καὶ ἐλοιδόρησαν αὐτὸν (John 9:28)

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Title:  And They Reviled Him

The text is, “καὶ ἐλοιδόρησαν αὐτὸν καὶ εἶπον σὺ μαθητὴς εἶ ἐκείνου ἡμεῖς δὲ τοῦ Μωϋσέως ἐσμὲν μαθηταί”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“ἐλοιδόρησαν”:  third person, plural, aorist, active, indicative verb meaning “they reviled”.

“αὐτὸν”:  third person, personal, masculine, singular, accusative pronoun meaning “him”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

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

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

“μαθητὴς”:  third person, masculine, singular, nominative noun meaning “disciple”.

“εἶ”:  second person, singular, present, indicative verb meaning “are”.

“ἐκείνου”: masculine, singular, genitive, demonstrative pronoun meaning “his”.

“ἡμεῖς”:  first person, personal, plural, nominative pronoun meaning “we”.

“δὲ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “but”.

“τοῦ”:  masculine, singular, genitive article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.

“Μωϋσέως”:  third person, masculine singular, genitive, proper noun meaning “of Moses”.

“ἐσμὲν”:  first person, plural, present, indicative verb meaning “are”.

“μαθηταί”:  masculine, plural, nominative noun meaning “disciples”.

The meaning of this verse is,

And they reviled him, and said, “You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.”

 

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