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John 10:1

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

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ἈμὴνamēnVerilyἀμήνparticle — “Verily”G281verily, truly, amen; at the end of sentences may be paraphrased by: So let it be.This verse uses “verily”.Verilyἀμὴνamēnverilyἀμήνparticle — “verily”G281verily, truly, amen; at the end of sentences may be paraphrased by: So let it be.This verse uses “verily”.verilyλέγωlegōI sayλέγωverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “I say”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.I sayὑμῖνhuminunto youσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “unto you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.unto youὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.μὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.notεἰσερχόμενοςeiserchomenosto enterεἰσέρχομαι (eiserchomai)verb, present middle participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to enter”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1525I go in, come in, enter.This verse uses “enter”.διὰdiabyδιάpreposition — “by”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.byτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θύραςthurasdoorθύρα (thura)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “door”, the of-formG2374(a) a door, (b) met: an opportunity.the doorεἰςeisintoεἰςpreposition — “into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.intoτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.αὐλὴνaulēnpalaceαὐλή (aulē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “palace”, the object formG833court-yard, fore-court, sheep-fold; but it may be understood as: palace, house.This verse uses “palace”.τῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.προβάτωνprobatōnsheepfoldπρόβατον (probaton)noun, genitive, plural, neuter — “sheepfold”, the of-formG4263a sheep.the sheepfoldἀλλὰallabutἀλλάconjunction — “but”G235but, except, however.This verse uses “but”.butἀναβαίνωνanabainōnclimbeth upἀναβαίνω (anabainō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “climbeth up”, an ongoing or repeated actionG305I go up, mount, ascend; of things: I rise, spring up, come up.climbeth upἀλλαχόθενallachothensome other wayἀλλαχόθενadverb — “some other way”G237from another place, by another way.some other wayἐκεῖνοςekeinossameἐκεῖνοςdemonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “same”, the subject formG1565that, that one there, yonder.the sameκλέπτηςkleptēsa thiefκλέπτηςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “a thief”, the subject formG2812a thief.a thiefἐστὶνestinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andλῃστήςlēstēsa robberλῃστήςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “a robber”, the subject formG3027 a robber, brigand, bandit.This verse uses “a robber”.a robber

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

'Verily, verily, I say to you, He who is not entering through the door to the fold of the sheep, but is going up from another side, that one is a thief and a robber;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

Young’s Literal Translation

'Verily, verily, I say to you, He who is not entering through the door to the fold of the sheep, but is going up from another side, that one is a thief and a robber;

World English Bible

“Most certainly , I tell you , one who doesn’ t enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way , is a thief and a robber .

Darby Translation

Verily, verily, I say to you, He that enters not in by the door to the fold of the sheep, but mounts up elsewhere, he is a thief and a robber;

Douay-Rheims

Amen, amen I say to you: He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up another way, the same is a thief and a robber.

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