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ἀπεκρίθησαν καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ (John 9:34)

Title:  And They Answered and Said to Him

The text is, “ἀπεκρίθησαν καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ ἐν ἁμαρτίαις σὺ ἐγεννήθης ὅλος καὶ σὺ διδάσκεις ἡμᾶς καὶ ἐξέβαλον αὐτὸν ἔξω”.

“ἀπεκρίθησαν”:  third person, plural, aorist, active, indicative verb meaning “they answered”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“εἶπαν”:  third person, plural, aorist, active, indicative verb meaning “said”.

“αὐτῷ”:  third person, personal, masculine, singular, dative pronoun meaning “to him”.

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

“ἁμαρτίαις”:  feminine, plural, dative noun meaning “sins”.

“σὺ”:  second person, personal, singular, nominative pronoun meaning “you”.

“ἐγεννήθης”:  third person, singular, aorist, passive, indicative verb meaning “were born”.

“ὅλος”:  masculine, singular, nominative adjective meaning “entire”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“σὺ”:  second person, personal, singular, nominative pronoun meaning “you”.

“διδάσκεις”:  second person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning “do teach”.

“ἡμᾶς”:  first person, personal, plural, accusative pronoun meaning “us”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“ἐξέβαλον”:  third person, plural, aorist, active, indicative verb meaning “drove”.

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

“ἔξω”:  adverb of place meaning “out”.

The meaning of this verse is,

They answered and said to him, “You were born in entire sin, and do you teach us?”  And they drove him out.

εἰ μὴ ἦν οὗτος παρὰ θεοῦ (John 9:33)

Title:  If He Were Not From God

The text is, “εἰ μὴ ἦν οὗτος παρὰ θεοῦ, οὐκ ἠδύνατο ποιεῖν οὐδέν”.

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

“μὴ”:  negative particle meaning “not”.

“ἦν”:  third person, singular, imperfect, indicative verb meaning “were”.

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

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

“θεοῦ”:  masculine, singular, genitive noun meaning “God”.

“οὐκ”:  negative particle meaning “not”.

“ἠδύνατο”:  third person, singular, imperfect, passive, indicative verb meaning “he would have been able”.

“ποιεῖν”:  present, active, infinitive verb meaning “to do”.

“οὐδέν”:  neuter, singular, accusative, indefinite adjective meaning “nothing” (but as an intensifier of the earlier word meaning “not”) and rendered as “anything”.

The meaning of this verse is,

If he were not from God, he would not have been able to do anything.”

ἐκ τοῦ αἰῶνος οὐκ ἠκούσθη (John 9:32)

Title:  Never Since Eternity Was it Heard

The text is, “ἐκ τοῦ αἰῶνος οὐκ ἠκούσθη ὅτι ἠνέῳξέν τις ὀφθαλμοὺς τυφλοῦ γεγεννημένου”.

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

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

“αἰῶνος”:  masculine, singular, genitive noun meaning “eternity”.

“οὐκ”:  negative particle meaning “not”.

“ἠκούσθη”:  third person, singular, aorist, passive, indicative verb meaning “it was heard”.

“ὅτι”:  subordinating complementary conjunction meaning “that”.

“ἠνέῳξέν”:  third person, singular, aorist, active, indicative verb meaning “opened”.

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

“ὀφθαλμοὺς”:  masculine, plural, accusative noun meaning “eyes”.

“τυφλοῦ”:  masculine, singular, genitive adjective meaning “blind”.

“γεγεννημένου”:  perfect, passive, participial, masculine, singular, genitive verb meaning “of one having been born”.

The meaning of this verse is,

Not since eternity was it heard that anyone opened eyes of one having been born blind.”

οἴδαμεν ὅτι ἁμαρτωλῶν ὁ θεὸς οὐκ ἀκούει (John 9:31)

Title:  We Know that God Does Not Hear Sinners

The text is, “οἴδαμεν ὅτι ἁμαρτωλῶν ὁ θεὸς οὐκ ἀκούει, ἀλλ’ ἐάν τις θεοσεβὴς ᾖ καὶ τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ ποιῇ τούτου ἀκούει”.

“οἴδαμεν”:  first person, plural, perfect, active, indicative verb meaning “we know”.

“ὅτι”:  subordinating complementary conjunction meaning “that”.

“ἁμαρτωλῶν”:  masculine, plural, genitive adjective meaning “sinners”.

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

“θεὸς”:  masculine, singular, nominative noun meaning “God”.

“οὐκ”:  negative particle meaning “not”.

“ἀκούει”:  third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning “does hear”.

“ἀλλ’”:  coordinating adversative conjunction meaning “but”.

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

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

“θεοσεβὴς”:  masculine, singular, nominative adjective meaning “godly”.

“ᾖ”:  third person, singular, present, subjunctive verb meaning “should be”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

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

“θέλημα”:  neuter, singular, accusative noun meaning “will”.

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

“ποιῇ”:  third person, singular, present, active, subjunctive verb meaning “should do”.

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

“ἀκούει”:  third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning “he hears”.

The meaning of this verse is,

We know that God does not hear sinners, but if anyone should be godly and should do his will, he hears him.”

ἀπεκρίθη ὁ ἄνθρωπος καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς (John 9:30)

Title:  The Man Answered and Said to Them

The text is, “ἀπεκρίθη ὁ ἄνθρωπος καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ἐν τούτῳ γὰρ τὸ θαυμαστόν ἐστιν, ὅτι ὑμεῖς οὐκ οἴδατε πόθεν ἐστίν καὶ ἤνοιξέν μου τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς”.

“ἀπεκρίθη”:  third person, singular, aorist, passive, indicative verb meaning “answered”.

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

“ἄνθρωπος”:  masculine, singular, nominative noun meaning “man”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

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

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

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

“τούτῳ”:  neuter, singular, dative, demonstrative pronoun meaning “this”.

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

“τὸ”:  neuter, singular, nominative article meaning “the”.

“θαυμαστόν”:  neuter, singular, nominative noun meaning “amazing”. 

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

“ὅτι”:  subordinating complementary conjunction meaning “that”.

“ὑμεῖς”:  second person, personal, plural, nominative pronoun meaning “you”.

“οὐκ”:  negative particle meaning “not”.

“οἴδατε”:  second person, plural, perfect, active, indicative verb meaning “do know”.

“πόθεν”:  interrogative particle meaning “from where”.

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

“καὶ”:  coordinating adversative conjunction meaning “and yet”.

“ἤνοιξέν”:  third person, singular, aorist, active, indicative verb meaning “he opened”.

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

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

“ὀφθαλμούς”:  masculine, plural, accusative noun meaning “eyes”.

The meaning of this verse is,

The man answered and said to them, “The amazing thing* in this is, you do not know from where he is, and yet he opened my eyes.”

*thing is supplied to clarify the text.