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John 3

Greek — Tischendorf 8th edition · 36 verses

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  1. 1

    Ἦν δὲ ἄνθρωπος ἐκ τῶν Φαρισαίων Νικόδημος ὄνομα αὐτῷ ἄρχων τῶν Ἰουδαίων

    to be · but · human being · from · the · Pharisee · Josephite · name · he · ruler · the · Jewish

  2. 2

    οὗτος ἦλθεν πρὸς αὐτὸν νυκτὸς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ῥαββεί οἴδαμεν ὅτι ἀπὸ θεοῦ ἐλήλυθας διδάσκαλος οὐδεὶς γὰρ δύναται ταῦτα τὰ σημεῖα ποιεῖν ἃ σὺ ποιεῖς ἐὰν μὴ ᾖ ὁ θεὸς μετ’ αὐτοῦ

    this · to come · to · he · night · and · to say · he · rabbi · to see · that · from · God · to come · teacher · nothing · for · to be able · this · the · sign · to make · who · you · to make · if · not · to be · the · God · with · he

  3. 3

    ἀπεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω σοι ἐὰν μή τις γεννηθῇ ἄνωθεν οὐ δύναται ἰδεῖν τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ

    to answer · Jesus · and · to say · he · amen · amen · to say · you · if · not · a certain · to beget · from above · not · to be able · to see · the · kingdom · the · God

  4. 4

    λέγει πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ Νικόδημος πῶς δύναται ἄνθρωπος γεννηθῆναι γέρων ὤν μὴ δύναται εἰς τὴν κοιλίαν τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ δεύτερον εἰσελθεῖν καὶ γεννηθῆναι

    to say · to · he · the · Josephite · how · to be able · human being · to beget · old man · to be · not · to be able · into · the · belly · the · mother · he · second · to enter · and · to beget

  5. 5

    ἀπεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω σοι ἐὰν μή τις γεννηθῇ ἐξ ὕδατος καὶ πνεύματος οὐ δύναται εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν

    to answer · Jesus · amen · amen · to say · you · if · not · a certain · to beget · from · water · and · spirit · not · to be able · to enter · into · the · kingdom · the · heaven

  6. 6

    τὸ γεγεννημένον ἐκ τῆς σαρκὸς σάρξ ἐστιν καὶ τὸ γεγεννημένον ἐκ τοῦ πνεύματος πνεῦμά ἐστιν

    the · to beget · from · the · flesh · flesh · to be · and · the · to beget · from · the · spirit · spirit · to be

  7. 7

    μὴ θαυμάσῃς ὅτι εἶπόν σοι δεῖ ὑμᾶς γεννηθῆναι ἄνωθεν

    not · to marvel · that · to say · you · it is necessary · you · to beget · from above

  8. 8

    τὸ πνεῦμα ὅπου θέλει πνεῖ καὶ τὴν φωνὴν αὐτοῦ ἀκούεις ἀλλ’ οὐκ οἶδας πόθεν ἔρχεται καὶ ποῦ ὑπάγει οὕτως ἐστὶν πᾶς ὁ γεγεννημένος ἐκ τοῦ πνεύματος

    the · spirit · where · to will · to breathe · and · the · voice · he · to hear · but · not · to see · from where · to come · and · somewhere · to depart · thus · to be · all · the · to beget · from · the · spirit

  9. 9

    ἀπεκρίθη Νικόδημος καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ πῶς δύναται ταῦτα γενέσθαι

    to answer · Josephite · and · to say · he · how · to be able · this · to become

  10. 10

    ἀπεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ σὺ εἶ ὁ διδάσκαλος τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ ταῦτα οὐ γινώσκεις

    to answer · Jesus · and · to say · he · you · to be · the · teacher · the · Israel · and · this · not · to know

  11. 11

    ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω σοι ὅτι ὃ οἴδαμεν λαλοῦμεν καὶ ὃ ἑωράκαμεν μαρτυροῦμεν καὶ τὴν μαρτυρίαν ἡμῶν οὐ λαμβάνετε

    amen · amen · to say · you · that · who · to see · to speak · and · who · to see · to testify · and · the · testimony · we · not · to take

  12. 12

    εἰ τὰ ἐπίγεια εἶπον ὑμῖν καὶ οὐ πιστεύετε πῶς ἐὰν εἴπω ὑμῖν τὰ ἐπουράνια πιστεύσετε

    if · the · earthly · to say · you · and · not · to believe · how · if · to say · you · the · heaven · to believe

