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Title: And Also Came Nicodemus the One Having Come Earlier to Him at Night
The text is, “ἦλθεν δὲ καὶ Νικόδημος ὁ ἐλθὼν πρὸς αὐτὸν νυκτὸς τὸ πρῶτον φέρων μίγμα σμύρνης καὶ ἀλόης ὡς λίτρας ἑκατόν”.
ἦλθεν -> third person, singular, aorist, indicative verb -> came’
δὲ -> coordinating conjunction -> and
καὶ -> adverb -> also
Νικόδημος -> masculine, singular, nominative, proper noun -> Nicodemus
ὁ -> masculine, singular, nominative article -> the
ἐλθὼν -> aorist, active, participial, masculine, singular, nominative verb -> one having come
πρὸς -> preposition taking the accusative for its object word -> to
αὐτὸν -> third person, personal, masculine, singular, accusative pronoun -> him
νυκτὸς -> feminine, singular, genitive noun -> at night
τὸ -> neuter, singular, accusative article -> the NRIEH
πρῶτον -> adverb -> earlier
φέρων -> present, active, participial, masculine, singular, nominative verb -> bringing
μίγμα -> neuter, singular, accusative noun -> a mixture
σμύρνης -> feminine, singular, genitive noun -> of myrrh
καὶ -> coordinating additive conjunction -> and
ἀλόης -> feminine, singular, genitive noun -> aloes
ὡς -> indefinite particle -> about
λίτρας -> feminine, plural, accusative noun -> Roman pounds
ἑκατόν -> feminine, plural, accusative, cardinal adjective -> seventy -five
The meaning of this verse is,
And also came Nicodemus, the one having come earlier to him at night, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five Roman pounds.
ἦλθεν δὲ καὶ Νικόδημος ὁ ἐλθὼν πρὸς αὐτὸν νυκτὸς τὸ πρῶτον (John 19:39) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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