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καὶ ἄλλα πρόβατα ἔχω ἃ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκ τῆς αὐλῆς ταύτης (John 10:16)

Title:  Also, I Have Other Sheep, Not of This Flock

The text is, “καὶ ἄλλα πρόβατα ἔχω ἃ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκ τῆς αὐλῆς ταύτης· κἀκεῖνα δεῖ με ἀγαγεῖν καὶ τῆς φωνῆς μου ἀκούσουσιν, καὶ γενήσονται μία ποίμνη, εἷς ποιμήν”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “also”.

“ἄλλα”:  neuter, plural, accusative, demonstrative adjective meaning “other”.

“πρόβατα”:  neuter, plural, accusative noun meaning “sheep”.

“ἔχω”:  first person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning “I have”.

“ἃ”:  neuter, plural, nominative, definite, relative pronoun meaning “that” but it is not rendered into English here.

“οὐκ”:  negative particle meaning “not”.

“ἔστιν”:  third person, singular, present, indicative verb meaning “is”, but it is not rendered into English here.

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

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

“αὐλῆς”:  feminine, singular, genitive noun meaning “flock”.

“ταύτης”:  feminine, singular, genitive, demonstrative pronoun meaning “this”.

“κἀκεῖνα”:  crasis of “καὶ” (coordinating conjunction) and “έκεῖνός (masculine, singular, nominative, demonstrative pronoun) meaning “and that one”.

“δεῖ”:  third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning “it is necessary”.

“με”:  first person, personal, singular, accusative pronoun meaning “for me”.

“ἀγαγεῖν”:  aorist, active, infinitive verb meaning “to bring”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“τῆς”:  feminine, singular, genitive article but it is not rendered into English here.

“φωνῆς”:  feminine, singular, genitive noun meaning “voice”.

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

“ἀκούσουσιν”:  third person, plural, future, active, indicative meaning “they will hear”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“γενήσονται”:  third person, plural, future, middle, indicative verb meaning “there will be”.

“μία”:  feminine, singular, nominative, cardinal adjective meaning “one”.

“ποίμνη”:  feminine, singular, nominative noun meaning “flock”.

“εἷς”:  masculine, singular, nominative, cardinal adjective meaning “one”.

“ποιμήν”:  masculine, singular, nominative noun meaning “shepherd”.

The meaning of this verse is,

Also, I have other sheep, not of this flock, and it is necessary for me to bring that one and they will hear my voice, and there will be one flock, one shepherd.”

καθὼς γινώσκει με ὁ πατὴρ κἀγὼ γινώσκω τὸν πατέρα (John 10:15)

Title:  Just as the Father Knows Me and I Know the Father

The text is, “καθὼς γινώσκει με ὁ πατὴρ κἀγὼ γινώσκω τὸν πατέρα, καὶ τὴν ψυχήν μου τίθημι ὑπὲρ τῶν προβάτων”.

“καθὼς”:  subordinating comparative conjunction meaning “just as”.

“γινώσκει”:  third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning “knows”.

“με”:  first person, personal, singular, accusative pronoun meaning “me”.

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

“πατὴρ”:  masculine, singular, nominative noun meaning “father”.

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

“γινώσκω”:  first person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning “I know”.

“τὸν”:  masculine, singular, accusative article meaning “the”.

“πατέρα”:  masculine, singular, accusative noun meaning “father”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

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

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

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

“τίθημι”:  first person, singular, present, active, indicative meaning “lay down”.

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

“τῶν”:  neuter, plural, genitive article meaning “the”.

“προβάτων”:  neuter, plural, genitive noun meaning “sheep”.

The meaning of this verse is,

Just as the Father knows me, and I know the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep.”

Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ποιμὴν ὁ καλὸς καὶ γινώσκω τὰ ἐμὰ καὶ γινώσκουσίν με τὰ ἐμά (John 10:14)

Title:  I am the Good Shepherd and I Know My Own

The text is, “Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ποιμὴν ὁ καλὸς καὶ γινώσκω τὰ ἐμὰ καὶ γινώσκουσίν με τὰ ἐμά”.

“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” but it is not rendered into English here.

“ποιμὴν”:  masculine, singular, nominative noun meaning “shepherd”

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

“καλὸς”:  masculine, singular, nominative adjective meaning “good”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“γινώσκω”:  first person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning “I know”.

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

“ἐμὰ”:  neuter, plural, accusative, possessive adjective meaning “my own”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“γινώσκουσίν”:  third person, plural, present, active, indicative verb meaning “know”.

“με”:  first person, personal, singular, accusative pronoun  meaning “me”.

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

“ἐμά”:  neuter, plural, nominative, possessive adjective meaning “my own”.

