ἐπὶ δὲ τὸν Ἰησοῦν ἐλθόντες, ὡς εἶδον ἤδη αὐτὸν τεθνηκότα (John 19:33)

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Title: But When They Were Coming to Jesus they saw Him Having Already Died

The text is, “ἐπὶ δὲ τὸν Ἰησοῦν ἐλθόντες, ὡς εἶδον ἤδη αὐτὸν τεθνηκότα, οὐ κατέαξαν αὐτοῦ τὰ σκέλη”.

ἐπὶ -> preposition taking the accusative for its object word -> to

δὲ -> coordinating conjunction -> but

τὸν -> masculine, singular, accusative article -> the NRIEH

Ἰησοῦν -> masculine, singular, accusative, proper noun -> Jesus

ἐλθόντες -> aorist, active, participial, masculine, singular, nominative verb -> they were coming

ὡς -> subordinating temporal conjunction -> when

εἶδον -> third person, plural, aorist, active, indicative verb -> they saw

ἤδη -> temporal adverb -> already

αὐτὸν -> third person, personal, masculine, singular, accusative pronoun -> him

τεθνηκότα -> perfect, active, participial, masculine, singular, accusative verb -> having died

οὐ -> negative particle -> not

κατέαξαν -> third person, plural, aorist, active, indicative -> they did break

αὐτοῦ -> third person, personal, masculine, singular, genitive pronoun -> his

τὰ -> neuter, plural, accusative article -> the NRIEH

σκέλη -> neuter, plural, accusative noun -> legs

The meaning of this verse is,

But when they were coming to Jesus, they saw him having already died, they did not break his legs.

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