John 18:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀπεκρίθησαν αὐτῷ, Ἰησοῦν τὸν Ναζωραῖον. Λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Ἐγώ εἰμι. Εἱστήκει δὲ καὶ Ἰούδας, ὁ παραδιδοὺς αὐτὸν, μετʼ αὐτῶν.

Transliteration

Apekrithēsan autō, Iēsoun ton Nazōraion. Legei autois ho Iēsous, Egō eimi. Heistēkei de kai Ioudas, the paradidous auton, met' autōn.

Grammar Details

*Apekrithēsan*: aorist passive indicative, 3rd person plural - they answered
*autō*: dative, masculine, singular - to him
*Iēsoun*: accusative, masculine, singular - Jesus
*ton Nazōraion*: accusative, masculine, singular - the Nazarene
*Legei*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - says/is saying
*autois*: dative, masculine, plural - to them
*ho Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
*Egō eimi*: personal pronoun + present active indicative, 1st person singular - I am
*Heistēkei*: pluperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - had stood/was standing
*de*: postpositive particle - and/but
*kai*: adverb - also
*Ioudas*: nominative, masculine, singular - Judas
*paradidous*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - betraying
*auton*: accusative, masculine, singular - him
*met'*: preposition + genitive - with
*autōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - them

Word Meanings

*Apekrithēsan*: they answered/they replied
*Nazōraion*: Nazarene/from Nazareth
*Legei*: says/tells/speaks
*Egō eimi*: I am/I am he
*Heistēkei*: had stood/was standing
*de*: and/but/now
*paradidous*: betraying/delivering up/handing over
*met'*: with/among

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 3:9 : 9 The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.
Jer 8:12 : 12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
Matt 2:23 : 23 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets , He shall be called a Nazarene.
Matt 21:11 : 11 And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.
John 1:46 : 46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
John 19:19 : 19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.

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