ὁ γὰρ ἄρτος τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστιν ὁ καταβαίνων ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ (John 6:33)

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Title:  For the Bread of God is the One Coming Down From Heaven

The text is, “ὁ γὰρ ἄρτος τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστιν ὁ καταβαίνων ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ζωὴν διδοὺς τῷ κόσμῳ”.

“ὁ”:  masculine, singular, nominative article meaning “the”.

“γὰρ”:  coordinating explanatory conjunction meaning “for”.

“ἄρτος”:  masculine, singular, nominative noun meaning “bread”.

“τοῦ”:  masculine, singular, genitive article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.

“θεοῦ”:  masculine, singular, genitive noun meaning “of God”.

“ἐστιν”:  third person, singular, present, indicative verb meaning “is”.

“ὁ”:  masculine, singular, nominative article meaning “the”.

“καταβαίνων”:  present, active, participial, masculine, singular, nominative verb meaning “one coming down”.

“ἐκ”:  preposition taking the genitive for its object word and meaning “from” or “out of”.

“τοῦ”:  masculine, singular, genitive article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.

“οὐρανοῦ”:  masculine, singular, genitive noun meaning “heaven”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“ζωὴν”  feminine, singular, accusative noun meaning “life”.

“διδοὺς”:  present, active, participial, masculine, singular, nominative verb meaning “giving”.

“τῷ”:  masculine, singular, dative article meaning “to the”.

“κόσμῳ”:  masculine, singular, dative noun meaning “world”.

The meaning of this verse is,

For the bread of God is the one coming down out of heaven, and giving life to the world.

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