John 5:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἐδίωκον τὸν Ἰησοῦν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι, καὶ ἐζήτουν αὐτὸν ἀποκτεῖναι, ὅτι ταῦτα ἐποίει ἐν σαββάτῳ.

Transliteration

And because of touto ediōkon the Iēsoun the Ioudaioi, and ezētoun him apokteinai, because tauta epoiei on sabbatō.

Grammar Details

*dia touto*: prepositional phrase - because of this
*ediōkon*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd plural of *diōkō* - were persecuting
*Iēsoun*: noun, accusative, masculine, singular - Jesus
*Ioudaioi*: noun, nominative, masculine, plural - Jews/Judeans
*ezētoun*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd plural of *zēteō* - were seeking
*auton*: personal pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular - him
*apokteinai*: aorist active infinitive of *apokteinō* - to kill
*hoti*: conjunction - because
*tauta*: demonstrative pronoun, accusative, neuter, plural - these things
*epoiei*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd singular of *poieō* - was doing
*sabbatō*: noun, dative, neuter, singular - sabbath

Word Meanings

*ediōkon*: were persecuting/pursued/harassed
*ezētoun*: were seeking/trying/attempting
*apokteinai*: to kill/to put to death
*epoiei*: was doing/kept doing/practiced

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

John 15:20 : 20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
Acts 9:4-5 : 4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? 5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
Matt 12:13 : 13 Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.
Mark 3:6 : 6 And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.
Luke 6:11 : 11 And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.
John 5:13 : 13 And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place.
John 7:19-20 : 19 Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me? 20 The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?
John 7:25 : 25 Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?
John 10:39 : 39 Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,

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