The meaning of this verse is,

I am the good shepherd, and I know my own, and my own know me,”

ὅτι μισθωτός ἐστιν καὶ οὐ μέλει αὐτῷ περὶ τῶν προβάτων (John 10:13)

Title:   Since He is a Hired Hand, and Cares Not for Them, the Sheep

The text is, “ὅτι μισθωτός ἐστιν καὶ οὐ μέλει αὐτῷ περὶ τῶν προβάτων”.

“ὅτι”:  subordinating conjunction meaning “because” or “since”.

“μισθωτός”  third person, singular, nominative noun meaning “a hired hand”.

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

“καὶ”: coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“οὐ”:  negative particle meaning “not”.

“μέλει”:  third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning cares”.

“αὐτῷ”:  third person, personal, masculine, plural, dative noun meaning “them”.

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

“τῶν”:  masculine, plural, genitive article meaning “the”.

“προβάτων”:  masculine, plural, genitive noun meaning “sheep”.

The meaning of this verse is,

Since he is a hired hand, and cares not for them, the sheep.”

ὁ μισθωτὸς καὶ οὐκ ὢν ποιμήν (John 10:12)

Title:  The Hired Hand, Not Being a Shepherd

The text is, “ὁ μισθωτὸς καὶ οὐκ ὢν ποιμήν, οὗ οὐκ ἔστιν τὰ πρόβατα ἴδια, θεωρεῖ τὸν λύκον ἐρχόμενον καὶ ἀφίησιν τὰ πρόβατα καὶ φεύγει _ καὶ ὁ λύκος ἁρπάζει αὐτὰ καὶ σκορπίζει _”.

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

“μισθωτὸς”:  masculine, singular, nominative noun meaning “hired hand”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and” but it is not rendered into English here.

“οὐκ”:  negative particle meaning “not”.

“ὢν”:  present, participial, masculine, singular, nominative verb meaning “being”.

“ποιμήν”:  masculine, singular, nominative noun meaning “a shepherd”.

“οὗ”:  masculine, singular, genitive, definite, relative pronoun meaning “who”.

“οὐκ”:  negative particle meaning “not”.

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

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

“πρόβατα”:  neuter, plural, nominative noun meaning “sheep”.

“ἴδια”:  neuter, plural, nominative adjective meaning “his own”.

“θεωρεῖ”:  third person, singular, present, indicative verb meaning “sees”.

“τὸν”:  masculine, singular, accusative article meaning “the”.

“λύκον”:  masculine, singular, accusative noun meaning “wolf”.

“ἐρχόμενον”:  present, middle, participial, masculine, singular, accusative verb meaning “coming”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“ἀφίησιν”:  third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning “leaves”.

“τὰ”:  neuter, plural, accusative article meaning “the”.

“πρόβατα”:  neuter, plural, accusative noun meaning “sheep”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“φεύγει”:  third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning “flees”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

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

“λύκος”:  masculine, singular, nominative noun meaning “wolf”.

“ἁρπάζει”:  third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning “snatches away”.

“αὐτὰ”:  third person, personal, masculine, plural, accusative pronoun meaning “them”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“σκορπίζει”:  third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning “scatters”.

The meaning of this verse is,

The hired hand, not being a shepherd, is not the sheep’s owner, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and flees, and the wolf snatches them away and scatters them.”

Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ποιμὴν ὁ καλός (John 9:11)

Title:  I Am the Good Shepherd

The text is, “Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ποιμὴν ὁ καλός. ὁ ποιμὴν ὁ καλὸς τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ τίθησιν ὑπὲρ τῶν προβάτων”.

“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” but it is not rendered into English here.

“ποιμὴν”:  masculine, singular, nominative noun meaning “shepherd”.

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

“καλός”:  masculine, singular, nominative adjective meaning “good”.

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

“ποιμὴν”:  masculine, singular, nominative noun meaning “shepherd”.

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

“καλός”:  masculine, singular, nominative adjective meaning “good”.

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

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

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

“τίθησιν”:  third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning “lays down”.

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

“τῶν”:  neuter, plural, genitive article meaning “the”.

“προβάτων”:  neuter, plural, genitive noun meaning “sheep”.

The meaning of this verse is,

I am the good shepherd.  The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.”

ὁ κλέπτης οὐκ ἔρχεται εἰ μὴ ἵνα κλέψῃ (John 10:10)

Title:  The Thief Comes Not Except So That He Might Steal

The text is, “ὁ κλέπτης οὐκ ἔρχεται εἰ μὴ ἵνα κλέψῃ καὶ θύσῃ καὶ ἀπολέσῃ· ἐγὼ ἦλθον ἵνα ζωὴν ἔχωσιν καὶ περισσὸν ἔχωσιν”.

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

“κλέπτης”:  masculine, singular, nominative noun meaning “thief”.

“οὐκ”:  negative particle meaning “not”.

“ἔρχεται”:  third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning “comes”.

“εἰ”:  subordinating conditional conjunction; see the next word for the combined meaning.

“μὴ”:  negative particle, in combination with the previous word meaning “except”.

“ἵνα”:  subordinating purposive conjunction meaning “so that”.

