ὃν γὰρ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ θεὸς τὰ ῥήματα τοῦ θεοῦ λαλεῖ (John 3:34)

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Title: For Whom God Has Sent Speaks the Words of God

The text is, “ὃν γὰρ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ θεὸς τὰ ῥήματα τοῦ θεοῦ λαλεῖ, οὐ γὰρ ἐκ μέτρου δίδωσιν τὸ πνεῦμα.”

ὃν -> masculine, singular, accusative, demonstrative, relative pronoun -> whom

γὰρ -> explanatory coordinating conjunction -> for

ἀπέστειλεν -> third person, singular, aorist, active, indicative verb -> has sent

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

θεὸς -> masculine, singular, nominative noun -> God

τὰ -> neuter, plural, accusative article -> the

ῥήματα -> neuter, plural, accusative noun -> words

τοῦ -> masculine, singular, genitive article -> the NRIEH

θεοῦ -> masculine, singular, genitive noun -> of God

λαλεῖ -> third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb -> speaks

οὐ -> negative particle -> without

γὰρ -> explanatory coordinating conjunction -> for

ἐκ -> preposition taking the genitive for its object word -> from NRIEH

μέτρου -> neuter, singular, genitive noun -> measure

δίδωσιν -> third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb -> he gives

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

πνεῦμα -> neuter, singular, accusative noun -> Spirit

The meaning of this verse is,

For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure .”

**NRIEH:  For the sake of clarity the word is translated into English, but to avoid such odd constructions as applying a definite article (“the”) to a substantive sufficiently determined by its being a proper noun, or by the use of a qualifier other than the definite article. An example would be the basic translation “Peter said to the Jesus”; the word “the” is completely unnecessary. There are many examples of this in the New Testament. The designation NRIEH is equivalent to “Not Rendered Into English Here”.

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