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Title -> Then the Jews Said
The text is, εἶπαν οὖν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοιc· τεσσεράκοντα καὶ ἓξ ἔτεσιν οἰκοδομήθη ὁ ναὸς οὗτος, καὶ σὺ ἐν τρισὶν ἡμέραις ἐγερεῖς αὐτόν
εἶπαν -> third person, plural, aorist, active, indicative verb -> said
οὖν -> coordinating conjunction of inference -> so
οἱ -> masculine, plural, nominative article -> the
Ἰουδαῖοι -> masculine, plural, nominative, proper adjective -> Jews
τεσσεράκοντα -> neutral, plural, dative, cardinal adjective -> forty
καὶ -> coordinating conjunction -> and
ἓξ -> neuter, plural, dative, cardinal adjective -> six
ἔτεσιν -> neuter, plural, dative noun -> years
οἰκοδομήθη -> third person, singular, aorist, passive, indicative verb -> was built
ὁ -> masculine, singular, nominative article -> the NRIEH**
ναὸς -> masculine, singular, nominative noun -> temple
οὗτος -> masculine, singular, nominative, demonstrative pronoun -> this
καὶ -> coordinating conjunction -> and
σὺ -> second person, personal, singular, nominative pronoun -> you
ἐν -> preposition taking the dative for its object word -> in
τρισὶν -> feminine, plural, dative, cardinal adjective -> three
ἡμέραις -> feminine, plural, dative noun -> days
ἐγερεῖς -> second person, singular, future, active, indicative verb -> will raise up
αὐτόν -> third person, personal, masculine, singular, accusative pronoun -> it
The -> of this verse is,
So the Jews said, ‘Forty and six years was built this temple, and you will raise it up in three days?’”
**NRIEH: For the sake of clarity the word is translated into English, but to avoid such odd constructions as applying a definite article (“the”) to a substantive sufficiently determined by its being a proper noun, or by the use of a qualifier other than the definite article. An example would be the basic translation “Peter said to the Jesus”; the word “the” is completely unnecessary. There are many examples of this in the New Testament. The designation NRIEH is equivalent to “Not Rendered Into English Here”.
εἶπαν οὖν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι (John 2:20) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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