Gospel of John (A Reading)

[John Reece]

Text (John 2:5):

[greek]legei h mhthr autou toiV diakonoiV,[/greek]
[greek]o ti an legh umin poihsate.[/greek]

Transliteration:

legei hē mētēr autou tois diakanois
ho ti an legē humin poiēsate.

Translation (NRSV):

His mother said to the servants,
"Do whatever he tells you."

Analysis (Zerwick):

[greek]diakonoiV[/greek] servant.
[greek]o ti an[/greek] with subjunctive whatever.
[greek]legh[/greek] he says, subjunctive of [greek]legw[/greek].
[greek]poihsate[/greek] aorist imperative of [greek]poiew[/greek] do.

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Text (John 2:6):

[greek]hsan de liqinai udria ex[/greek]
[greek]kata ton kaqarismon twn Ioudaiwn keimenai,[/greek]
[greek]cwrousai ana metrhtaV duo h treiV.[/greek]

Transliteration:

ēsan de lithinai hudria hex
kata ton katharismon tōn Ioudaiōn keimai,
chōrousai ana metrētas duo ē treis.

Translation (NRSV):

Now there were six stone water jars there
for the Jewish rites of purification,
each holding twenty or thirty gallons.

Analysis (Zerwick):

[greek]hsan[/greek] there were, imperfect of [greek]eimi[/greek] be.
[greek]liqinai[/greek] feminine plural of [greek]liqinoV[/greek] (made of) stone.
[greek]udria[/greek] (< [greek]udwr[/greek]) water jar.
[greek]ex[/greek] = 6.
[greek]kata[/greek] with accusative, for.
[greek]kaqarismoV[/greek] purification ; [greek]twn Ioudaiwn[/greek] the Jews', i.e. Jewish, ceremony of purification.
[greek]keimenai[/greek] feminine plural participle of [greek]keimai[/greek] (serving as perfect passive of [greek]tiqhmi[/greek]) intransitive lie ; of jars stand.
[greek]cwrousai[/greek] feminine plural participle of [greek]cwrew[/greek] have room for, hold.
[greek]ana[/greek] distributive, each, apiece.
[greek]metrhtaV[/greek] accusative plural of [greek]metrhthV[/greek] measure ; a liquid measure of 8-9 U.K. gallons or 39-40 litres.

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Text (John 2:7):

[greek]legei autoiV o IhsouV,[/greek]
[greek]gemisate taV udriaV udatoV.[/greek]
[greek]kai egemisan autaV ewV anw.[/greek]

Transliteration:

legei autois ho Iēsous,
gemisate tas hudrias hudatos.
kai egemisan autas heōs anō.

Translation (ESV):

Jesus said to the servants,
"Fill the jars with water."
And they filled them up to the brim.

Analysis (Zerwick):

[greek]gemisate[/greek] aorist imperative [greek]gemizw ti tinoV[/greek] fill something with something.

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Text (John 2:7):

[greek]legei autoiV o IhsouV,[/greek]
[greek]gemisate taV udriaV udatoV.[/greek]
[greek]kai egemisan autaV ewV anw.[/greek]

Transliteration:

legei autois ho Iēsous,
gemisate tas hudrias hudatos.
kai egemisan autas heōs anō.

Translation (ESV):

Jesus said to the servants,
"Fill the jars with water."
And they filled them up to the brim.

Analysis (Zerwick):

[greek]gemisate[/greek] aorist imperative [greek]gemizw ti tinoV[/greek] fill something with something.
[greek]egemisan[/greek] aorist of [greek]gemizw[/greek] fill
[greek]ewV[/greek] (up) to.
[greek]anw[/greek] up, above, [greek]ewV anw[/greek] up to the top/brim.

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Text (John 2:8):

[greek]kai legei autoiV,[/greek]
[greek]antlhsate nun kai ferete tw arcitriklinw to udwr.[/greek]
[greek]oi de hnegkan.[/greek]

Transliteration:

kai legei autois,
antlēsate nun kai pherete tō architriklinō.
hoi de ēnegkan.