  13. 13

    καὶ οὐδεὶς ἀναβέβηκεν εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν εἰ μὴ ὁ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καταβάς ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ὁ ὢν ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ

    and · nothing · to ascend · into · the · heaven · if · not · the · from · the · heaven · to descend · the · son · the · human being · the · to be · in · the · heaven

  14. 14

    καὶ καθὼς Μωϋσῆς ὕψωσεν τὸν ὄφιν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ οὕτως ὑψωθῆναι δεῖ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου

    and · according as · Moses · to exalt · the · serpent · in · the · desolate · thus · to exalt · it is necessary · the · son · the · human being

  15. 15

    ἵνα πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων ἐν αὐτῷ ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον

    that · all · the · to believe · in · he · to have · life · eternal

  16. 16

    οὕτως γὰρ ἠγάπησεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν κόσμον ὥστε τὸν υἱὸν τὸν μονογενῆ ἔδωκεν ἵνα πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων εἰς αὐτὸν μὴ ἀπόληται ἀλλ’ ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον

    thus · for · to love · the · God · the · world · so that · the · son · the · only · to give · that · all · the · to believe · into · he · not · to destroy · but · to have · life · eternal

  17. 17

    οὐ γὰρ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν υἱὸν εἰς τὸν κόσμον ἵνα κρίνῃ τὸν κόσμον ἀλλ’ ἵνα σωθῇ ὁ κόσμος δι’ αὐτοῦ

    not · for · to send away · the · God · the · son · into · the · world · that · to judge · the · world · but · that · to save · the · world · through · he

  18. 18

    ὁ πιστεύων εἰς αὐτὸν οὐ κρίνεται ὁ μὴ πιστεύων ἤδη κέκριται ὅτι μὴ πεπίστευκεν εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ μονογενοῦς υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ

    the · to believe · into · he · not · to judge · the · not · to believe · already · to judge · that · not · to believe · into · the · name · the · only · son · the · God

  19. 19

    αὕτη δέ ἐστιν ἡ κρίσις ὅτι τὸ φῶς ἐλήλυθεν εἰς τὸν κόσμον καὶ ἠγάπησαν οἱ ἄνθρωποι μᾶλλον τὸ σκότος ἢ τὸ φῶς ἦν γὰρ αὐτῶν πονηρὰ τὰ ἔργα

    this · but · to be · the · judgment · that · the · light · to come · into · the · world · and · to love · the · human being · more · the · darkness · or · the · light · to be · for · he · evil · the · work

  20. 20

    πᾶς γὰρ ὁ φαῦλα πράσσων μισεῖ τὸ φῶς καὶ οὐκ ἔρχεται πρὸς τὸ φῶς ἵνα μὴ ἐλεγχθῇ τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ

    all · for · the · worthless · to do · to hate · the · light · and · not · to come · to · the · light · that · not · to convict · the · work · he

  21. 21

    ὁ δὲ ποιῶν τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἔρχεται πρὸς τὸ φῶς ἵνα φανερωθῇ αὐτοῦ τὰ ἔργα ὅτι ἐν θεῷ ἐστιν εἰργασμένα

    the · but · to make · the · truth · to come · to · the · light · that · to manifest · he · the · work · that · in · God · to be · to work

  22. 22

    Μετὰ ταῦτα ἦλθεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς καὶ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὴν Ἰουδαίαν γῆν καὶ ἐκεῖ διέτριβεν μετ’ αὐτῶν καὶ ἐβάπτιζεν

    with · this · to come · the · Jesus · and · the · disciple · he · into · the · Jewish · earth · and · there · to wear away · with · he · and · to baptize

  23. 23

    ἦν δὲ καὶ Ἰωάννης βαπτίζων ἐν Αἰνὼν ἐγγὺς τοῦ Σαλείμ ὅτι ὕδατα πολλὰ ἦν ἐκεῖ καὶ παρεγίνοντο καὶ ἐβαπτίζοντο

    to be · but · and · John · to baptize · in · Aenon · near · the · Scythopolis · that · water · many · to be · there · and · to appear · and · to baptize

  24. 24

    οὔπω γὰρ ἦν βεβλημένος εἰς τὴν φυλακὴν Ἰωάννης

    not yet · for · to be · to throw · into · the · guard · John

  25. 25

    ἐγένετο οὖν ζήτησις ἐκ τῶν μαθητῶν Ἰωάννου μετὰ Ἰουδαίου περὶ καθαρισμοῦ

    to become · therefore · inquiry · from · the · disciple · John · with · Jewish · about · purification

