John

[John Reece]

John 1:24

Text: (NA27):

Καὶ ἀπεσταλμένοι ἦσαν ἐκ τῶν Φαρισαίων.

Transliteration (Accordance):

Kai apestalmenoi ēsan ek tōn Pharisaiōn.

Translation (NRSV):

Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.

Grammatical Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):

ἀπεσταλμένοι : perfect passive participle of ἀποστέλλω send ; without article there had been sent (some) of (literally "out of, from among") the Pharisees..

[John Reece]

John 1:25

Text: (NA27):
Transliteration (Accordance):

kai ērōtēsan auton kai eipan autō̧; ti oun baptizeis ei sy ouk ei ho christos oude Ēlias oude ho prophētēs?

Translation (NRSV):
Grammatical Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):

ἠρώτησαν : aorist of ἐρωτάω ask ; ἠρώτησαν αὐτὸν καὶ εἶπαν a Semitism ; in John an indicative often replaces the pleonastic participle found in the Synoptics.
τί; = διὰ τί; why?
εἰ : with indicative if therefore, if indeed (as you say), a real condition.

[John Reece]

John 1:26-27

Text: (NA27):
Transliteration (Accordance):

apekrithē autois ho Iōannēs legōn; egō baptizō en hydati; mesos hymōn hestēken hon hymeis ouk oidate

Translation (NRSV):
Grammatical Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):

ἀπεκρίθη : aorist deponent ἀποκρίνομαι answer.
ἐν : with, instrumental.
ὕδατι : dative of ὕδωρ water.
μέσος : middle ; in the midst, among.
ἕστηκεν : perfect (intransitive with present meaning) of ἵστημι stand

[John Reece]

John 1:26 repeated to correct typo

Text: (NA27):
Transliteration (Accordance):

apekrithē autois ho Iōannēs legōn; egō baptizō en hydati; mesos hymōn hestēken hon hymeis ouk oidate

Translation (NRSV):
Grammatical Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):

ἀπεκρίθη : aorist deponent ἀποκρίνομαι answer.
ἐν : with, instrumental.
ὕδατι : dative of ὕδωρ water.
μέσος : middle ; in the midst, among.
ἕστηκεν : perfect (intransitive with present meaning) of ἵστημι stand

[John Reece]

John 1:27

Text: (NA27):

ὁ ὀπίσω μου ἐρχόμενος, οὗ οὐκ εἰμὶ [ἐγὼ] ἄξιος ἵνα λύσω αὐτοῦ τὸν ἱμάντα τοῦ ὑποδήματος.

Transliteration (Accordance):

ho opisō mou erchomenos, hou ouk eimi [egō] axios hina lysō autou ton himanta tou hypodēmatos.

Translation (NRSV):
Grammatical Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):

ὁ ὀπίσω μου ἐρχόμενος : verse 15.
ἄξιος : worthy.
ἵνα : for infinitive ("worthy that" instead of "worthy to").
λύσω : aorist subjunctive of λύω loose, untie.
ἱμάς, -άντος, ὁ : a strap, thong (on a sandal).
ὑποδήμα , -ατος, τό : something tied under (αποδέω) sc. the foot, sandal.

[John Reece]

John 1:28

Text: (NA27):

ταῦτα ἐν Βηθανίᾳ ἐγένετο πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου, ὅπου ἦν ὁ Ἰωάννης βαπτίζων.

Transliteration (Accordance):

tauta en Bēthania̧ egeneto peran tou Iordanou, hopou ēn ho Iōannēs baptizōn.

Translation (NRSV):

This took place in Bethany across the Jordan where John was baptizing.

Grammatical Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):

ἐγένετο : aorist of γίνομαι came about, happened verse 3.
πέραν : with genitive across, on the other side of.

[John Reece]

John 1:29

Text: (NA27):
Transliteration (Accordance):

Tȩ̄ epaurion blepei ton Iēsoun erchomenon pros auton kai legei; ide ho amnos tou theou ho airōn tēn hamartian tou kosmou.

Translation (NRSV):
Grammatical Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):

ἐπαύριον : adverb tomorrow ; τῇ ἐπαύριον (sc. ἡμέρα day) (on) the following day.
πρὸς αὐτόνἴδε : aorist imperative of ὁράω here treated as an exclamation like ἰδού prompter of attention, behold, look, see. Like הִנֵּה it sometimes serves to enliven a narrative.
ἀμνός : lamb, on nominative, see ἴδε above.
αἴρων : participle of αἴρω atemporal, characterizing the subject, though possibly for future participle who is to take away.
ἡ ἁμαρτία : article generic sin.

[John Reece]

John 1:30

Text: (NA27):
Transliteration (Accordance):

houtos estin hyper hou egō eipon; opisō mou erchetai anēr hos emprosthen mou gegonen, hoti prōtos mou ēn.

Translation (NRSV):
Grammatical Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):

ὑπέρ : for περί with the genitive to denote the object or person to which (whom) an activity or especially inward process refers or relates, about, concerning.
ἐγώ : I, not necessarily emphatic.
ὀπίσω ... πρῶτός : verse 15.

