person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning “have”.
“τὴν”: feminine, singular, accusative article meaning “the”.
“μαρτυρίαν”: feminine, singular, accusative noun meaning “testimony”.
“μείζω”: feminine, singular, accusative, comparative adjective meaning “greater”.
“τοῦ”: masculine, singular, genitive article meaning “the” but not rendered into English here.
“Ἰωάννου”: masculine, singular, genitive, proper noun meaning “of John”.
“τὰ”: neuter, plural, nominative article meaning “the”.
“γὰρ”: coordinating explanatory conjunction meaning “for”.
“ἔργα”: neuter, plural, nominative noun meaning “works”.
“ἃ”: neuter, plural, accusative, definite, relative pronoun meaning “that”.
“δέδωκέν”: third person, singular, perfect, active, indicative verb meaning “has given”.
“μοι”: first person, personal, singular, dative pronoun meaning “to me”.
“ὁ”: masculine, singular, nominative article meaning “the”.
“πατὴρ”: masculine, singular, nominative noun meaning “father”.
“ἵνα”: subordinating purposive conjunction meaning “that”.
“τελειώσω”: first person, singular, aorist, active, subjunctive verb meaning “I might accomplish”.
“αὐτά”: third person, personal, neuter, plural, accusative pronoun meaning “them”.
“αὐτὰ”: personal, neuter, plural, nominative, intensifying pronoun meaning “very”.
“τὰ”: neuter, plural, nominative article meaning “the”.
“ἔργα”: neuter, plural, nominative noun meaning “works”.
“ἃ”: neuter, plural, accusative, definite, relative pronoun meaning “that”.
“ποιῶ”: first person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning “I do”.
“μαρτυρεῖ”: third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning “bear witness”.
“περὶ”: preposition taking the genitive for its object word and meaning “about”.
“ἐμοῦ”: first person, personal, singular, genitive pronoun meaning “me”.
“ὅτι”: subordinating conjunction meaning “that”.
“ὁ”: masculine, singular, nominative article meaning “the”.
“πατήρ”: masculine, singular, nominative noun meaning “father”.
“με”: first person, personal, singular, accusative pronoun meaning “me”.
“ἀπέσταλκεν”: third person, singular, perfect, active, indicative verb meaning “has sent”.
The meaning of this verse is,
But I have the greater testimony of John, for the works that the Father has given to me, that I might accomplish them, the very works that I do, bear witness about me, that the Father has sent me.”
Ἐγὼ δὲ ἔχω τὴν μαρτυρίαν μείζω τοῦ Ἰωάννου (John 5:36) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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