καὶ ἔλεγεν διὰ τοῦτο εἴρηκα ὑμῖν (John 6:65)

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Title:  And He Said, “Because of This I Told You”

The text is, “καὶ ἔλεγεν· διὰ τοῦτο εἴρηκα ὑμῖν ὅτι οὐδεὶς δύναται ἐλθεῖν πρός με ἐὰν μὴ ᾖ δεδομένον αὐτῷ ἐκ τοῦ πατρός”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“ἔλεγεν”:  third person, singular, imperfect, active, indicative verb meaning “he said”.

“διὰ”:  preposition taking the accusative for its object word and meaning “because of”.

“τοῦτο”:  neuter, singular, accusative, demonstrative pronoun meaning “this”.

“εἴρηκα”:  first person, singular, perfect, active, indicative verb meaning “I told”.

“ὑμῖν”:  second person, personal, plural, dative pronoun meaning “you”.

“ὅτι”:  subordinating conjunction meaning “that”.

“οὐδεὶς”:  masculine, singular, nominative adjective meaning “no one”.

“δύναται”:  third person, singular, present, passive, indicative verb meaning “is able”.

“ἐλθεῖν”:  third person, singular, aorist, active, infinitive verb meaning “to come”.

“πρός”:  preposition taking the accusative for its object word and meaning “to”.

“με”:  first person, personal, singular, accusative pronoun meaning “me”.

“ἐὰν”:  subordinating conjunction meaning “unless”.

“μὴ”:  negative particle meaning “not”.

“ᾖ”:  third person, singular, present, subjunctive verb meaning “it is”.

“δεδομένον”:  perfect, passive, participial, neuter, singular, nominative verb meaning “had been being granted”.

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

“ἐκ”:  preposition taking the genitive for its object word and meaning “of”, “from”, or “by”.

“τοῦ”:  masculine, singular, genitive article meaning “the”.

“πατρός”:  masculine, singular, genitive noun meaning “Father”.

The meaning of this verse is,

Because of this I told you that no one is able to come to me, not unless it had been being granted by the Father.

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