Matthew 11:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and tell John the things which you hear and see:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Πορευθέντες ἀπαγγείλατε Ἰωάννῃ ἃ ἀκούετε καὶ βλέπετε:

Transliteration

And apokritheis the Iēsous eipen to them, Poreuthentes apangeilate to Iōannē what akouete and blepete:

Grammar Details

*apokritheis*: aorist participle, passive, nominative, masculine, singular - having answered
*Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
*eipen*: aorist, active, 3rd singular - said
*Poreuthentes*: aorist participle, passive, nominative, masculine, plural - having gone/departed
*apangeilate*: aorist imperative, active, 2nd plural - report/tell
*Iōannē*: dative, masculine, singular - to John
*akouete*: present, active, 2nd plural - you hear
*blepete*: present, active, 2nd plural - you see

Word Meanings

*apokritheis*: having answered/responded/replied
*Poreuthentes*: having gone/departed/journeyed
*apangeilate*: report/tell/announce
*akouete*: you hear/are hearing
*blepete*: you see/are seeing/perceive

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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