God & Savior

John 12:21

They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested of him, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”
John 12:21
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Original language and places

Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Greek)

οὗτοι οὖν προσῆλθον Φιλίππῳ τῷ ἀπὸ Βηθσαϊδὰ τῆς Γαλιλαίας καὶ ἠρώτων αὐτὸν λέγοντες· κύριε, θέλομεν τὸν Ἰησοῦν ἰδεῖν.

  1. οὗτοιhoutoi“these”
    Demonstrative pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine · from οὗτος · “this/he/she/it” · Strong's G3778
  2. οὖνoun“therefore”
    Conjunction · “therefore/then” · Strong's G3767
  3. προσῆλθονprosēlthon“came”
    Verb, 2nd aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person plural · from προσέρχομαι · “to come near/agree” · Strong's G4334
  4. ΦιλίππῳPhilippō“to Philip”
    Noun, dative, singular, masculine · from Φίλιππος · “Philip” · Strong's G5376G
  5. τῷtō“who was”
    Article, dative, singular, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  6. ἀπὸapo“from”
    Preposition · from ἀπό · “away from” · Strong's G0575
  7. ΒηθσαϊδὰBēthsaida“Bethsaida”
    Noun, genitive, singular, feminine · from Βηθσαϊδά · “Bethsaida” · Strong's G0966
  8. τῆςtēs“<the>”
    Article, genitive, singular, feminine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  9. ΓαλιλαίαςGalilaias“of Galilee”
    Noun, genitive, singular, feminine · from Γαλιλαία · “Galilee” · Strong's G1056G
  10. καὶkai“and”
    Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
  11. ἠρώτωνērōtōn“they were asking”
    Verb, imperfect, active, indicative, 3rd person plural · from ἐρωτάω · “to ask” · Strong's G2065
  12. αὐτὸνauton“him”
    Personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
  13. λέγοντες·legontes“saying;”
    Verb, present, active, participle, nominative, plural, masculine · from λέγω · “to speak” · Strong's G3004G
  14. κύριε,kurie“Sir,”
    Noun, vocative, singular, masculine · from κύριος · “lord” · Strong's G2962H
  15. θέλομενthelomen“we desire”
    Verb, present, active, indicative, 1st person plural · from θέλω · “to will/desire” · Strong's G2309
  16. τὸνton“<the>”
    Article, accusative, singular, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  17. ἸησοῦνIēsoun“Jesus”
    Noun, accusative, singular, masculine · from Ἰησοῦς · “Jesus/Joshua” · Strong's G2424G
  18. ἰδεῖν.idein“to see.”
    Verb, 2nd aorist, active, infinitive · from εἴδω · “to perceive” · Strong's G1492H
Places named in this verse
  • Places: OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Coordinates from OpenStreetMap (ODbL) are left out. Source (version 7eb18a5)
  • Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)