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Title: But How He Now Sees, We Do Not Know
The text is, “πῶς δὲ νῦν βλέπει οὐκ οἴδαμεν, ἢ τίς ἤνοιξεν αὐτοῦ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἡμεῖς οὐκ οἴδαμεν· αὐτὸν ἐρωτήσατε, ἡλικίαν ἔχει, αὐτὸς περὶ ἑαυτοῦ λαλήσει”.
“πῶς”: interrogative particle meaning “how”.
“δὲ”: coordinating conjunction meaning “but”.
“νῦν”: temporal adverb meaning “now”.
“βλέπει”: third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning “he sees”.
“οὐκ”: negative particle meaning “not”.
“οἴδαμεν”: first person, plural, perfect, active, indicative verb meaning “we do know”.
“ἢ”: particle meaning “or”.
“τίς”: masculine, singular, nominative, interrogative pronoun meaning “who”
“ἤνοιξεν”: third person, singular, aorist, active, indicative verb meaning “opened”.
“αὐτοῦ”: third person, personal, masculine, singular, genitive pronoun meaning “his”.
“τοὺς”: masculine, plural, accusative article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.
“ὀφθαλμοὺς”: masculine, plural, accusative noun meaning “eyes”.
“ἡμεῖς”: first person, personal, plural, nominative pronoun meaning “we”.
“οὐκ”: negative particle meaning “not”.
“οἴδαμεν”: first person, plural, perfect active, indicative verb meaning “do know”.
“αὐτὸν”: third person, personal, masculine, singular, accusative pronoun meaning “him”.
“ἐρωτήσατε”: second person, plural, aorist, active, imperative verb meaning “you ask”.
“ἡλικίαν”: feminine, singular, accusative noun meaning “of age”.
“ἔχει”: third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning “he is”.
“αὐτὸς”: third person, personal, masculine, singular, nominative pronoun meaning “he”.
“περὶ”: preposition taking the genitive for its object word and meaning “concerning” or “about”.
“ἑαυτοῦ”: third person, masculine, singular, genitive, reflexive pronoun meaning “himself”.
“λαλήσει”: third person, singular, future, active, indicative verb meaning “will speak”.
The meaning of this verse is,
but how he now sees, we do not know, or who opened his eyes, we do not know; you ask him–he is of age. He will speak concerning himself.”
πῶς δὲ νῦν βλέπει οὐκ οἴδαμεν (John 9:21) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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