The Jews were amazed and asked, “How did this man attain such learning without having studied?”John 7:15
Original language and places
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Original language (Greek)
ἐθαύμαζον οὖν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι λέγοντες· πῶς οὗτος γράμματα οἶδεν μὴ μεμαθηκώς;
- ἐθαύμαζονethaumazon“Were marveling”Verb, imperfect, active, indicative, 3rd person plural · from θαυμάζω · “to marvel” · Strong's G2296
- οὖνoun“then”Conjunction · “therefore/then” · Strong's G3767
- οἱhoi“the”Article, nominative, plural, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
- ἸουδαῖοιIoudaioi“Jews”Noun, nominative, plural, masculine · from Ἰουδαῖος · “Jewish” · Strong's G2453
- λέγοντες·legontes“saying;”Verb, present, active, participle, nominative, plural, masculine · from λέγω · “to speak” · Strong's G3004G
- πῶςpōs“How”Particle, interrogative · from πως · “how?!” · Strong's G4459
- οὗτοςhoutos“this one”Demonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine · “this/he/she/it” · Strong's G3778
- γράμματαgrammata“writings”Noun, accusative, plural, neuter · from γράμμα · “something written” · Strong's G1121
- οἶδενoiden“knows”Verb, perfect, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from εἴδω · “to perceive” · Strong's G6063
- μὴmē“not”Particle, negative · from μή · “not” · Strong's G3361
- μεμαθηκώς;memathēkōs“having studied?”Verb, perfect, active, participle, nominative, singular, masculine · from μανθάνω · “to learn” · Strong's G3129
- Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)