John 11:57

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, that they might take him.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Δεδώκεισαν δὲ καὶ οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι ἐντολήν, ἵνα, ἐάν τις γνῷ ποῦ ἐστιν, μηνύσῃ, ὅπως πιάσωσιν αὐτόν.

Transliteration

Dedōkeisan de kai hoi archiereis kai hoi Pharisaioi entolēn, hina, ean tis gnō pou estin, mēnysē, hopōs piasōsin auton.

Grammar Details

*dedōkeisan*: pluperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural - they had given
*de*: postpositive conjunction - and/but
*kai*: conjunction - and
*hoi archiereis*: nominative masculine plural - the chief priests
*hoi Pharisaioi*: nominative masculine plural - the Pharisees
*entolēn*: accusative feminine singular - commandment/order
*hina*: conjunction introducing purpose clause - in order that/so that
*ean*: conditional conjunction - if
*tis*: indefinite pronoun, nominative masculine singular - anyone
*gnō*: aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular - might know
*pou*: interrogative adverb - where
*estin*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - he is
*mēnysē*: aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular - he might report/inform
*hopōs*: conjunction introducing purpose clause - so that/in order that
*piasōsin*: aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural - they might seize
*auton*: personal pronoun, accusative masculine singular - him

Word Meanings

*dedōkeisan*: had given/issued/provided
*archiereis*: chief priests/high priests
*entolēn*: commandment/order/instruction
*gnō*: might know/learn/perceive
*mēnysē*: might report/inform/disclose
*piasōsin*: might seize/arrest/take

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 109:4 : 4 For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
John 5:16-18 : 16 And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day. 17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. 18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
John 8:59 : 59 Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
John 9:22 : 22 These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
John 10:39 : 39 Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,

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