1{
"verseID": "Luke.1.1",
"source": "¶Ἐπειδήπερ πολλοὶ ἐπεχείρησαν ἀνατάξασθαι διήγησιν περὶ τῶν πεπληροφορημένων ἐν ἡμῖν πραγμάτων,",
"text": "*Epeidēper polloi epecheirēsan anataxasthai diēgēsin peri tōn peplērophorēmenōn en hēmin pragmatōn*,",
"grammar": {
"*Epeidēper*": "conjunction - since, forasmuch as, inasmuch as",
"*polloi*": "nominative, masculine, plural - many",
"*epecheirēsan*": "aorist, indicative, active, 3rd person plural - they undertook, attempted",
"*anataxasthai*": "aorist, middle, infinitive - to compile, arrange in order",
"*diēgēsin*": "accusative, feminine, singular - narrative, account",
"*peri*": "preposition + genitive - concerning, about",
"*tōn peplērophorēmenōn*": "genitive, neuter, plural, perfect passive participle - having been fully accomplished/fulfilled",
"*en hēmin*": "preposition + dative, 1st person plural - among us",
"*pragmatōn*": "genitive, neuter, plural - matters, events, things"
},
"variants": {
"*Epeidēper*": "since/inasmuch as/seeing that",
"*epecheirēsan*": "have taken in hand/attempted/undertaken",
"*anataxasthai*": "to compile/set in order/arrange",
"*diēgēsin*": "narrative/account/declaration",
"*peplērophorēmenōn*": "fully accomplished/completely fulfilled/fully believed",
"*pragmatōn*": "things/matters/events/deeds"
}
}
2{
"verseID": "Luke.1.2",
"source": "Καθὼς παρέδοσαν ἡμῖν, οἱ ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς αὐτόπται, καὶ ὑπηρέται γενόμενοι τοῦ λόγου·",
"text": "*Kathōs paredosan hēmin, hoi ap' archēs autoptai, kai hypēretai genomenoi tou logou*;",
"grammar": {
"*Kathōs*": "conjunction - just as, according as",
"*paredosan*": "aorist, indicative, active, 3rd person plural - they delivered, handed down",
"*hēmin*": "dative, 1st person plural - to us",
"*hoi*": "nominative, masculine, plural, article - the",
"*ap' archēs*": "preposition + genitive, feminine, singular - from beginning",
"*autoptai*": "nominative, masculine, plural - eyewitnesses",
"*kai*": "conjunction - and",
"*hypēretai*": "nominative, masculine, plural - servants, ministers",
"*genomenoi*": "aorist, middle, participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having become",
"*tou logou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of the word/message"
},
"variants": {
"*paredosan*": "delivered/handed down/transmitted",
"*autoptai*": "eyewitnesses/those who saw with their own eyes",
"*hypēretai*": "servants/ministers/attendants",
"*logou*": "word/message/account"
}
}
3{
"verseID": "Luke.1.3",
"source": "Ἔδοξε κἀμοί, παρηκολουθηκότι ἄνωθεν πᾶσιν ἀκριβῶς, καθεξῆς σοι γράψαι, κράτιστε Θεόφιλε,",
"text": "*Edoxe kamoi, parēkolouthēkoti anōthen pasin akribōs, kathexēs soi grapsai, kratiste Theophile*,",
"grammar": {
"*Edoxe*": "aorist, indicative, active, 3rd person singular - it seemed good",
"*kamoi*": "dative, 1st person singular (contraction of *kai emoi*) - also to me",
"*parēkolouthēkoti*": "perfect, active, participle, dative, masculine, singular - having followed/traced/investigated",
"*anōthen*": "adverb - from the beginning/from above",
"*pasin*": "dative, neuter, plural - all things",
"*akribōs*": "adverb - carefully, accurately",
"*kathexēs*": "adverb - in order, successively",
"*soi*": "dative, 2nd person singular - to you",
"*grapsai*": "aorist, active, infinitive - to write",
"*kratiste*": "vocative, masculine, singular - most excellent",
"*Theophile*": "vocative, masculine, singular - Theophilus (name meaning 'lover of God')"
},
"variants": {
"*Edoxe*": "it seemed good/it appeared best",
"*parēkolouthēkoti*": "having traced/having investigated/having followed closely",
"*anōthen*": "from the beginning/from the first/from above",
"*akribōs*": "accurately/carefully/precisely",
"*kathexēs*": "in order/successively/consecutively"
}
}