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Title: Therefore They were Saying to Him, “Where is Your Father?”
The text is, “ἔλεγον οὖν αὐτῷ· ποῦ ἐστιν ὁ πατήρ σου; ἀπεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς· οὔτε ἐμὲ οἴδατε οὔτε τὸν πατέρα μου· εἰ ἐμὲ ᾔδειτε, καὶ τὸν πατέρα μου ἂν ᾔδειτε”.
“ἔλεγον”: third person, plural, imperfect, active, indicative verb meaning “they were saying”.
“οὖν”: coordinating inferential conjunction meaning “therefore”.
“αὐτῷ”: third person, personal, masculine, singular, dative pronoun meaning “to him”.
“ποῦ”: interrogative particle meaning “where”.
“ἐστιν”: second person, singular, present, indicative verb meaning “is”.
“ὁ”: masculine, singular, nominative article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.
“πατήρ”: masculine, singular, nominative noun meaning “Father”.
“σου”: second person, personal, singular, genitive pronoun meaning “your”.
“ἀπεκρίθη”: third person, singular, aorist, passive, indicative verb meaning “answered”.
“Ἰησοῦς”: masculine, singular, nominative, proper noun meaning “Jesus”.
“οὔτε”: coordinating correlative conjunction meaning “neither”.
“ἐμὲ”: first person, personal, singular, accusative pronoun meaning “me”.
“οἴδατε”: second person, plural, perfect, active, indicative verb meaning “you have known”.
“οὔτε”: coordinating correlative conjunction meaning “nor”.
“τὸν”: masculine, singular, accusative article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.
“πατέρα”: masculine, singular, accusative verb meaning “Father”.
“μου”: first person, personal, singular, genitive pronoun meaning “my”.
“εἰ”: subordinating conditional conjunction meaning “if”.
“ἐμὲ”: first person, personal, singular, accusative pronoun meaning “me”.
“ᾔδειτε”: second person, plural, pluperfect, active, indicative verb meaning “you had known”.
“καὶ”: coordinating conjunction meaning “also”.
“τὸν”: masculine, singular, accusative article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.
“πατέρα”: masculine, singular, accusative noun meaning “Father”.
“μου”: first person, personal, singular, genitive pronoun meaning “my”.
“ἂν”: particle meaning “ever”.
“ᾔδειτε”: second person, plural, pluperfect, active, indicative verb meaning “you had known”.
The meaning of this verse is,
Therefore they were saying to him, “Where is your father?” Jesus answered, “You have known neither me, nor my Father. If you had known me, ever also you had known my Father.”
ἔλεγον οὖν αὐτῷ· ποῦ ἐστιν ὁ πατήρ σου (John 8:19) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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