John 10:41

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And many came unto him; and they said, John indeed did no sign: but all things whatsoever John spake of this man were true.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ πολλοὶ ἦλθον πρὸς αὐτόν, καὶ ἔλεγον, ὅτι Ἰωάννης μὲν σημεῖον ἐποίησεν οὐδέν: πάντα δὲ ὅσα εἶπεν Ἰωάννης περὶ τούτου ἀληθῆ ἦν.

Transliteration

And many ēlthon pros him, and elegon, that Iōannēs men sēmeion epoiēsen none: all de hosa eipen Iōannēs peri this one alēthē ēn.

Grammar Details

*ēlthon*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural - they came
*pros*: preposition + accusative - to/unto
*elegon*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural - they were saying
*Iōannēs*: nominative, masculine, singular - John
*men*: particle indicating contrast - on the one hand
*sēmeion*: accusative, neuter, singular - sign/miracle
*epoiēsen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - he did/performed
*de*: postpositive conjunction marking contrast - but/and
*hosa*: nominative, neuter, plural, relative pronoun - as many things as
*eipen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - he said
*peri*: preposition + genitive - concerning/about
*alēthē*: nominative, neuter, plural - true
*ēn*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - was/were

Word Meanings

*ēlthon*: came/went/arrived
*pros*: to/unto/toward
*elegon*: were saying/telling/speaking
*Iōannēs*: John
*sēmeion*: sign/miracle/wonder
*epoiēsen*: did/performed/made
*hosa*: as many things as/whatever
*eipen*: said/spoke/told
*peri*: concerning/about/regarding
*alēthē*: true/truthful/genuine
*ēn*: was/were/existed

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Referenced Verses

John 1:29-30 : 29 On the morrow he seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world! 30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man who is become before me: for he was before me.
John 1:33-34 : 33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize in water, he said unto me, Upon whomsoever thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and abiding upon him, the same is he that baptizeth in the Holy Spirit. 34 And I have seen, and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.
John 2:11 : 11 This beginning of his signs did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested his glory; and his disciples believed on him.
John 3:26-36 : 26 And they came unto John, and said to him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou hast borne witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him. 27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it have been given him from heaven. 28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am sent before him. 29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, that standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is made full. 30 He must increase, but I must decrease. 31 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is of the earth, and of the earth he speaketh: he that cometh from heaven is above all. 32 {G2532} What he hath seen and heard, of that he beareth witness; and no man receiveth his witness. 33 He that hath received his witness hath set his seal to [this], that God is true. 34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for he giveth not the Spirit by measure. 35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. 36 He that believeth on the Son hath eternal life; but he that obeyeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.
Matt 3:11-12 : 11 I indeed baptize you in water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and [in] fire: 12 whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor; and he will gather his wheat into the garner, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.
Matt 4:23-25 : 23 And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of disease and all manner of sickness among the people. 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. 25 And there followed him great multitudes from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judaea and [from] beyond the Jordan.
Matt 14:2 : 2 and said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore do these powers work in him.
Mark 1:37 : 37 and they found him, and say unto him, All are seeking thee.
Luke 5:1 : 1 Now it came to pass, while the multitude pressed upon him and heard the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret;
Luke 7:26-30 : 26 But what went ye out to see? a prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet. 27 This is he of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way before thee. 28 {G1063} I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there is none greater {G4396} than John: {G910} yet he that is but little in the kingdom of God is greater than he. 29 And all the people when they heard, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John. 30 But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected for themselves the counsel of God, being not baptized of him.
Luke 12:1 : 1 In the mean time, when the many thousands of the multitude were gathered together, insomuch that they trod one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
John 1:27 : 27 [ even] he {G2076} that cometh after me, the {G1096} {G1715} {G3450} latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to unloose.

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