John 10:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Others said, These are not the sayings of one possessed with a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἄλλοι ἔλεγον, Ταῦτα τὰ ῥήματα οὐκ ἔστιν δαιμονιζομένου. Μὴ δαιμόνιον δύναται τυφλῶν ὀφθαλμοὺς ἀνοίγειν;

Transliteration

Others elegon, These the rhēmata not estin daimonizomenou. Not daimonion dynatai typhlōn ophthalmous anoigein?

Grammar Details

*elegon*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural - they were saying
*rhēmata*: nominative, neuter, plural - words/sayings
*estin*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - is/are
*daimonizomenou*: present middle participle, genitive masculine singular - of one being demon-possessed
*daimonion*: nominative, neuter, singular - demon/evil spirit
*dynatai*: present middle indicative, 3rd person singular - is able
*typhlōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of blind (people)
*ophthalmous*: accusative, masculine, plural - eyes
*anoigein*: present active infinitive - to open

Word Meanings

*elegon*: were saying/telling/speaking
*rhēmata*: words/sayings/utterances
*estin*: is/are/belongs to
*daimonizomenou*: one being demon-possessed/one having a demon
*daimonion*: demon/evil spirit
*dynatai*: is able/can/has power
*typhlōn*: blind (people)
*ophthalmous*: eyes
*anoigein*: to open/unclose

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Exod 4:11 : 11 And Jehovah said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? Or who maketh [a man] dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? is it not I, Jehovah?
Ps 146:8 : 8 Jehovah openeth [the eyes of] the blind; Jehovah raiseth up them that are bowed down; Jehovah loveth the righteous;
Prov 20:12 : 12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.
Isa 35:5-6 : 5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. 6 Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing; for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
Matt 4:24 : 24 And the report of him went forth into all Syria: and they brought unto him all that were sick, holden with divers diseases and torments, possessed with demons, and epileptic, and palsied; and he healed them.
Matt 11:5 : 5 the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good tidings preached to them.
John 9:6 : 6 When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and anointed {G1909} his eyes with the clay,
John 9:32-33 : 32 Since the world began it was never heard that any one opened the eyes of a man born blind. 33 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.
Exod 8:19 : 19 Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as Jehovah had spoken.
Ps 94:9 : 9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see?

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