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ἡ γὰρ σάρξ μου ἀληθής ἐστιν βρῶσις (John 6:55)

Title:  For My Flesh is True Food

The text is, “ἡ γὰρ σάρξ μου ἀληθής ἐστιν βρῶσις, καὶ τὸ αἷμά μου ἀληθής ἐστιν πόσις”.

“ἡ”:  feminine, singular, nominative article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.

“γὰρ”:  coordinating explanatory conjunction meaning “for”.

“σάρξ”: feminine, singular, nominative noun meaning “flesh”.

“μου”:  first person, personal, singular, genitive pronoun meaning “my”.

“ἀληθής”:  feminine, singular, nominative adjective meaning “true”.

“ἐστιν”:  third person, singular, present, indicative verb meaning “is”.

“βρῶσις”:  feminine, singular, nominative noun meaning “food”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“τὸ”:  neuter, singular, nominative article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.

“αἷμά”:  neuter, singular, nominative  noun meaning “blood”.

“μου”:  first person, personal, singular, genitive pronoun meaning “my”.

“ἀληθής”:  feminine, singular, nominative adjective meaning “true”.

“ἐστιν”:  third person, singular, present, indicative verb meaning “is”.

“πόσις”:  feminine, singular, nominative noun meaning “drink”.

The meaning of this verse is,

For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.”

ὁ τρώγων μου τὴν σάρκα καὶ πίνων μου τὸ αἷμα (John 6:54)

Title:  The One Eating My Flesh and Drinking My Blood

The text is, “ὁ τρώγων μου τὴν σάρκα καὶ πίνων μου τὸ αἷμα ἔχει ζωὴν αἰώνιον, κἀγὼ ἀναστήσω αὐτὸν τῇ ἐσχάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ”.

“ὁ”:  masculine, singular, nominative article meaning “the”.

“τρώγων”:  present, active, participial, masculine, singular, nominative verb meaning “one eating”.

“μου”:  first person, personal, singular, genitive pronoun meaning “my”.

“τὴν”:  feminine, singular, accusative article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.

“σάρκα”:  feminine, singular, accusative noun meaning “flesh”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“πίνων”:  present, active, participial, masculine, singular, nominative verb meaning “drinking”.

“μου”:  first person, personal, singular, genitive pronoun meaning “my”.

“τὸ”:  neuter, singular, accusative article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.

“αἷμα”:  neuter, singular, accusative noun meaning “blood”.

“ἔχει”:  third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning “has”.

“ζωὴν”:  feminine, singular, accusative noun meaning “life”.

“αἰώνιον”:  feminine, singular, accusative adjective meaning “eternal”.

“κἀγὼ”:  crasis of “καὶ” (coordinating conjunction)  and “‘έγω” (first person, personal, singular, nominative pronoun), meaning “and I”.

“ἀναστήσω”:  first person, singular, future, active, indicative verb meaning “will raise up”.

“αὐτὸν”:  third person, personal, masculine, singular, accusative pronoun meaning “him”.

“τῇ”:  feminine, singular, dative article meaning “the”.

“ἐσχάτῃ”:  feminine, singular, dative adjective meaning “last”.

“ἡμέρᾳ”:  feminine, singular, dative noun meaning “day”.

The meaning of this verse is,

The one eating my flesh and drinking my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up the last day.”

εἶπεν οὖν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν (John 6:53)

Title:  Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you…”

The text is, “”εἶπεν οὖν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ἐὰν μὴ φάγητε τὴν σάρκα τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου καὶ πίητε αὐτοῦ τὸ αἷμα, οὐκ ἔχετε ζωὴν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς”.

“εἶπεν”:  third person, singular, aorist, active, indicative verb meaning “said”.

“οὖν”:  coordinating inferential conjunction meaning “then”.

“αὐτοῖς”:  third person, personal,masculine, plural, dative pronoun meaning “to them”.

“ὁ”:  masculine, singular, nominative article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.

“Ἰησοῦς”:  masculine, singular, nominative, proper noun meaning “Jesus”.

“ἀμὴν”:  Hebraicized particle meaning “truly”.

“ἀμὴν”:  Hebraicized particle meaning “truly”.

“λέγω”:  third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning “I say”.

“ὑμῖν”:  second person, personal, plural, dative pronoun meaning “to you”.

“ἐὰν”:  subordinating condition conjunction meaning “unless”.

“μὴ”:  negative particle meaning “not”.

“φάγητε”:  second person, plural, aorist, active, subjunctive verb meaning “you should eat”.

“τὴν”:  feminine, singular, accusative article meaning “the”.

“σάρκα”:  feminine, singular, accusative noun meaning “flesh”.

“τοῦ”:  masculine, singular, genitive article meaning “of the”.

“υἱοῦ”:  masculine, singular, genitive noun meaning “son”.

“τοῦ”:  masculine, singular, genitive article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.

“ἀνθρώπου”:  masculine, singular, genitive noun meaning “of man”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“πίητε”:  second person, plural, aorist, active, subjunctive verb meaning “should drink”.

“αὐτοῦ”:  third person, personal, masculine, singular, genitive pronoun meaning “his”.

“τὸ”:  neuter, singular, accusative article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.

“αἷμα”:  neuter, singular, accusative noun meaning “blood”.

“οὐκ”:  negative particle meaning “not”.

“ἔχετε”:  second person, plural, present, active, indicative verb meaning “have”.

“ζωὴν”:  feminine, singular, accusative noun meaning “life”.

