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John 8:22

Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.

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ἔλεγονelegonsaidλέγω (legō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “said”, an ongoing action in the pastG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.saidοὖνounthereforeοὖνconjunction — “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 JewsΜήτιmētiWill he killμήτιparticle — “Will he kill”G3385if not, unless, whether at all.Will he killἀποκτενεῖapokteneito killἀποκτείνω (apokteinō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to kill”, an action still aheadG615I put to death, kill; fig: I abolish.This verse uses “kill”.ἑαυτὸνheautonhimselfἑαυτοῦ (heautou)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “himself”, the object formG1438himself, herself, itself.This verse uses “himself”.himselfὅτιhoti? becauseὅτιconjunction — “? because”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “because”.? becauseλέγειlegeihe saithλέγω (legō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he saith”, 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.he saithὍπουhopouWhitherὅπουconjunction — “Whither”G3699where, whither, in what place.This verse uses “whither”.WhitherἐγὼegōIἐγώpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “I”, the subject formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Iὑπάγωhupagōgoὑπάγωverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “go”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5217I go away, depart, begone, die.goὑμεῖςhumeisyeσύ (su)personal pronoun, nominative, plural — “ye”, the subject formG4771you.yeοὐoucannotοὐadverb — “cannot”G3756no, not.cannotδύνασθεdunasthebe ableδύναμαι (dunamai)verb, present middle indicative, 2nd person plural — “be able”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1410(a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can.ἐλθεῖνeltheinto comeἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active infinitive — “to come”, a single actionG2064I come, go.come

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

The Jews, therefore, said, 'Will he kill himself, because he saith, Whither I go away, ye are not able to come?'

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American Standard Version (1901)

The Jews therefore said, Will he kill himself, that he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come?

Young’s Literal Translation

The Jews, therefore, said, 'Will he kill himself, because he saith, Whither I go away, ye are not able to come?'

World English Bible

The Jews therefore said, “Will he kill himself, because he says, ‘ Where I am going , you can ’ t come ’ ?”

Darby Translation

The Jews therefore said, Will he kill himself, that he says, Where I go ye cannot come?

Douay-Rheims

The Jews therefore said: Will he kill himself, because he said: Whither I go, you cannot come?

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