Translation (ESV):

And he said to them,
"Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast."
So they took it.

Analysis (Zerwick):

[greek]antlhsate[/greek] aorist imperative of [greek]antlew[/greek] draw water out.
[greek]ferete[/greek] imperative of [greek]ferw[/greek] carry, take present without special significance [BG: Sometimes the present expresses the notion of "setting about" an activity, of occupying oneself about something, and thus several verbs which of their nature refer in the concrete to a definite act to be posited are used in the present form, e.g. [greek]egeire[/greek] ("get up"), [greek]fere[/greek], [greek]upage[/greek], [greek]poreuou[/greek] (this latter form twenty times in the gospels against five aorists)].
[greek]arcitriklinoV[/greek] (< [greek]tri-klinou[/greek] room with 3 couches ([greek]klinh[/greek]) ; a dinner party) steward head waiter, responsible for managing a banquet.
[greek]hnegkan[/greek] aorist of [greek]ferw[/greek].

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Text (John 2:9):

[greek]wV de egeusato o arcitriklinoV to udwr oinon gegenhmenon[/greek]
[greek]kai ouk hdei poqen estin,[/greek]
[greek]oi de diakonoi hdeisan oi hntlhkoteV to udwr,[/greek]
[greek]fwnei to numfion o architriklinoV[/greek]

Transliteration:

hōs de egeusato ho architriklinos to hudōr oinon gegenēmenon
kai ouk ēdei pothen estin,
hoi de diakonoi ēdeisan hoi ēntlēkotes to hudōr,
phōnei to numphion ho architriklinos.

Translation (ESV):

When the master of the feast tasted the water now become wine,
and did not know where it came from
(though the servants who had drawn the water knew),
the master of the feast called the bridegroom.

Analysis (Zerwick):

[greek]egeusato[/greek] aorist of [greek]geuomai[/greek] taste ; try, experience ; more often with genitive.
[greek]oinoV[/greek] wine.
[greek]gegenhmenon[/greek] now become, perfect passive participle of [greek]ginomai[/greek] become.
[greek]hdei[/greek] pluperfect (with imperfect meaning) of [greek]oida[/greek] (perfect with force of present) know ; [greek]ouk hdei[/greek] did not know, co-ordinate for subordinate participle, not knowing.
[greek]poqen[/greek] as indirect interrogative from where.
[greek]diakonoV[/greek] servant.
[greek]hntlhkoteV[/greek] who had drawn, perfect participle of [greek]antlew[/greek] v. 5.
[greek]fwnew[/greek] call.
[greek]numfioV[/greek] bridegroom.

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Text (John 2:10):

[greek]kai legei autw,[/greek]
[greek]paV anqrwpoV prwton ton kalon oinon tiqhsin[/greek]
[greek]kai otan mequsqwsin ton elassw[/greek]
[greek]su tethrhkaV ton kalon oinon ewV arti.[/greek]

Transliteration:

kai legei autō
pas anthrōpos prōton to kalon oinon tithēsin,
kai hotan methusthōsin ton ellasō.
su tetērēkas ton kalon oinon heōs arti.

Translation (ESV):

and said to him,
"Everyone serves the good wine first,
and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine.
But you have kept the good wine until now."

Analysis (Zerwick; brackets added):

[greek]prwton[/greek] (superlative] for [greek]proteron[/greek] [comparative] first.
[greek]tiqhsin[/greek] 3rd singular of [greek]tiqhmi[/greek] here, serve.
[greek]otan[/greek] with aorist subjunctive when with reference to future.
[greek]mequsqwsin[/greek] aorist passive subjunctive of [greek]mequskw[/greek] drunk ; passive get drunk.
[greek]elassw[/greek] = [greek]elassona[/greek] , accusative of [greek]elasswn -onoV[/greek] (comparative of [greek]mikroV[/greek] small) smaller, inferior.
[greek]tethrhkaV[/greek] perfect of [greek]threw[/greek] keep.
[greek]arti[/greek] now.