“ἐν”  preposition taking the dative for its object word and meaning “in”.

“ἑαυτοῖς”:  masculine, plural, dative, reflexive pronoun meaning “them”.

The meaning of this verse is,

Then Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, ‘Unless you should eat the flesh of  the Son of Man, and should drink his blood, you do not have life in them.'”

“Ἐμάχοντο οὖν πρὸς ἀλλήλους οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι (John 6:52)

Title:  Then The Jews Were Disputing Among Themselves

The text is, “Ἐμάχοντο οὖν πρὸς ἀλλήλους οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι λέγοντες· πῶς δύναται οὗτος ἡμῖν δοῦναι τὴν σάρκα [αὐτοῦ] φαγεῖν”.

“Ἐμάχοντο”:  third person, plural, imperfect, middle, indicative verb meaning “were disputing”.

“οὖν”:  coordinating inferential conjunction meaning “then”.

“πρὸς”:  preposition taking the accusative for its object word and meaning “among”.

“ἀλλήλους”:  masculine, plural, accusative, reciprocal pronoun meaning “themselves”.

“οἱ”:  masculine, plural, nominative article meaning “the”.

“Ἰουδαῖοι”:  masculine, plural, nominative noun meaning “Jews”.

“λέγοντες”:  present, active, participial, masculine, plural, nominative verb meaning “saying”.

“πῶς”:  interrogative particle meaning “how”.

“δύναται”:  third person, singular, present, middle, indicative verb meaning “can”.

“οὗτος”:  masculine, singular, nominative, demonstrative pronoun meaning “this man”.

“ἡμῖν”:  first person, personal, plural, dative pronoun meaning “to us”.

“δοῦναι”:  aorist, active, infinitive verb meaning “to give”.

“τὴν”:  masculine, singular, accusative article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.

“σάρκα”:  masculine, singular, accusative noun meaning “flesh”.

“αὐτοῦ”:  third person, personal, masculine, singular, genitive pronoun meaning “his”.

“φαγεῖν”:  aorist, active, infinitive verb meaning “to eat”.

The meaning of this verse is,

Then the Jews were disputing among themselves, saying, “How can this man give to us his flesh to eat?”

ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ἄρτος ὁ ζῶν (John 6:51)

Title:  I am the Living Bread

The text is, “ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ἄρτος ὁ ζῶν ὁ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καταβάς· ἐάν τις φάγῃ ἐκ τούτου τοῦ ἄρτου ζήσει εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, καὶ ὁ ἄρτος δὲ ὃν ἐγὼ δώσω ἡ σάρξ μού ἐστιν ὑπὲρ τῆς τοῦ κόσμου ζωῆς”.

“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”.

“ἄρτος”:  masculine, singular, nominative noun meaning “bread”.

“ὁ”:  masculine, singular, nominative article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.

“ζῶν”:  present, active, participial, masculine, singular, nominative verb meaning “living”.

“ὁ”:  masculine, singular, nominative article meaning “the”.

“ἐκ”:  preposition taking the genitive for its object word and meaning “from” or “out of”.

“τοῦ”:  masculine, singular, genitive article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.

“οὐρανοῦ”:  masculine, singular, genitive noun meaning “heaven”.

“καταβάς”:  aorist, active, participial, masculine, singular, nominative verb meaning “descending”.

“ἐάν”:  subordinating conditional conjunction meaning “if”.

“τις”:  masculine, singular, nominative, indefinite pronoun meaning “one”.

“φάγῃ”:  third person, singular, aorist, active, subjunctive verb meaning “should eat”.

“ἐκ”:  preposition taking the genitive for its object word and meaning “of” or “from”.

“τούτου”:  masculine, singular, genitive, demonstrative pronoun meaning “this”.

“τοῦ”:  masculine, singular, genitive article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.

“ἄρτου”:  masculine, singular, genitive noun meaning “bread”.

“ζήσει”:  third person, singular, future, active, indicative verb meaning “he will live”.

“εἰς”:  preposition taking the accusative for its object word and meaning “into”.

“τὸν”:  masculine, singular, accusative article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here

“αἰῶνα”:  masculine, singular, accusative noun meaning “eternity”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“ὁ”:  masculine, singular, nominative article meaning “the”.

“ἄρτος”:  masculine, singular, nominative noun meaning “bread”.

“δὲ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “but”.

“ὃν”:  masculine, singular, accusative, definite, relative pronoun meaning “that”.

“ἐγὼ”:  first person, personal, singular, nominative pronoun meaning “I”.

“δώσω”:  first person, singular, future, active, indicative verb meaning “will give”.

“ἡ”:  feminine, singular, nominative article meaning “that”.

“σάρξ”:  feminine, singular, nominative noun meaning “flesh”.

“μού”:  first person, personal, singular, genitive pronoun meaning “my”.

“ἐστιν”:  third person, singular, present, indicative verb meaning “is”.

“ὑπὲρ”:  preposition taking the genitive for its object word and meaning “for”.

“τῆς”:  feminine, singular, genitive article meaning “the”.

“τοῦ”:  masculine, singular, genitive article meaning “of the”.

“κόσμου”:  masculine, singular, genitive noun meaning “world”.

“ζωῆς”:  feminine, singular, genitive noun meaning “life”.

The meaning of this verse is,

I am the living bread descending from heaven.  If one should eat of this bread, he will live into eternity, but the bread that I will give, that is my flesh for the life of the world.