ὅτι ἐγὼ ἐξ ἐμαυτοῦ οὐκ ἐλάλησα (John 12:49)

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Title:  For I Out of Myself Did Not Speak

The text is, “ὅτι ἐγὼ ἐξ ἐμαυτοῦ οὐκ ἐλάλησα, ἀλλ’ ὁ πέμψας με πατὴρ αὐτός μοι ἐντολὴν δέδωκεν τί εἴπω καὶ τί λαλήσω”.

“ὅτι”:  subordinating causative conjunction meaning “because”, “that”, or “for”.

“ἐγὼ”:  first person, personal, singular, nominative pronoun meaning “I”.

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

“ἐμαυτοῦ”:  first person, masculine, singular, genitive, reflexive pronoun meaning “myself”.

“οὐκ”:  negative particle meaning “not”.

“ἐλάλησα”:  first person, singular, aorist, active, indicative verb meaning “did speak”.

“ἀλλ’”:  coordinating adversative conjunction meaning “but”.

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

“πέμψας”:  aorist, active, participial, masculine, singular, nominative verb meaning “one sending”.

“με”:  first person, personal, singular, accusative pronoun meaning “me”.

“πατὴρ”:  masculine, singular, nominative noun meaning “the father”.

“αὐτός”:  masculine, singular, nominative, personal, intensifying pronoun meaning “himself”.

“μοι”:  first person, personal, singular, dative pronoun meaning “to me”.

“ἐντολὴν”:  feminine, singular, accusative noun meaning “a commandment”.

“δέδωκεν”:  third person, singular, perfect, active, indicative verb meaning “did give”.

“τί”:  neuter, singular, accusative, interrogative pronoun meaning “what”.

“εἴπω”:  first person, singular, aorist, active, subjunctive verb meaning “I should say”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“τί”:  neuter, singular, accusative, interrogative pronoun meaning “what”.

“λαλήσω”:  first person, singular, aorist, active, subjunctive verb meaning “I should speak”.

The meaning of this verse is,

For I out of myself did not speak, but the one sending me, the Father himself, did give a commandment to me, what I should say, and what I should speak.

ὅτι ἐγὼ ἐξ ἐμαυτοῦ οὐκ ἐλάλησα (John 12:49) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.