εἱστήκεισαν δὲ οἱ δοῦλοι καὶ οἱ ὑπηρέται ἀνθρακιὰν πεποιηκότες (John 18:18)

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Title:  Now the Servants and the Officers Had Been Making a Heap ofLive Coals

The text is, “εἱστήκεισαν δὲ οἱ δοῦλοι καὶ οἱ ὑπηρέται ἀνθρακιὰν πεποιηκότες ὅτι ψῦχος ἦν καὶ ἐθερμαίνοντο ἦν δὲ καὶ ὁ Πέτρος μετ’ αὐτῶν ἑστὼς καὶ θερμαινόμενος”.

εἱστήκεισαν -> third person, plural, pluperfect, active, indicative verb -> standing

δὲ -> coordinating conjunction -> now

οἱ -> masculine, plural, nominative article -> the

δοῦλοι -> masculine, plural, nominative noun -> servants

καὶ -> coordinating additive conjunction ->and

οἱ -> masculine, plural, nominative article -> the

ὑπηρέται ->masculine, plural, nominative noun -> officers

ἀνθρακιὰν -> feminine, singular, accusative noun ->a heap of live coals

πεποιηκότες -> perfect, active, participial, masculine, plural, nominative verb – >had been making

ὅτι -> subordinating causative conjunction -> because

ψῦχος -> neuter, singular, nominative noun -> cold

ἦν -> third person, singular, imperfect, indicative verb -> it was

καὶ -> coordinating additive conjunction -> and

ἐθερμαίνοντο -> third person, plural, imperfect, active, indicative verb -> warming themselves

ἦν -> third person, singular, imperfect, indicative verb -> was

δὲ -> coordinating conjunction -> now

καὶ -> adverb -> also

ὁ -> masculine, singular, nominative article -> the NRIEH

Πέτρος -> masculine, singular, nominative, proper noun -> Peter

μετ’ -> preposition taking the genitive for its object word -> with

αὐτῶν -> third person, personal, masculine, plural, genitive pronoun -> them

ἑστὼς -> perfect, active, participial, masculine, singular,nominative verb -> was standing

καὶ -> coordinating conjunction -> and

θερμαινόμενος -> present, middle, participial, masculine, singular,nominative verb -> warming himself  ·         

The meaning of this verse is,

Now the servants and the officers had been making a heap of live coals because it was cold and were standing and warming themselves.  Now Peter was standing with them and was warming himself.

εἱστήκεισαν δὲ οἱ δοῦλοι καὶ οἱ ὑπηρέται ἀνθρακιὰν πεποιηκότες (John 18:18) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.