John 4:51

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying , Thy son liveth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἤδη δὲ αὐτοῦ καταβαίνοντος, οἱ δοῦλοι αὐτοῦ ἀπήντησαν αὐτῷ, καὶ ἀπήγγειλαν, λέγοντες, ὅτι Ὁ παῖς σου ζῇ.

Transliteration

Ēdē de autou katabainontos, the douloi autou apēntēsan autō, and apēngeilan, legontes, that Ho pais sou zē.

Grammar Details

*Ēdē*: temporal adverb - already/now
*de*: contrastive particle - but/and/now
*autou katabainontos*: genitive absolute - while he was going down
*autou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of him/his
*katabainontos*: present active participle, genitive, masculine, singular - going down/descending
*douloi*: nominative, masculine, plural - servants/slaves
*apēntēsan*: aorist active indicative, 3rd plural - met [completed action]
*autō*: dative, masculine, singular - him
*apēngeilan*: aorist active indicative, 3rd plural - reported/announced [completed action]
*legontes*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - saying
*pais*: nominative, masculine, singular - child/servant/boy
*sou*: genitive, 2nd singular pronoun - your/of you
*zē*: present active indicative, 3rd singular - lives/is alive [ongoing state]

Word Meanings

*Ēdē*: already/now/at this point
*katabainontos*: going down/descending
*douloi*: servants/slaves/bondservants
*apēntēsan*: met/encountered
*apēngeilan*: reported/announced/told
*legontes*: saying/speaking/telling
*pais*: child/servant/boy
*zē*: lives/is alive/is living

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Classic King James Version text presented with Strong's numbering to link English words to their underlying Hebrew and Greek terms. Prioritizes literal/formal correspondence while enabling original-language word study.

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High concordance with source wording
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Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 17:23 : 23 And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.
John 4:50 : 50 Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.
John 4:53 : 53 So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him , Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house.

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