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Title: I am the Good Shepherd and I Know My Own
The text is, “Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ποιμὴν ὁ καλὸς καὶ γινώσκω τὰ ἐμὰ καὶ γινώσκουσίν με τὰ ἐμά”.
“Ἐγώ”: first person, personal, singular, nominative pronoun meaning “I”.
“εἰμι”: first person, singular, present, indicative verb meaning “am”.
“ὁ”: masculine, singular, nominative article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.
“ποιμὴν”: masculine, singular, nominative noun meaning “shepherd”
“ὁ”: masculine, singular, nominative article meaning “the”.
“καλὸς”: masculine, singular, nominative adjective meaning “good”.
“καὶ”: coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.
“γινώσκω”: first person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning “I know”.
“τὰ”: neuter, plural, accusative article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.
“ἐμὰ”: neuter, plural, accusative, possessive adjective meaning “my own”.
“καὶ”: coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.
“γινώσκουσίν”: third person, plural, present, active, indicative verb meaning “know”.
“με”: first person, personal, singular, accusative pronoun meaning “me”.
“τὰ”: neuter, plural, nominative article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.
“ἐμά”: neuter, plural, nominative, possessive adjective meaning “my own”.
The meaning of this verse is,
I am the good shepherd, and I know my own, and my own know me,”
Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ποιμὴν ὁ καλὸς καὶ γινώσκω τὰ ἐμὰ καὶ γινώσκουσίν με τὰ ἐμά (John 10:14) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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