ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ Ἰησοῦς εἰ κακῶς ἐλάλησα μαρτύρησον περὶ τοῦ κακοῦ (John 18:23)

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Title:  Jesus Answered Him, “If I Spoke Wrongly, You Testify About the Wrong.”

The text is, “ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ Ἰησοῦ· εἰ κακῶς ἐλάλησα μαρτύρησον περὶ τοῦ κακοῦ εἰ δὲ καλῶς τί με δέρεις”.

ἀπεκρίθη -> third person, singular,aorist, passive, indicative verb -> answered

αὐτῷ -> third person, personal, masculine, singular, dative pronoun -> him

Ἰησοῦς -> masculine, singular, nominative, proper noun -> Jesus

εἰ -> coordinating conjunction -> if

κακῶς -> adverb -> wrongly

ἐλάλησα -> first person, singular, aorist, active, indicative verb -> I spoke

μαρτύρησον -> second person, singular, aorist, active, imperative verb -> you testify

περὶ -> preposition taking the genitive for its object word -> about

τοῦ -> neuter, singular, genitive article -> the

κακοῦ -> neuter, singular, genitive adjective -> wrong

εἰ -> coordinating conjunction -> if

δὲ -> coordinating conjunction -> but

καλῶς -> adverb -> with propriety

τί -> neuter, singular, accusative, interrogative pronoun -> why

με -> first person, personal, singular, accusative pronoun -> me

δέρεις -> second person, singular, present, active, indicative verb -> you do strike

The meaning of this verse is,

Jesus answered him, “If I spoke wrongly, you testify about the wrong, but if with propriety, why do you strike me?”

ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ Ἰησοῦς εἰ κακῶς ἐλάλησα μαρτύρησον περὶ τοῦ κακοῦ (John 18:23) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.