[John Reece]

Text (John 2:11):

[greek]Tauthn epoihsen archn twn shmeiwn o IhsouV en Kana thV GalilaiaV[/greek]
[greek]kai efanerwsen thn doxan autou,[/greek]
[greek]kai episteusan eiV auton oi maqhtai autou.[/greek]

Transliteration:

Tautēn epoiēsen archē tōn sēmeiōn ho Iēsous en Kana tēs Galilaias
kai ephanerōsen tēn doxan autou,
kai episteusen eis auton hoi mathētai autou.

Translation (ESV):

This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee,
and manifested his glory.
And his disciples believed in him.

Analysis (Zerwick; brackets added):

[greek]epoihsen[/greek] aorist of [greek]poiew[/greek] do, make.
[greek]archn[/greek] beginning, origin ; such was the first of the signs that Jesus did, or Jesus did this as his initial sign (literally "as a beginning of his signs").
[greek]shmeion[/greek] sign ; John's term for a miracle seen as something significant.
[greek]efanerwsen[/greek] aorist of [greek]fanerow[/greek] make clear/visible, show.
[greek]episteusan[/greek] aorist of [greek]pisteuw[/greek] ; [greek]pisteuw eiV[/greek] characteristic of John, believe in.

[Augustine2004]

There are a few fairly significant differences between your text and translation and my interlinear Bible (by Jay P. Green, Sr., ISBN 0-913573-25-6, based on the Masoretic text.) for verses 1:3d-4. The period at the end in your version is a comma in my Bible. The Green transliteration is shown in green (natch!) below:

Text (verses 1:3d-4):

[greek]o gegonen en autw zwh hn,[/greek]
that / came into /in /Him / life /was,
[greek]kai h zwh hn to fwV twn anqrwpwn.[/greek]

/and / the / life / was / the / light /--/ of men,
Transliteration:

ho gegonen en autō zōē ēn,
kai hē zōē ēn to phōs tōn anthrōpōn.

Translation (NJB):

What has come into being in him was life,
life that was the life of all men.

Analysis (Zerwick; brackets added):

[[greek]o gegonen[/greek] see v. 3d. NRSV reads "What has come into being" (erroneously transcribed in v. 3d of post # 6)].
[greek]hn[/greek] variant reading: [greek]estin[/greek] [see verses 1--2].

Green's translation runs as follows (more words are included than shown above to show context):
and without Him not even one thing came into being that has come into being. In Him was life, and the life was the light of all men, and . . .

[Augustine2004]

I made a big boo-boo. The Greek text is the Received Text, as set by Stephen Austin and Sons for the Trintarian Bible Society in 1976.

[John Reece]

Text (John 2:12):

[greek]Meta touto katebh eiV Kafarnaoum [/greek]
[greek]autoV kai h mhthr autou[/greek]
[greek]kai oi adelfoi[/greek] [[greek]autou[/greek]] [greek]kai oi maqhtai autou[/greek]
[greek]kai ekei emeinen ou pollaV hmeraV.[/greek]

Transliteration:

Meta touto katebē eis Kapharnaoum
autos kai hē mētēr autou
kai hoi adelphoi [autou] kai hoi mathētai autou
kai ekei emeinen ou pollas hēmeras.

Translation (ESV):

After this he went down to Capernaum,
with his mother
and his brothers and his disciples,
and they stayed there for a few days.

Analysis (Zerwick; brackets added):

[greek]Meta touto[/greek] after this ; Johannine transitional formula.
[greek]katebh[/greek] aorist of [greek]katabainw[/greek] go or come down.
[greek]emeinen[/greek] aorist of [greek]menw[/greek] remain, stay.

[John Reece]

There are a few fairly significant differences between your text and translation and my interlinear Bible (by Jay P. Green, Sr., ISBN 0-913573-25-6, based on the Masoretic text.) for verses 1:3d-4. The period at the end in your version is a comma in my Bible. The Green transliteration is shown in green (natch!) below:
[snip]
Green's translation runs as follows (more words are included than shown above to show context):
and without Him not even one thing came into being that has come into being. In Him was life, and the life was the light of all men, and . . .

No comment on the translation.

