John

John 18:6–7

⁶When Jesus said, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground.

⁷So He asked them again, “Whom are you seeking?”

“Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
When	ὡς	hōs	Adverb	G5613 as, like as, how, while, so that
said	εἶπεν	eipen	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G2036 to speak or say (by word or writing)
I	Ἐγώ	Egō	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular	G1473 I
am	εἰμι	eimi	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular	G1510 I am, exist
they drew	ἀπῆλθον	apēlthon	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural	G565 I come or go away from, depart, return
back	ὀπίσω	opisō	Adverb	G3694 behind, after
and	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
fell	ἔπεσαν	epesan	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural	G4098 I fall, fall under
to	χαμαί	chamai	Adverb	G5476 on or to the ground

English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So	οὖν	oun	Conjunction	G3767 therefore, then
He asked	ἐπηρώτησεν	epērōtēsen	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G1905 I interrogate, question, demand of
them	αὐτούς	autous	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural	G846 he, she, it, they, them, same
again	Πάλιν	Palin	Adverb	G3825 again, further, on the other hand
Whom	Τίνα	Tina	Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular	G5101 who, which, what
are you seeking	ζητεῖτε	zēteite	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural	G2212 I seek, search for, desire
Jesus	Ἰησοῦν	Iēsoun	Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular	G2424 Jesus
of	τὸν	ton	Article - Accusative Masculine Singular	G3588 the
Nazareth	Ναζωραῖον	Nazōraion	Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular	G3480 Nazarene
they answered	εἶπαν	eipan	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural	G2036 to speak or say (by word or writing)

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

John 18:6 Psalm 27:2 · Psalm 70:2–3 · 2 Kings 1:9–15 · Acts 4:29–30 · Luke 9:54–56

John 18:7 John 18:4

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.