Title: And Bethany Was Near Jerusalem, About Fifteen Stadia Away
The text is, “ἦν δὲ ἡ Βηθανία ἐγγὺς τῶν Ἱεροσολύμων ὡς ἀπὸ σταδίων δεκαπέντε”.
“ἦν”: third person, singular, imperfect, indicative verb meaning “was”.
“δὲ”: coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.
“ἡ”: feminine, singular, nominative article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.
“Βηθανία”: feminine, singular, nominative, proper noun meaning “Bethany”.
“ἐγγὺς”: improper preposition taking the genitive for its object word and meaning “near”.
“τῶν”: neuter, plural, genitive article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.
“Ἱεροσολύμων”: neuter, plural, genitive, proper noun meaning “Jerusalem”.
“ὡς”: particle meaning “about”.
“ἀπὸ”: preposition taking the genitive for its object word and meaning “away”.
“σταδίων”: neuter, plural, genitive noun meaning “stadia”.
“δεκαπέντε”: neuter, plural, genitive, cardinal adjective meaning “fifteen”.
The meaning of this verse is,
And Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away.
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