ἔτρεχον δὲ οἱ δύο ὁμοῦ καὶ ὁ ἄλλος μαθητὴς προέδραμεν τάχιον τοῦ Πέτρου (John 20:4)

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Title:  Now the Two Ran Together and the Other Disciple Ran Quickly Ahead of Peter

The text is, “ἔτρεχον δὲ οἱ δύο ὁμοῦ καὶ ὁ ἄλλος μαθητὴς προέδραμεν τάχιον τοῦ Πέτρου καὶ ἦλθεν πρῶτος εἰς τὸ μνημεῖον”.

ἔτρεχον -> third person, plural, imperfect, active, indicative verb -> ran

δὲ -> coordinating inferential conjunction -> now

οἱ -> masculine, plural, nominative article -> the

 δύο -> masculine, plural, nominative, cardinal adjective -> two

ὁμοῦ -> adverb of place -> together

καὶ -> coordinating additive conjunction -> and

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

ἄλλο -> masculine, singular, nominative, demonstrative adjective -> other

μαθητὴς -> masculine, singular, nominative noun -> disciple

προέδραμεν -> third person, singular, aorist, active, indicative verb -> ran ahead

τάχιον -> comparative adverb -> quickly

τοῦ -> masculine, singular, genitive article -> the NRIEH

Πέτρου -> masculine, singular, genitive, proper noun -> of Peter

καὶ -> coordinating additive conjunction -> and

ἦλθεν -> third person, singular, aorist, active, indicative verb -> came

πρῶτος -> masculine, singular, nominative, ordinal adjective -> first

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

τὸ -> neuter, singular, accusative article -> the

μνημεῖον -> neuter, singular, accusative noun -> tomb

The meaning of this verse is,

Now the two ran together and the other disciple ran quickly ahead of Peter, and came first to the tomb.

ἔτρεχον δὲ οἱ δύο ὁμοῦ καὶ ὁ ἄλλος μαθητὴς προέδραμεν τάχιον τοῦ Πέτρου (John 20:4) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.