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John 11:55

And the Jews’ passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.

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Ἦνēnwasεἰμί (eimi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “was”, an ongoing action in the pastG1510I am, exist.wasδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἐγγὺςengusnigh at handἐγγύςadverb — “nigh at hand”G1451near.nigh at handτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.πάσχαpaschapassoverπάσχαnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “passover”, the subject formG3957the feast of Passover, the Passover lamb.the passoverτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἸουδαίωνioudaiōnJewishἸουδαῖος (ioudaios)adjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “Jewish”, the of-formG2453Jewish.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ἀνέβησανanebēsanto ascendἀναβαίνω (anabainō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to ascend”, a single actionG305I go up, mount, ascend; of things: I rise, spring up, come up.This verse uses “ascend”.πολλοὶpolloimuchπολύς (polus)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “much”, the subject formG4183much, many; often.This verse uses “much”.εἰςeistowardεἰςpreposition — “toward”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.ἹεροσόλυμαhierosolumaJerusalemἹεροσόλυμαnoun, accusative, plural, neuter — “Jerusalem”, the object formG2414the Greek form of the Hebrew name: Jerusalem.ἐκekout fromἐκpreposition — “out from”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.This verse uses “from”.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.χώραςchōrascountryχώρα (chōra)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “country”, the of-formG5561(a) a country or region, (b) the land, as opposed to the sea, (c) the country, distinct from town, (d) plur: fields.πρὸprobeforeπρόpreposition — “before”G4253(a) of place: before, in front of, (b) of time: before, earlier than.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.πάσχαpaschaPassoverπάσχαnoun, genitive, singular, neuter — “Passover”, the of-formG3957the feast of Passover, the Passover lamb.ἵναhinatoἵναconjunction — “to”G2443in order that, so that.toἁγνίσωσινhagnisōsinpurifyἁγνίζω (hagnizō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural — “purify”, a single actionG48I cleanse, purify, either ceremonially, actually, or morally.This verse uses “purify”.purifyἑαυτούςheautousthemselvesἑαυτοῦ (heautou)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “themselves”, the object formG1438himself, herself, itself.themselves

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And the passover of the Jews was nigh, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, that they might purify themselves;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Now the passover of the Jews was at hand: and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, to purify themselves.

Young’s Literal Translation

And the passover of the Jews was nigh, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, that they might purify themselves;

World English Bible

Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand. Many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.

Darby Translation

But the passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, that they might purify themselves.

Douay-Rheims

And the pasch of the Jews was at hand; and many from the country went up to Jerusalem, before the pasch to purify themselves.

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