Εἶπον οὖν αὐτῷ (John 6:30)

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Title:  So They Said to Him

The text is, “Εἶπον οὖν αὐτῷ· τί οὖν ποιεῖς σὺ σημεῖον, ἵνα ἴδωμεν καὶ πιστεύσωμέν σοι; τί ἐργάζῃ”.

“Εἶπον”:  third person, plural, aorist, active, indicative verb meaning “they said”.

“οὖν”:  coordinating inferential conjunction meaning “so”.

“αὐτῷ”:  third person, personal, masculine, singular, dative pronoun meaning “to him”.

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

“οὖν”:  coordinating inferential conjunction meaning “then”.

“ποιεῖς”:  second person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning “do”.

“σὺ”:  second person, personal, singular, nominative pronoun meaning “you”.

“σημεῖον”:  neuter, singular, accusative noun meaning “sign”.

“ἵνα”:  subordinating purposive conjunction meaning “so that” or “that”.

“ἴδωμεν”:  first person, plural, aorist, active, subjunctive verb meaning “we might see”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“πιστεύσωμέν”:  first person, plural, aorist, active, subjunctive verb meaning “we might believe”.

“σοι”:  second person, personal, singular, dative pronoun meaning “you”.

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

“ἐργάζῃ”:  second person, singular, present, middle, indicative verb meaning “do you work”.

The meaning of this verse is,

So they said to him, “Then what sign do you that we might see and we might believe you.  What do you work?”

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