ἦλθεν δὲ καὶ Νικόδημος ὁ ἐλθὼν πρὸς αὐτὸν νυκτὸς τὸ πρῶτον (John 19:39)

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Title: And Also Came Nicodemus the One Having Come Earlier to Him at Night

The text is, “ἦλθεν δὲ καὶ Νικόδημος ὁ ἐλθὼν πρὸς αὐτὸν νυκτὸς τὸ πρῶτον φέρων μίγμα σμύρνης καὶ ἀλόης ὡς λίτρας ἑκατόν”.

ἦλθεν -> third person, singular, aorist, indicative verb -> came’

δὲ -> coordinating conjunction -> and

καὶ -> adverb -> also

Νικόδημος -> masculine, singular, nominative, proper noun -> Nicodemus

ὁ -> masculine, singular, nominative article -> the

ἐλθὼν -> aorist, active, participial, masculine, singular, nominative verb -> one having come

πρὸς -> preposition taking the accusative for its object word -> to

αὐτὸν -> third person, personal, masculine, singular, accusative pronoun -> him

νυκτὸς -> feminine, singular, genitive noun -> at night

τὸ -> neuter, singular, accusative article -> the NRIEH

πρῶτον -> adverb -> earlier

φέρων -> present, active, participial, masculine, singular, nominative verb -> bringing

μίγμα -> neuter, singular, accusative noun -> a mixture

σμύρνης -> feminine, singular, genitive noun -> of myrrh

καὶ -> coordinating additive conjunction -> and

ἀλόης -> feminine, singular, genitive noun -> aloes

ὡς -> indefinite particle -> about

λίτρας -> feminine, plural, accusative noun -> Roman pounds

ἑκατόν -> feminine, plural, accusative, cardinal adjective -> seventy -five

The meaning of this verse is,

And also came Nicodemus, the one having come earlier to him at night, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five Roman pounds.

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