John 7:52

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and see that out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀπεκρίθησαν καὶ εἶπον αὐτῷ, Μὴ καὶ σὺ ἐκ τῆς Γαλιλαίας εἶ; Ἐρεύνησον, καὶ ἴδε: ὅτι προφήτης ἐκ τῆς Γαλιλαίας οὐκ ἐγήγερται.

Transliteration

Apekrithēsan and eipon to him, Mē and you ek the Galilaias ei? Ereunēson, and ide: hoti prophētēs ek the Galilaias ouk egēgertai.

Grammar Details

*Apekrithēsan*: aorist passive indicative, 3rd person plural - they answered
*eipon*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural - they said
*Mē*: negative particle - not (in questions expecting negative answer)
*ek*: preposition + genitive - from/out of
*Galilaias*: genitive, feminine, singular - of Galilee
*ei*: present active indicative, 2nd person singular - you are
*Ereunēson*: aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular - search/investigate
*ide*: aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular - see/behold
*hoti*: conjunction - that/because
*prophētēs*: nominative, masculine, singular - prophet
*ouk*: negative particle - not
*egēgertai*: perfect passive indicative, 3rd person singular - has been raised/arisen

Word Meanings

*Apekrithēsan*: answered/responded/replied
*eipon*: said/spoke/told
*Mē*: not/surely not (rhetorical question marker)
*Ereunēson*: search/investigate/examine carefully
*ide*: see/look/behold
*hoti*: that/because/since
*prophētēs*: prophet/spokesperson
*egēgertai*: has been raised/has arisen/has appeared

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Referenced Verses

John 7:41 : 41 Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, What, doth the Christ come out of Galilee?
John 1:46 : 46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
John 9:34 : 34 They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.
Gen 19:9 : 9 And they said, Stand back. And they said, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and drew near to break the door.
Exod 2:14 : 14 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? Thinkest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely the thing is known.
1 Kgs 22:24 : 24 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of Jehovah from me to speak unto thee?
Prov 9:7-8 : 7 He that correcteth a scoffer getteth to himself reviling; And he that reproveth a wicked man [getteth] himself a blot. 8 Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
Isa 9:1-2 : 1 But there shall be no gloom to her that was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali; but in the latter time hath he made it glorious, by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations. 2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
Matt 4:15-16 : 15 The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, Toward the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles, 16 the people that sat in darkness saw a great light, and to them that sat in the region and shadow of death, to them did light spring up.

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