With regard to the period, that's my doing; because in the text I am using (Nestle-Aland) the Greek punctuation is a period above the line = English semicolon.

Problem is, I cannot represent the Greek period-above-the-line with a semicolon, because English semicolon = Greek question mark.

So, sometimes I substitute a comma, and sometimes I substitute a period — for lack of a better way to compensate for the fact that English semicolon = Greek question mark.

I would not be surprised if your text has substituted an English comma (as I substituted a period) for the Greek period-above-the-line.

[John Reece]

Text (John 2:13):

[greek]Kai egguV hn to pasca twn Ioudaiwn,[/greek]
[greek]kai anebh eiV Ierosoluma o IhsouV.[/greek]

Transliteration:

Kai eggus ēn to pascha tōn Ioudaiōn,
kai anebē eis Ierosoluma ho Iēsous.

Translation (ESV):

The Passover of the Jews was at hand,
and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Analysis (Zerwick; brackets added):

[greek]egguV[/greek] near.
[greek]pasca[/greek] (indeclinable) [greek]to[/greek] (Aramaic pass-over) passover ; celebrated on the night 14th-15th Nisan and followed by the feast of unleavened bread.
[greek]anebh[/greek] aorist of [greek]anabainw.[/greek]

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Text (John 2:14):

[greek]Kai euren en tw ierw pwlountaV[/greek]
[greek]boaV kai probata kai peristeraV[/greek]
[greek]kai touV kermatistaV kaqhmenouV.[/greek]

Transliteration:

Kai heuren en tō hierō pōlountas
boas kai probata kai peristeras
kai tous kermatistas kathēmenas.

Translation (ESV):

In the temple he found those who were selling
oxen and sheep and pigeons,
and the money-changers sitting there.

Analysis (Zerwick; brackets added):

[greek]euren[/greek] aorist of [greek]euriskw[/greek] find.
[greek]pwlountaV[/greek] participle of [greek]pwlew[/greek] sell, [greek]touV pwlountaV[/greek] those who were selling, the dealers in [...].
[greek]boaV[/greek] accusative plural of [greek]bouV[/greek] ox, plural cattle.
[greek]probata[/greek] plural of [greek]probaton[/greek] sheep [...].
[greek]peristera[/greek] dove.
[greek]kermatisthV[/greek] ( < [greek]keirw[/greek] cut short, crop, hence [greek]kerma[/greek] verse 15) money-changer who changed Roman into Jewish money to pay the temple tax.
[greek]kaqhmenoV[/greek] participle of [greek]kaqhmai[/greek] be sitting.

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Text (John 2:15):

[greek]kai poihsaV fragellion ek scoiniwn[/greek]
[greek]pantaV exebalen ek tou ierou[/greek]
[greek]ta te probata kai touV boaV,[/greek]
[greek]kai twn kollubistwn execeen to kerma[/greek]
[greek]kai taV trapezaV anetreyen[/greek]

Transliteration:

kai poiēsas phragellion ek schoiniōn
pantas exebalen ek tou hierou
ta te probata kai tous boas,
kai tōn kollubistōn excheen to kerma
kai tas trapezas anetrepsen.

Translation (ESV):

And making a whip of cords,
he drove them all out of the temple,
with the sheep and oxen.
And he poured out the coins of the money-changers
and overturned their tables.

Analysis (Zerwick; brackets added):

[greek]poihsaV[/greek] aorist participle of [greek]poiew[/greek] do, make.
[greek]fragellion[/greek] = Latin flagellum, whip.
[greek]scoinion[/greek] a cord.
[greek]exebalen[/greek] aorist of [greek]ekballw[/greek] throw or drive out.
[greek]kollubisthV[/greek] (< [greek]kolluboV[/greek] small coin, rate of exchange) money-changer.
[greek]execeen[/greek] spilt, aorist of [greek]ecew[/greek] pour out.
[greek]kerma[/greek] collective , coin, small change.
[greek]trapeza[/greek] table.
[greek]anetreyen[/greek] aorist of [greek]anatrepw[/greek] overturn.