John 11:54

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews, but departed thence into the country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim; and there he tarried with the disciples.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἰησοῦς οὖν οὐκέτι παρρησίᾳ περιεπάτει ἐν τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις· ἀλλὰ ἀπῆλθεν ἐκεῖθεν εἰς τὴν χώραν ἐγγὺς τῆς ἐρήμου, εἰς Ἐφραῒμ λεγομένην πόλιν, κἀκεῖ διέτριβεν μετὰ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ.

Transliteration

Iēsous oun ouketi parrēsia periepatei en tois Ioudaiois; alla apēlthen ekeithen eis tēn chōran engys tēs erēmou, eis Ephraim legomenēn polin, kakei dietriben meta tōn mathētōn autou.

Grammar Details

*Iēsous*: nominative masculine singular - Jesus
*oun*: inferential conjunction - therefore/then
*ouketi*: adverb - no longer/no more
*parrēsia*: dative feminine singular - openly/publicly/boldly
*periepatei*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - was walking about
*en*: preposition + dative - among/in
*tois Ioudaiois*: dative masculine plural - the Jews
*alla*: strong adversative conjunction - but
*apēlthen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - he departed/went away
*ekeithen*: adverb - from there
*eis*: preposition + accusative - to/into
*tēn chōran*: accusative feminine singular - the region/country
*engys*: adverb - near
*tēs erēmou*: genitive feminine singular - the wilderness/desert
*Ephraim*: accusative proper noun - Ephraim
*legomenēn*: present passive participle, accusative feminine singular - being called
*polin*: accusative feminine singular - city
*kakei*: conjunction and adverb (kai + ekei) - and there
*dietriben*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - he was staying/remaining
*meta*: preposition + genitive - with
*tōn mathētōn*: genitive masculine plural - the disciples
*autou*: personal pronoun, genitive masculine singular - of him/his

Word Meanings

*parrēsia*: openly/publicly/boldly/freely
*periepatei*: walked/went about/conducted himself
*apēlthen*: departed/went away/left
*chōran*: region/country/territory
*erēmou*: wilderness/desert/uninhabited region
*legomenēn*: called/named
*dietriben*: remained/stayed/spent time

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

John 7:1 : 1 And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Judaea, because the Jews sought to kill him.
John 7:4 : 4 For no man doeth anything in secret, and {G2212} himself seeketh to be known {G1722} openly. If thou doest these things, manifest thyself to the world.
2 Chr 13:19 : 19 And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Beth-el with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephron with the towns thereof.
John 4:1-3 : 1 When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John 2 (although Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples), 3 he left Judea, and departed again into Galilee.
2 Sam 13:23 : 23 And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheep-shearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.
John 7:10 : 10 But when his brethren were gone up unto the feast, then went he also up, not publicly, but as it were in secret.
John 7:13 : 13 Yet no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.
John 10:40 : 40 And he went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was at the first baptizing; and there he abode.
John 18:20 : 20 Jesus answered him, I have spoken openly to the world; I ever taught in synagogues, and in the temple, where all the Jews come together; and in secret spake I nothing.

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