KJV: The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.
YLT: The officers answered, 'Never so spake man -- as this man.'
Darby: The officers answered, Never man spoke thus, as this man speaks.
ASV: The officers answered, Never man so spake.
Ἀπεκρίθησαν | Answered |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Passive, 3rd Person Plural Root: ἀποκρίνομαι Sense: to give an answer to a question proposed, to answer. |
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ὑπηρέται | officers |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: ὑπηρέτης Sense: servant. |
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Οὐδέποτε | Never |
Parse: Adverb Root: οὐδέποτε Sense: never. |
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ἐλάλησεν | spoke |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: ἀπολαλέω Sense: to utter a voice or emit a sound. |
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οὕτως | like this |
Parse: Adverb Root: οὕτως Sense: in this manner, thus, so. |
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ἄνθρωπος | a man |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: ἄνθρωπος Sense: a human being, whether male or female. |
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οὗτος | this |
Parse: Demonstrative Pronoun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: οὗτος Sense: this. |
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λαλεῖ | speaks |
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: ἀπολαλέω Sense: to utter a voice or emit a sound. |
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ὁ | - |
Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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ἄνθρωπος〉 | man |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: ἄνθρωπος Sense: a human being, whether male or female. |
Greek Commentary for John 7:46
Police officers are not usually carried away by public speech. They had fallen under the power of Jesus “as the Galilean peasants had been impressed” (Bernard) in John 7:28. It was the words of Jesus that had so gripped these officers, not his works (John 15:24). It was most disconcerting to the Sanhedrin. [source]
Some of the best texts omit. [source]
Rev., led astray. See on John 7:12. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for John 7:46
Articular present active participle of ζωοποιεω zōopoieō for which see John 5:21. For the contrast between πνευμα pneuma (spirit) and σαρχ sarx (flesh) see note on John 3:6. The words Those in this discourse (I have just spoken, λελαληκα lelalēka), for they are the words of God (John 3:34; John 8:47; John 17:8). No wonder they “are spirit and are life” The breath of God and the life of God is in these words of Jesus. Never man spoke like Jesus (John 7:46). There is life in his words today. [source]