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Title: The Thief Comes Not Except So That He Might Steal
The text is, “ὁ κλέπτης οὐκ ἔρχεται εἰ μὴ ἵνα κλέψῃ καὶ θύσῃ καὶ ἀπολέσῃ· ἐγὼ ἦλθον ἵνα ζωὴν ἔχωσιν καὶ περισσὸν ἔχωσιν”.
“ὁ”: masculine, singular, nominative article meaning “the”.
“κλέπτης”: masculine, singular, nominative noun meaning “thief”.
“οὐκ”: negative particle meaning “not”.
“ἔρχεται”: third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning “comes”.
“εἰ”: subordinating conditional conjunction; see the next word for the combined meaning.
“μὴ”: negative particle, in combination with the previous word meaning “except”.
“ἵνα”: subordinating purposive conjunction meaning “so that”.
“κλέψῃ”: third person, singular, aorist, active, subjunctive verb meaning “he might steal”.
“καὶ”: coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.
“θύσῃ”: third person, singular, aorist, active, subjunctive verb meaning “he might kill”.
“καὶ”: coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.
“ἀπολέσῃ”: third person, singular, aorist, active, subjunctive verb meaning “he might destroy utterly”.
“ἐγὼ”: first person, personal, singular, nominative pronoun meaning “I”.
“ἦλθον”: first person, singular, aorist, active, indicative verb meaning “came”.
“ἵνα”: subordinating purposive conjunction meaning “so that”.
“ζωὴν”: feminine, singular, accusative noun meaning “life”.
“ἔχωσιν”: third person, plural, present, active, subjunctive verb meaning “they might have”.
“καὶ”: coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.
“περισσὸν”: adverb meaning “in full abundance”.
“ἔχωσιν”: third person, plural, present, active, subjunctive verb meaning “they might have”.
The meaning of this verse is,
The thief comes not except so that he might steal, and he might kill, and he might destroy utterly; I came so that they might have life, and they might have in full abundance.”
ὁ κλέπτης οὐκ ἔρχεται εἰ μὴ ἵνα κλέψῃ (John 10:10) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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