King James Version

John 5:46

For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.

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εἰeiifεἰconjunction — “if”G1487if.γὰρgarForγάρconjunction — “For”G1063for.Forἐπιστεύετεepisteuetehad ye believedπιστεύω (pisteuō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 2nd person plural — “had ye believed”, an ongoing action in the pastG4100I believe, have faith in, trust in; pass: I am entrusted with.had ye believedΜωϋσεῖmōuseiMosesΜωϋσῆς (mōusēs)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “Moses”, the to- or for-formG3475Moses; met: the books of Moses, the Pentateuch.Mosesἐπιστεύετεepisteueteye would have believedπιστεύω (pisteuō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 2nd person plural — “ye would have believed”, an ongoing action in the pastG4100I believe, have faith in, trust in; pass: I am entrusted with.ye would have believedἂνanifἄνparticle — “if”G302an untranslatable word (under the circumstances, in that case, anyhow), the general effect of which is to make a statement contingent, which would otherwise be definite: it is thus regularly used with the subjunctive mood.ἐμοίemoimeἐγώ (egō)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “me”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.meπερὶperiofπερίpreposition — “of”G4012(a) gen: about, concerning, (b) acc: around.ofγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.ἐμοῦemoumeἐγώ (egō)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “me”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.meἐκεῖνοςekeinosthatἐκεῖνοςdemonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “that”, the subject formG1565that, that one there, yonder.This verse uses “that”.ἔγραψενegrapsento writeγράφω (graphō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to write”, a single actionG1125I write; pass: it is written, it stands written (in the scriptures).

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

for if ye were believing Moses, ye would have been believing me, for he wrote concerning me;

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American Standard Version (1901)

For if ye believed Moses, ye would believe me; for he wrote of me.

Young’s Literal Translation

for if ye were believing Moses, ye would have been believing me, for he wrote concerning me;

World English Bible

For if you believed Moses , you would believe me ; for he wrote about me .

Darby Translation

for if ye had believed Moses, ye would have believed me, for he wrote of me.

Douay-Rheims

For if you did believe Moses, you would perhaps believe me also; for he wrote of me.

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