Title: Therefore the Jews Sought Him in the Festival
The text is, “οἱ οὖν Ἰουδαῖοι ἐζήτουν αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ καὶ ἔλεγον· ποῦ ἐστιν ἐκεῖνος”.
“οἱ”: masculine, plural, nominative article meaning “the”.
“οὖν”: coordinating inferential conjunction meaning “therefore”.
“Ἰουδαῖοι”: masculine, plural, nominative noun meaning “Jews”.
“ἐζήτουν”: third person, plural, imperfect, active, indicative verb meaning “did seek”.
“αὐτὸν”: third person, personal, masculine, singular, accusative pronoun meaning “him”.
“ἐν”: preposition taking the dative for its object word and meaning “in”.
“τῇ”: feminine, singular, dative article meaning “the”.
“ἑορτῇ”: feminine, singular, dative noun meaning “festival”.
“καὶ”: coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.
“ἔλεγον”: third person, plural, imperfect, active, indicative verb meaning “saying”.
“ποῦ”: interrogative particle meaning “where”.
“ἐστιν”: third person, singular, present, indicative verb meaning “is”.
“ἐκεῖνος”: masculine, singular, nominative, demonstrative pronoun meaning “he”.
The meaning of this verse is,
Therefore the Jews did seek him in the festival, saying, “Where is he?”
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