ὁ ὢν ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ τὰ ῥήματα τοῦ θεοῦ ἀκούει (John 8:47)

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Title:  The One Being From God Hears the Words God

The text is, “ὁ ὢν ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ τὰ ῥήματα τοῦ θεοῦ ἀκούει· διὰ τοῦτο ὑμεῖς οὐκ ἀκούετε, ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ οὐκ ἐστέ”.

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

“ὢν”:  present, active, participial, masculine, singular, nominative verb meaning “being”.

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

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

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

“τὰ”:  neuter, plural, accusative article meaning “the”.

“ῥήματα”:  neuter, plural, accusative noun meaning “words”.

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

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

“ἀκούει”:  third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning “hears”.

“διὰ”:  preposition taking the accusative for its object word and meaning “because of”.

“τοῦτο”:  neuter, singular, accusative, demonstrative pronoun meaning “this”.

“ὑμεῖς”:  second person, personal, plural, nominative pronoun meaning “you”.

“οὐκ”:  negative particle meaning “not”.

“ἀκούετε”:  second person, plural, present, active, indicative verb meaning “do hear”.

“ὅτι”:  subordinating causative conjunction meaning “because”.

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

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

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

“οὐκ”:  negative particle meaning “not”.

“ἐστέ”:  second person, plural, present, indicative verb meaning “you are”.

The meaning of this verse is,

The one being from God hears the words of God; because of this you do not hear, because you are not from God.”

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