John 10:40

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{ "verseID": "John.10.40", "source": "Καὶ ἀπῆλθεν πάλιν πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου εἰς τὸν τόπον ὅπου ἦν Ἰωάννης τὸ πρῶτον βαπτίζων· καὶ ἔμεινεν ἐκεῖ.", "text": "And *apēlthen palin peran* of the *Iordanou* into the *topon hopou ēn Iōannēs* the *prōton baptizōn*; and *emeinen* there.", "grammar": { "*apēlthen*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - he went away", "*palin*": "adverb - again/once more", "*peran*": "adverb - beyond/across", "*Iordanou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of Jordan", "*topon*": "accusative, masculine, singular - place/location", "*hopou*": "adverb - where", "*ēn*": "imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - was", "*Iōannēs*": "nominative, masculine, singular - John", "*prōton*": "adverb - first/at first", "*baptizōn*": "present active participle, nominative masculine singular - baptizing", "*emeinen*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - he remained/stayed" }, "variants": { "*apēlthen*": "went away/departed/left", "*palin*": "again/once more/back", "*peran*": "beyond/across/on the other side", "*Iordanou*": "Jordan", "*topon*": "place/location/spot", "*ēn*": "was/existed", "*Iōannēs*": "John", "*prōton*": "first/at first/originally", "*baptizōn*": "baptizing/immersing", "*emeinen*": "remained/stayed/abided" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἀπῆλθεν πάλιν πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου εἰς τὸν τόπον ὅπου ἦν Ἰωάννης τὸ πρῶτον βαπτίζων· καὶ ἔμεινεν ἐκεῖ.

Transliteration

And apēlthen palin peran of the Iordanou into the topon hopou ēn Iōannēs the prōton baptizōn; and emeinen there.

Grammar Details

• *apēlthen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - he went away
• *palin*: adverb - again/once more
• *peran*: adverb - beyond/across
• *Iordanou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Jordan
• *topon*: accusative, masculine, singular - place/location
• *hopou*: adverb - where
• *ēn*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - was
• *Iōannēs*: nominative, masculine, singular - John
• *prōton*: adverb - first/at first
• *baptizōn*: present active participle, nominative masculine singular - baptizing
• *emeinen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - he remained/stayed

Word Meanings

• *apēlthen*: went away/departed/left
• *palin*: again/once more/back
• *peran*: beyond/across/on the other side
• *Iordanou*: Jordan
• *topon*: place/location/spot
• *ēn*: was/existed
• *Iōannēs*: John
• *prōton*: first/at first/originally
• *baptizōn*: baptizing/immersing
• *emeinen*: remained/stayed/abided

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Then he went back across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing earlier, and he remained there.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where n at first baptized; and there he abode.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And he went away again beyond the Jordan to the place where John was first baptizing, and there he stayed.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was at the first baptizing; and there he abode.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  and went awaye agayne beyonde Iordan into the place where Iohn before had baptised and there aboode.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and wete awaye agayne beyode Iordane, into ye place where Iho had baptysed before, & there he abode.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And went againe beyonde Iordan, into the place where Iohn first baptized, and there abode.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And went away againe beyonde Iordane, into the place where Iohn before had baptized, and there he abode.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was baptizing at first, and there he stayed.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and went away again to the other side of the Jordan, to the place where John was at first baptizing, and remained there,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was at the first baptizing; and there be abode.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was at the first baptizing; and there he abode.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he went again to the other side of the Jordan, to the place where John first gave baptism; and he was there for a time.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was baptizing at first, and there he stayed.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Jesus went back across the Jordan River again to the place where John had been baptizing at an earlier time, and he stayed there.

