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Title: Therefore Because of This
The text is, “διὰ τοῦτο οὖν μᾶλλον ἐζήτουν αὐτὸν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι ἀποκτεῖναι, ὅτι οὐ μόνον ἔλυεν τὸ σάββατον, ἀλλὰ καὶ πατέρα ἴδιον ἔλεγεν τὸν θεὸν ἴσον ἑαυτὸν ποιῶν τῷ θεῷ”.
“διὰ”: preposition taking the accusative for its object word and meaning “because of”.
“τοῦτο”: neuter, singular, accusative, demonstrative pronoun meaning “this”.
“οὖν”: coordinating inferential conjunction meaning “therefore”.
“μᾶλλον”: comparative adverb meaning “more”.
“ἐζήτουν”: third person, plural, imperfect, active, indicative verb meaning “were seeking”.
“αὐτὸν”: third person, personal, masculine, singular, accusative pronoun meaning “him”.
“οἱ”: masculine, plural, nominative article meaning “the”.
“Ἰουδαῖοι”: masculine, plural, nominative noun meaning “Jews”.
“ἀποκτεῖναι”: aorist, active, infinitive verb meaning “to kill”.
“ὅτι”: subordinating conjunction meaning “because”.
“οὐ”: negative particle meaning “not”.
“μόνον”: adverb meaning “only”.
“ἔλυεν”: third person, singular, imperfect, active, indicative verb meaning “he was breaking”.
“τὸ”: neuter, singular, accusative article meaning “the”.
“σάββατον”: neuter, singular, accusative noun meaning “sabbath”.
“ἀλλὰ”: coordinating adversative conjunction meaning “but”.
“καὶ” coordinating conjunction meaning “also”.
“πατέρα”: masculine, singular, accusative noun meaning “Father”.
“ἴδιον”: masculine, singular, accusative adjective meaning “his”.
“ἔλεγεν”: third person, singular, imperfect, active, indicative verb meaning “he was calling”.
“τὸν”: masculine, singular, accusative article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.
“θεὸν”: masculine, singular, accusative noun meaning “God”.
“ἴσον”: masculine, singular, accusative adjective meaning “equal”.
“ἑαυτὸν”: third person, masculine, accusative, reflexive pronoun meaning “himself”.
“ποιῶν”: present, active, participial, masculine, singular, nominative verb meaning “makes”.
“τῷ”: masculine, singular, dative article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.
“θεῷ”: masculine, singular, dative noun meaning “to God”.
The meaning of this verse is,
Therefore, because of this, the Jews were seeking to kill him more, because not only was he breaking the sabbath, but also he was calling God his Father, makes himself equal to God.
διὰ τοῦτο οὖν (John 5:18) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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