  26. 26

    καὶ ἦλθον πρὸς τὸν Ἰωάννην καὶ εἶπον αὐτῷ ῥαββεί ὃς ἦν μετὰ σοῦ πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου ᾧ σὺ μεμαρτύρηκας ἴδε οὗτος βαπτίζει καὶ πάντες ἔρχονται πρὸς αὐτόν

    and · to come · to · the · John · and · to say · he · rabbi · who · to be · with · you · beyond · the · Jordan · who · you · to testify · to see · this · to baptize · and · all · to come · to · he

  27. 27

    ἀπεκρίθη Ἰωάννης καὶ εἶπεν οὐ δύναται ἄνθρωπος λαμβάνειν οὐδέν ἐὰν μὴ ᾖ δεδομένον αὐτῷ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ

    to answer · John · and · to say · not · to be able · human being · to take · nothing · if · not · to be · to give · he · from · the · heaven

  28. 28

    αὐτοὶ ὑμεῖς μοι μαρτυρεῖτε ὅτι εἶπον οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐγὼ ὁ Χριστός ἀλλ’ ὅτι ἀπεσταλμένος εἰμὶ ἔμπροσθεν ἐκείνου

    he · you · I · to testify · that · to say · not · to be · I · the · Christ · but · that · to send away · to be · before · that one

  29. 29

    ὁ ἔχων τὴν νύμφην νυμφίος ἐστίν ὁ δὲ φίλος τοῦ νυμφίου ὁ ἑστηκὼς καὶ ἀκούων αὐτοῦ χαρᾷ χαίρει διὰ τὴν φωνὴν τοῦ νυμφίου αὕτη οὖν ἡ χαρὰ ἡ ἐμὴ πεπλήρωται

    the · to have · the · bride · bridegroom · to be · the · but · friend · the · bridegroom · the · to stand · and · to hear · he · joy · to rejoice · through · the · voice · the · bridegroom · this · therefore · the · joy · the · my · to fulfill

  30. 30

    ἐκεῖνον δεῖ αὐξάνειν ἐμὲ δὲ ἐλαττοῦσθαι

    that one · it is necessary · to increase · I · but · to diminish

  31. 31

    ὁ ἄνωθεν ἐρχόμενος ἐπάνω πάντων ἐστίν ὁ ὢν ἐκ τῆς γῆς ἐκ τῆς γῆς ἐστιν καὶ ἐκ τῆς γῆς λαλεῖ ὁ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἐρχόμενος

    the · from above · to come · above · all · to be · the · to be · from · the · earth · from · the · earth · to be · and · from · the · earth · to speak · the · from · the · heaven · to come

  32. 32

    ὃ ἑώρακεν καὶ ἤκουσεν μαρτυρεῖ καὶ τὴν μαρτυρίαν αὐτοῦ οὐδεὶς λαμβάνει

    who · to see · and · to hear · to testify · and · the · testimony · he · nothing · to take

  33. 33

    ὁ λαβὼν αὐτοῦ τὴν μαρτυρίαν ἐσφράγισεν ὅτι ὁ θεὸς ἀληθής ἐστιν

    the · to take · he · the · testimony · to seal · that · the · God · true · to be

  34. 34

    ὃν γὰρ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ θεός τὰ ῥήματα τοῦ θεοῦ λαλεῖ οὐ γὰρ ἐκ μέτρου δίδωσιν τὸ πνεῦμα

    who · for · to send away · the · God · the · word · the · God · to speak · not · for · from · measure · to give · the · spirit

  35. 35

    ὁ πατὴρ ἀγαπᾷ τὸν υἱόν καὶ πάντα δέδωκεν ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ

    the · father · to love · the · son · and · all · to give · in · the · hand · he

  36. 36

    ὁ πιστεύων εἰς τὸν υἱὸν ἔχει ζωὴν αἰώνιον ὁ ἀπειθῶν τῷ υἱῷ οὐκ ὄψεται ζωήν ἀλλ’ ἡ ὀργὴ τοῦ θεοῦ μένει ἐπ’ αὐτόν

    the · to believe · into · the · son · to have · life · eternal · the · to disobey · the · son · not · to see · life · but · the · anger · the · God · to remain · upon · he

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