John
John 3:2
2He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| He | οὗτος | houtos | Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G3778 this, he, she, it |
| came | ἦλθεν | ēlthen | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G2064 I come, go |
| to | πρὸς | pros | Preposition | G4314 to, towards, with |
| at night | νυκτὸς | nyktos | Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular | G3571 the night, night-time |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| said | εἶπεν | eipen | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G2036 to speak or say (by word or writing) |
| Rabbi | Ῥαββί | Rhabbi | Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular | G4461 Rabbi, my master, teacher |
| we know | οἴδαμεν | oidamen | Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural | G1492 I know, remember |
| that | ὅτι | hoti | Conjunction | G3754 that, since, because |
| a teacher | διδάσκαλος | didaskalos | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G1320 a teacher |
| who has come | ἐλήλυθας | elēlythas | Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular | G2064 I come, go |
| from | ἀπὸ | apo | Preposition | G575 from, away from |
| God | Θεοῦ | Theou | Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular | G2316 God, a god |
| For | γὰρ | gar | Conjunction | G1063 for |
| no one | οὐδεὶς | oudeis | Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular | G3762 no one, none, nothing |
| could | δύναται | dynatai | Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular | G1410 I am powerful, am able |
| perform | ποιεῖν | poiein | Verb - Present Infinitive Active | G4160 I do, make |
| signs | σημεῖα | sēmeia | Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural | G4592 a sign, miracle, indication |
| You | σὺ | sy | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Singular | G4771 you |
| are doing | ποιεῖς | poieis | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular | G4160 I do, make |
| if | ἐὰν | ean | Conjunction | G1437 if |
| God | Θεὸς | Theos | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G2316 God, a god |
| were | ᾖ | ē | Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular | G1510 I am, exist |
| not | μὴ | mē | Adverb | G3361 not, lest |
| with | μετ’ | met’ | Preposition | G3326 with, after |
| him | αὐτοῦ | autou | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
Cross-references
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John 5:36 · Acts 10:38 · Acts 2:22 · John 9:16 · John 9:30–33 · Acts 4:16–17 · Matthew 22:16 · John 1:38 · John 12:37 · John 11:47–48 · John 7:31 · John 3:26
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.