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John 2:18

Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?

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ἀπεκρίθησανapekrithēsanansweredἀποκρίνομαι (apokrinomai)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person plural — “answered”, a single actionG611I answer, reply, take up the conversation.answeredοὖνounthereforeοὖνconjunction — “therefore”G3767therefore, then.This verse uses “therefore”.οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἸουδαῖοιioudaioiJewsἸουδαῖος (ioudaios)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “Jews”, the subject formG2453Jewish.the Jewsκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andεἶπανeipanto sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to say”, a single 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”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).saidαὐτῷautōunto himαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “unto him”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.unto himΤίtiWhatτίς (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “What”, the object formG5101who, which, what, why.This verse uses “what”.Whatσημεῖονsēmeionsignσημεῖονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “sign”, the object formG4592a sign, miracle, indication, mark, token.signδεικνύειςdeiknueisshewest thouδείκνυμι (deiknumi)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person singular — “shewest thou”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1166I point out, show, exhibit; met: I teach, demonstrate, make known.shewest thouἡμῖνhēminIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “I”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).unto usὅτιhotiseeing thatὅτιconjunction — “seeing that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.seeing thatταῦταtautathese thingsοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, plural, neuter — “these things”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.these thingsποιεῖςpoieisto doποιέω (poieō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person singular — “to do”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

the Jews then answered and said to him, 'What sign dost thou shew to us — that thou dost these things?'

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American Standard Version (1901)

The Jews therefore answered and said unto him, What sign showest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?

Young’s Literal Translation

the Jews then answered and said to him, 'What sign dost thou shew to us — that thou dost these things?'

World English Bible

The Jews therefore answered him, “What sign do you show us, seeing that you do these things?”

Darby Translation

The Jews therefore answered and said to him, What sign shewest thou to us, that thou doest these things?

Douay-Rheims

The Jews, therefore, answered, and said to him: What sign dost thou shew unto us, seeing thou dost these things?

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