- *eipōmen*
- aorist active subjunctive, 1st plural - we might say
- *anthrōpōn*
- genitive, masculine, plural - of men/people
- *ephobounto*
- imperfect middle indicative, 3rd plural - they were fearing
- *laon*
- accusative, masculine, singular - people
- *hapantes*
- nominative, masculine, plural - all/everyone
- *gar*
- conjunction - for/because
- *eichon*
- imperfect active indicative, 3rd plural - they were having/holding
- *ton*
- definite article, accusative, masculine, singular - the
- *Iōannēn*
- accusative, masculine, singular - John
- *ontōs*
- adverb - truly/really
- *prophētēs*
- nominative, masculine, singular - prophet
- *ēn*
- imperfect active indicative, 3rd singular - he was