Referenced Verses

• John 1:28 : 28 { "verseID": "John.1.28", "source": "Ταῦτα ἐν Βηθαβαρᾶ ἐγένετο πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου, ὅπου ἦν Ἰωάννης βαπτίζων.", "text": "These things in *Bēthabara egeneto* beyond the *Iordanou*, where *ēn Iōannēs baptizōn*.", "grammar": { "*Bēthabara*": "dative feminine singular - Bethabara (place name)", "*egeneto*": "aorist middle indicative 3rd person singular of *ginomai* - happened/took place", "*Iordanou*": "genitive masculine singular - of Jordan", "*ēn*": "imperfect active indicative 3rd person singular of *eimi* - was", "*Iōannēs*": "nominative masculine singular - John", "*baptizōn*": "present active participle, nominative masculine singular of *baptizō* - baptizing" }, "variants": { "*Bēthabara*": "Bethabara (some manuscripts have Bethany, a place east of the Jordan)", "*egeneto*": "happened/took place/occurred", "*Iordanou*": "of Jordan (river)", "*baptizōn*": "baptizing/immersing (continuous action)" } }
• John 3:26 : 26 { "verseID": "John.3.26", "source": "Καὶ ἦλθον πρὸς τὸν Ἰωάννην, καὶ εἶπον αὐτῷ, Ῥαββί, ὃς ἦν μετὰ σοῦ πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου, ᾧ σὺ μεμαρτύρηκας, ἴδε, οὗτος βαπτίζει, καὶ πάντες ἔρχονται πρὸς αὐτόν.", "text": "And they *ēlthon pros ton Iōannēn, kai eipon autō, Rabbi, hos ēn meta sou peran tou Iordanou, hō su memartyrēkas, ide, houtos baptizei, kai pantes erchontai pros auton*.", "grammar": { "*ēlthon*": "aorist, 3rd plural - came", "*pros*": "preposition + accusative - to", "*Iōannēn*": "accusative, masculine, singular - John", "*eipon*": "aorist, 3rd plural - said", "*autō*": "personal pronoun, dative, masculine - to him", "*Rabbi*": "vocative, masculine, singular - Rabbi", "*hos*": "relative pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular - who", "*ēn*": "imperfect, 3rd singular - was", "*meta*": "preposition + genitive - with", "*sou*": "personal pronoun, genitive - you", "*peran*": "adverb - beyond/across", "*Iordanou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of Jordan", "*hō*": "relative pronoun, dative, masculine, singular - to whom", "*su*": "personal pronoun, nominative - you", "*memartyrēkas*": "perfect, 2nd singular - have testified", "*ide*": "imperative - look/behold", "*houtos*": "demonstrative pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular - this one", "*baptizei*": "present, 3rd singular - baptizes", "*pantes*": "adjective, nominative, masculine, plural - all", "*erchontai*": "present, middle/passive, 3rd plural - come", "*pros*": "preposition + accusative - to", "*auton*": "personal pronoun, accusative, masculine - him" }, "variants": { "*memartyrēkas*": "have testified/witnessed/declared", "*ide*": "look/behold/see [attention marker]", "*peran tou Iordanou*": "beyond the Jordan/across the Jordan River" } }
• John 7:1 : 1 { "verseID": "John.7.1", "source": "¶Καὶ περιεπάτει ὁ Ἰησοῦς Μετὰ ταῦτα ἐν τῇ Γαλιλαίᾳ: οὐ γὰρ ἤθελεν ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ περιπατεῖν, ὅτι ἐζήτουν αὐτὸν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι ἀποκτεῖναι.", "text": "And *periepatei* the *Iēsous* after these in the *Galilaia*: not for *ēthelen* in the *Ioudaia* *peripatein*, because *ezētoun* him the *Ioudaioi* *apokteinai*.", "grammar": { "*periepatei*": "imperfect, 3rd singular - was walking [continuous action]", "*Iēsous*": "nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus", "*Galilaia*": "dative, feminine, singular - Galilee", "*ēthelen*": "imperfect, 3rd singular - was wanting/willing [continuous]", "*Ioudaia*": "dative, feminine, singular - Judea", "*peripatein*": "present infinitive - to walk/move about", "*ezētoun*": "imperfect, 3rd plural - were seeking [continuous]", "*Ioudaioi*": "nominative, masculine, plural - Jews/Judeans", "*apokteinai*": "aorist infinitive - to kill" }, "variants": { "*periepatei*": "was walking/moving about/living", "*ēthelen*": "was willing/wanting/desiring", "*ezētoun*": "were seeking/looking for/trying", "*apokteinai*": "to kill/put to death" } }
• John 11:54 : 54 { "verseID": "John.11.54", "source": "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.", "text": "*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": { "*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", "*eis*": "preposition + accusative - to/into", "*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" }, "variants": { "*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" } }