“κλέψῃ”: third person, singular, aorist, active, subjunctive verb meaning “he might steal”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“θύσῃ”:  third person, singular, aorist, active, subjunctive verb meaning “he might kill”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“ἀπολέσῃ”:  third person, singular, aorist, active, subjunctive verb meaning “he might destroy utterly”.

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

“ἦλθον”:  first person, singular, aorist, active, indicative verb meaning “came”.

“ἵνα”:  subordinating purposive conjunction meaning “so that”.

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

“ἔχωσιν”:  third person, plural, present, active, subjunctive verb meaning “they might have”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“περισσὸν”:  adverb meaning “in full abundance”.

“ἔχωσιν”:  third person, plural, present, active, subjunctive verb meaning “they might have”.

The meaning of this verse is,

The thief comes not except so that he might steal, and he might kill, and he might destroy utterly; I came so that they might have life, and they might have in full abundance.”

ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ θύρα (John 10:9)

Title:  I Am the Door

The text is, “ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ θύρα· δι’ ἐμοῦ ἐάν τις εἰσέλθῃ σωθήσεται καὶ εἰσελεύσεται καὶ ἐξελεύσεται καὶ νομὴν εὑρήσει”

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

“εἰμι”:  first person, singular, present, indicative verb meaning “am”.

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

“θύρα”:  feminine, singular, nominative noun meaning “door”.

“δι’”:  preposition taking the genitive for its object word and meaning “through”.

“ἐμοῦ”:  first person, personal, singular, genitive pronoun meaning “me”.

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

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

“εἰσέλθῃ”:  third person, singular, aorist, active, subjunctive verb meaning “should enter”.

“σωθήσεται”:  third person, singular, future, active, indicative verb meaning ” he will be saved”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“εἰσελεύσεται”:  third person, singular, future, middle, indicative verb meaning “he will come in”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“ἐξελεύσεται”:  third person, singular, future, middle, indicative verb meaning “he will go out”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“νομὴν”:  feminine, singular, accusative noun meaning “pasture” or “pasturage”.

“εὑρήσει”:  third person, singular, future, active, indicative verb meaning “he will find”.

The meaning of this verse is,

I am the door, and if anyone should enter through me he will be saved, and he will come in, and he will go out, and he will find pasturage.”

πάντες ὅσοι ἦλθον πρὸ ἐμοῦ κλέπται εἰσὶν καὶ λῃσταί (John 10:8)

Title:  As Many as All Who Came in Advance of Me are Thieves and Plunderers

The text is, “πάντες ὅσοι ἦλθον πρὸ ἐμοῦ κλέπται εἰσὶν καὶ λῃσταί, ἀλλ’ οὐκ ἤκουσαν αὐτῶν τὰ πρόβατα”.

“πάντες”:  masculine, plural, nominative pronoun meaning “all” or “all”.

“ὅσοι”:  masculine, plural, nominative, correlative pronoun meaning “as many as”.

“ἦλθον”:  third person, plural, aorist, active, indicative verb meaning “who came”.

“πρὸ”:  preposition taking the genitive for its object word and meaning “ahead” or “in advance”.

“ἐμοῦ”:  first person, personal, singular, genitive pronoun meaning “of me”.

“κλέπται”:  masculine, plural, nominative noun meaning “thieves”.

“εἰσὶν”:  third person, plural, present, indicative verb meaning “are”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“λῃσταί”:  masculine, plural, nominative noun meaning “brigands”, “plunderers”, or “robbers”.

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

“οὐκ”:  negative particle meaning “not”.

“ἤκουσαν”:  third person, plural, aorist, active, indicative verb meaning “did hear”.

“αὐτῶν”:  third person, personal, masculine, plural, genitive pronoun meaning “them”.

“τὰ”:  neuter, plural, nominative article meaning “the”.

“πρόβατα”:  neuter, plural, nominative noun meaning “sheep”.

The meaning of this verse is,

As many as all who came ahead of me are thieves and plunderers, but the sheep do not hear them.”

Εἶπεν οὖν πάλιν ὁ Ἰησοῦς· ἀμὴν ἀμὴν (John 10:7)

Title:  So Jesus Said to Them Again, “Truly, truly”

The text is, “Εἶπεν οὖν πάλιν ὁ Ἰησοῦς· ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ θύρα τῶν προβάτων”.

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

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

“πάλιν”:  adverb meaning “again”.

“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 am saying”.

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

“ὅτι”:  subordinating conjunction meaning “that”.

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

“εἰμι”:  first person, singular, present, indicative verb meaning “am”.

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

“θύρα”:  feminine, singular, nominative noun meaning “door”.

“τῶν”:  neuter, plural, genitive article meaning “of the”.

“προβάτων”:  neuter, plural, genitive noun meaning “sheep”.

The meaning of this verse is,

So Jesus said to them again, “Truly, truly, I am saying to you that I am the door of the sheep.”