John 12:29

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The multitude therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it had thundered: others said, An angel hath spoken to him.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ οὖν ὄχλος, ὁ ἑστὼς, καὶ ἀκούσας, ἔλεγεν βροντὴν γεγονέναι: ἄλλοι ἔλεγον, Ἄγγελος αὐτῷ λελάληκεν.

Transliteration

The therefore ochlos, the one hestōs and having akousas, elegen brontēn to have gegonenai; others elegon, Angelos to him has lelalēken.

Grammar Details

*ochlos*: nominative masculine singular - crowd/multitude
*hestōs*: perfect active participle, nominative masculine singular - standing/having stood
*akousas*: aorist active participle, nominative masculine singular - having heard
*elegen*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - was saying/kept saying
*brontēn*: accusative feminine singular - thunder
*gegonenai*: perfect active infinitive - to have happened/occurred
*elegon*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural - were saying/kept saying
*Angelos*: nominative masculine singular - angel/messenger
*lelalēken*: perfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - has spoken/talked

Word Meanings

*ochlos*: crowd/multitude/throng/mob
*hestōs*: standing/being present/remaining
*akousas*: having heard/listened to/perceived
*elegen*: was saying/kept saying/stating
*brontēn*: thunder/thunderclap
*gegonenai*: to have happened/occurred/taken place
*elegon*: were saying/kept saying/stating
*Angelos*: angel/messenger
*lelalēken*: has spoken/talked/conversed with

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Referenced Verses

Job 37:2-5 : 2 Hear, oh, hear the noise of his voice, And the sound that goeth out of his mouth. 3 He sendeth it forth under the whole heaven, And his lightning unto the ends of the earth. 4 After it a voice roareth; He thundereth with the voice of his majesty; And he restraineth not [the lightnings] when his voice is heard. 5 God thundereth marvellously with his voice; Great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.
Acts 23:8-9 : 8 For the Sadducees {G3303} say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess both. 9 And there arose a great clamor: and some of the scribes of the Pharisees part stood up, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: and what if a spirit hath spoken to him, or an angel?
Rev 14:2 : 2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and the voice which I heard [was] as [the voice] of harpers harping with their harps:
Rev 18:1-2 : 1 {G2532} After these things I saw another angel coming down out of heaven, having great authority; and the earth was lightened with his glory. 2 And he cried {G2479} with a mighty voice, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and is become a habitation of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean and hateful bird.
Rev 6:1 : 1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, Come.
Rev 8:5 : 5 And the angel taketh the censer; and he filled it with the fire of the altar, and cast it upon the earth: and there followed thunders, and voices, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
Rev 11:19 : 19 And there was opened the temple of God that is in heaven; and there was seen in his temple the ark of his covenant; and there followed lightnings, and voices, and thunders, and an earthquake, and great hail.
Job 40:9 : 9 Or hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
Exod 19:16 : 16 And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of a trumpet exceeding loud; and all the people that were in the camp trembled.
Exod 20:18 : 18 And all the people perceived the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they trembled, and stood afar off.
Ezek 10:5 : 5 And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of God Almighty when he speaketh.

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