[John Reece]

John 1:31

Text: (NA27):

κἀγὼ οὐκ ᾔδειν αὐτόν, ἀλλ᾿ ἵνα φανερωθῇ τῷ Ἰσραὴλ διὰ τοῦτο ἦλθον ἐγὼ ἐν ὕδατι βαπτίζων.

Transliteration (Accordance):
Translation (NRSV):
Grammatical Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):

κἀγώ : καὶ ἐγώ.
ᾔδειν : pluperfect (with imperfect meaning) of οἶδα: κἀγὼ οὐκ ᾔδειν nor did I know.
φανερωθῇ : aorist passive subjunctive of φανερόω make clear/visible, reveal.
διὰ τοῦτο : for this reason.
ἐν : instrumental with.
ὕδατι : dative of ὕδωρ water.
βαπτίζων : present, perhaps for future participle of βαπτίζω baptize.

[John Reece]

John 1:32

Text: (NA27):

Καὶ ἐμαρτύρησεν Ἰωάννης λέγων ὅτι τεθέαμαι τὸ πνεῦμα καταβαῖνον ὡς περιστερὰν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἔμεινεν ἐπ᾿ αὐτόν.

Transliteration (Accordance):
Translation (NRSV):
Grammatical Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):

ἐμαρτύρησεν : aorist of μαρτυρέω testify.
ὅτι = "...
τεθέαμαι : perfect of θεάομαι behold, observe ; see.
καταβαῖνον : neuter participle of καταβαίνω.
περιστερά : dove.
ἔμεινεν : aorist of μένω here, rest.

[John Reece]

1:32 repost to include inadvertent omission

Text: (NA27):

Καὶ ἐμαρτύρησεν Ἰωάννης λέγων ὅτι τεθέαμαι τὸ πνεῦμα καταβαῖνον ὡς περιστερὰν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἔμεινεν ἐπ᾿ αὐτόν.

Transliteration (Accordance):
Translation (NRSV):
Grammatical Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):

ἐμαρτύρησεν : aorist of μαρτυρέω testify.
ὅτι = "...
τεθέαμαι : perfect of θεάομαι behold, observe ; see.
καταβαῖνον : neuter participle of καταβαίνω.
περιστερά : dove.
ἔμεινεν : aorist of μένω here, rest.
ἐπ᾿ = ἐπί upon.
αὐτόν : him.

[John Reece]

John 1:33

Text: (NA27):
Transliteration (Accordance):
Translation (NRSV):
Grammatical Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):

πέμψας : aorist participle of πέμπω send.
ἐφ᾿ = ἐπί on.
ὃν ἄν : on whomsoever, anyone on whom, with aorist subjunctive referring to the future.
ἴδῃς : aorist subjunctive of ὁράω see.
μένον : neuter participle of μένω remain.
ἐπ᾿ αὐτόν : pleonastic after ἐφ᾿ ὅν.

[John Reece]

John 1:34

Text: (NA27):

κἀγὼ ἑώρακα καὶ μεμαρτύρηκα ὅτι οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ.

Transliteration (Accordance):

kagō heōraka kai memartyrēka hoti houtos estin ho huios tou theou.

Translation (NRSV):

And I myself have seen and have testified that this is the Son of God.

Grammatical Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):

ἑώρακα : perfect of ὁράω see.
μεμαρτύρηκα : perfect of μαρτυρέω testify ; perhaps a servile rendering of the Hebrew perfect which can stand for the present, I bear witness.

[John Reece]

John 1:35

Text: (NA27):

Τῇ ἐπαύριον πάλιν εἱστήκει ὁ Ἰωάννης καὶ ἐκ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ δύο

Transliteration (Accordance):

Tȩ̄ epaurion palin heistēkei ho Iōannēs kai ek tōn mathētōn autou dyo

Translation (NRSV):

The next day John again was standing with two of his disciples

Grammatical Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):

ἐπαύριον : adverb tomorrow ; τῇ ἐπαύριον (sc. ἡμέρᾳ day) (on) the following day.
εἱστήκει : was standing pluperfect of ἵστημι (perfect ἕστηκα intransitive with present meaning).
ἐκ : for partitive genitive.

[John Reece]

John 1:36

Text: (NA27):
Transliteration (Accordance):

kai emblepsas tō̧ Iēsou peripatounti legei; ide ho amnos tou theou.

Translation (NRSV):
Grammatical Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):

ἐμβλέψας : fixed his eyes on, aorist participle of ἐμβλέπω look at, intensive.
περιπατοῦντι : participle of περιπατέω to go here and there in walking, go about, walk around ; dative in agreement with τῷ Ἰησοῦ.
ἴδε : aorist imperative of ὁράω here treated as an exclamation like ἰδού prompter of attention, behold, look, see.. Like הִנֵּה it sometimes serves to enliven a narrative.
ἀμνός : lamb.