καὶ θεωρεῖ δύο ἀγγέλους ἐν λευκοῖς καθεζομένους, ἕνα πρὸς τῇ κεφαλῇ καὶ ἕνα πρὸς τοῖς ποσίν (John 19:12)

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Title:  And Saw Two Angels in White, Having Sat, One at the Head and One at the Feet

The text is, “καὶ θεωρεῖ δύο ἀγγέλους ἐν λευκοῖς καθεζομένους, ἕνα πρὸς τῇ κεφαλῇ καὶ ἕνα πρὸς τοῖς ποσίν, ὅπου ἔκειτο τὸ σῶμα τοῦ Ἰησοῦ.

καὶ -> coordinating conjunction -> and

θεωρεῖ -> third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb -> sees CER* saw

δύο -> masculine, plural, accusative, cardinal adjective -> two

ἀγγέλους -> masculine, plural, accusative noun -> angels

ἐν -> preposition taking the dative for its object word -> in

λευκοῖς -> neuter, plural, dative adjective -> white

καθεζομένους -> present, middle, participial, masculine, plural, accusative verb -> sitting CER having sat

ἕνα -> masculine, singular, accusative, cardinal adjective -> one

πρὸς -> preposition taking the dative for its object word -> at

τῇ -> feminine, singular, dative article -> the

κεφαλῇ -> feminine, singular, dative noun -> head

καὶ -> coordinating additive conjunction -> and

ἕνα -> masculine, singular, accusative, cardinal adjective -> one

πρὸς -> preposition taking the dative for its object word -> at

τοῖς ->masculine, plural, dative article -> the

ποσίν -> masculine, plural, dative noun -> feet

ὅπου -> adverb of place -> where

ἔκειτο -> third person, plural, imperfect, middle, indicative verb -> they had laid

τὸ -> neuter, singular, nominative article -> the

σῶμα -> neuter, singular, nominative -> body

τοῦ -> masculine, singular, genitive article -> the NRIEH**

Ἰησοῦ -> masculine, singular, genitive, proper noun -> of Jesus

The meaning of this verse is,

And saw two angels in white, having sat, one at the head and one at the feet where they had laid the body of Jesus.

*CER:  indicates a non-literal, but good translation.  In the first example here, the verb “θεωρεῖ” is present tense, which in the indicative mood often can be rendered in the aorist tense, since it expresses linear action not in the present but at some point in the past.  The designation CER is equivalent to “Contextual English Rendering”.

*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”.

καὶ θεωρεῖ δύο ἀγγέλους ἐν λευκοῖς καθεζομένους, ἕνα πρὸς τῇ κεφαλῇ καὶ ἕνα πρὸς τοῖς ποσίν (John 19:12) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.