Mark
Mark 2:9
9“Which is easier: to say to a paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, pick up your mat, and walk’?
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| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Which | τί | ti | Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Singular | G5101 who, which, what |
| is | ἐστιν | estin | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G1510 I am, exist |
| easier | εὐκοπώτερον | eukopōteron | Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular - Comparative | G2123 easier |
| to say | εἰπεῖν | eipein | Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active | G2036 to speak or say (by word or writing) |
| to a paralytic | παραλυτικῷ | paralytikō | Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular | G3885 afflicted with paralysis |
| Your | σου | sou | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular | G4771 you |
| sins | ἁμαρτίαι | hamartiai | Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural | G266 a sin |
| are forgiven | Ἀφίενταί | Aphientai | Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural | G863 I send away, release, remit, forgive, permit |
| or | ἢ | ē | Conjunction | G2228 or, than |
| to say | εἰπεῖν | eipein | Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active | G2036 to speak or say (by word or writing) |
| Get up | Ἔγειρε | Egeire | Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular | G1453 I wake, arouse, raise up |
| pick up | ἆρον | aron | Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular | G142 I raise, lift up |
| your | σου | sou | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular | G4771 you |
| mat | κράβαττόν | krabatton | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G2895 a bed, mattress, mat |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| walk | περιπάτει | peripatei | Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular | G4043 I walk, conduct my life |
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.