King James Version

John 11:13

Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.

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εἰρήκειeirēkeito sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, pluperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to say”, a completed action before another past momentG3004(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”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).δὲdeHowbeitδέconjunction — “Howbeit”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.Howbeitὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἸησοῦςiēsousJesusἸησοῦςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the subject formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.Jesusπερὶperiofπερίpreposition — “of”G4012(a) gen: about, concerning, (b) acc: around.ofτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θανάτουthanatoudeathθάνατος (thanatos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “death”, the of-formG2288death, physical or spiritual.deathαὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ἐκεῖνοιekeinoitheyἐκεῖνος (ekeinos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “they”, the subject formG1565that, that one there, yonder.theyδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἔδοξανedoxanthoughtδοκέω (dokeō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “thought”, a single actionG1380I think, seem, appear, it seems.thoughtὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.thatπερὶperiofπερίpreposition — “of”G4012(a) gen: about, concerning, (b) acc: around.ofτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.κοιμήσεωςkoimēseōstaking of restκοίμησις (koimēsis)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “taking of rest”, the of-formG2838repose, taking rest, sleep.taking of restτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ὕπνουhupnouin sleepὕπνος (hupnos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “in sleep”, the of-formG5258sleep; fig: spiritual sleep.in sleepλέγειlegeito speakλέγω (legō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to speak”, 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 “speak”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

but Jesus had spoken about his death, but they thought that about the repose of sleep he speaketh.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Now Jesus had spoken of his death: but they thought that he spake of taking rest in sleep.

Young’s Literal Translation

but Jesus had spoken about his death, but they thought that about the repose of sleep he speaketh.

World English Bible

Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he spoke of taking rest in sleep.

Darby Translation

But Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that he spoke of the rest of sleep.

Douay-Rheims

But Jesus spoke of his death; and they thought that he spoke of the repose of sleep.

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