John
John 8:37
37I know you are Abraham’s descendants, but you are trying to kill Me because My word has no place within you.
Word by word
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| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I know | Οἶδα | Oida | Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular | G1492 I know, remember |
| you are | ἐστε | este | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural | G1510 I am, exist |
| Abraham’s | Ἀβραάμ | Abraam | Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular | G11 Abraham |
| descendants | σπέρμα | sperma | Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular | G4690 seed, offspring |
| but | ἀλλὰ | alla | Conjunction | G235 but, except |
| you are trying | ζητεῖτέ | zēteite | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural | G2212 I seek, search for, desire |
| to kill | ἀποκτεῖναι | apokteinai | Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active | G615 I put to death, kill |
| Me | με | me | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular | G1473 I |
| because | ὅτι | hoti | Conjunction | G3754 that, since, because |
| My | ἐμὸς | emos | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Masculine 1st Person Singular | G1699 mine |
| word | λόγος | logos | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G3056 a word, speech, divine utterance, analogy |
| has no place | χωρεῖ | chōrei | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G5562 I make room, go, receive |
| within | ἐν | en | Preposition | G1722 in, on, among |
| you | ὑμῖν | hymin | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural | G4771 you |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
1 Corinthians 2:14 · John 8:45–47 · Romans 9:7 · John 7:1 · John 8:59 · Acts 13:26 · John 8:43 · Matthew 13:15 · John 11:53 · John 7:19 · John 12:39–43
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.