The estimated reading time for this post is 58 seconds
Title: And I Knew that His Commandment is Eternal Life,
The text is, “καὶ οἶδα ὅτι ἡ ἐντολὴ αὐτοῦ ζωὴ αἰώνιός ἐστιν ἃ οὖν ἐγὼ λαλῶ, καθὼς εἴρηκέν μοι ὁ πατήρ οὕτως λαλῶ”.
“καὶ”: coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.
“οἶδα”: first person, singular, perfect, active, indicative verb meaning “I knew”.
“ὅτι”: subordinating complementary conjunction meaning “that”.
“ἡ”: feminine, singular, nominative article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.
“ἐντολὴ”: feminine, singular, nominative noun meaning “commandment”.
“αὐτοῦ”: third person, personal, masculine, singular, genitive pronoun meaning “his”.
“ζωὴ”: feminine, singular, nominative noun meaning “life”.
“αἰώνιός”: feminine, singular, nominative adjective meaning “eternal”.
“ἐστιν”: third person, singular, present, indicative verb meaning “is”.
“ἃ”: neuter, plural, accusative, definite, relative pronoun meaning “what”.
“οὖν”: coordinating inferential conjunction meaning “therefore”.
“ἐγὼ”: first person, personal, singular, nominative pronoun meaning “I”.
“λαλῶ”: first person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning “say”.
“καθὼς”: subordinating comparative conjunction meaning “just as”.
“εἴρηκέν”: third person, singular, perfect, active, indicative verb meaning “told”.
“μοι”: first person, personal, singular, dative pronoun meaning “me”.
“ὁ”: masculine, singular, nominative article meaning “the”.
“πατήρ”: masculine, singular, nominative noun meaning “Father”.
“οὕτως”: demonstrative adverb meaning “in this way”.
“λαλῶ”: first person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning “I speak”.
The meaning of this verse is,
And I knew that his commandment is eternal life. Therefore, what I say, just as the Father told me, I speak in this way.”
καὶ οἶδα ὅτι ἡ ἐντολὴ αὐτοῦ ζωὴ αἰώνιός (John 12:50) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recent Comments