ἐθαύμαζον οὖν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι (John 7:15)

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Title:  Therefore the Jews Marveled

The text is, “ἐθαύμαζον οὖν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι λέγοντες· πῶς οὗτος γράμματα οἶδεν μὴ μεμαθηκώς”.

“ἐθαύμαζον”:  third person, plural, imperfect, active, indicative verb meaning “marveled”.

“οὖν”:  coordinating inferential conjunction meaning “therefore”.

“οἱ”:  masculine, plural, nominative article meaning “the”.

“Ἰουδαῖοι”:  masculine, plural, nominative noun meaning “Jews”.

“λέγοντες”:  present, active, participial, masculine, plural, nominative verb meaning “saying”.

“πῶς”:  interrogative particle meaning “how”.

“οὗτος”:  masculine, singular, nominative, demonstrative pronoun meaning “this one”.

“γράμματα”:  neuter, plural, accusative noun meaning “learning”.

“οἶδεν”:  third person, singular, perfect, active, indicative verb meaning “knows”.

“μὴ”:  negative particle meaning “not”.

“μεμαθηκώς”:  perfect, active, participial, masculine, singular, nominative verb meaning “having been taught”.

The meaning of this verse is,

Therefore the Jews marveled, saying, “How knows this one learning, not having been taught?”

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