When the men came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptist sent us to ask, ‘Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?’”Luke 7:20
Original language and places
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Original language (Greek)
Παραγενόμενοι δὲ πρὸς αὐτὸν οἱ ἄνδρες εἶπαν· Ἰωάννης ὁ βαπτιστὴς ἀπέστειλεν ἡμᾶς πρὸς σὲ λέγων· σὺ εἶ ὁ ἐρχόμενος, ἢ ἄλλον προσδοκῶμεν;
- ΠαραγενόμενοιParagenomenoi“Having come”Verb, 2nd aorist, middle (deponent), participle, nominative, plural, masculine · from παραγίνομαι · “to come” · Strong's G3854
- δὲde“then”Conjunction · from δέ · “but/and” · Strong's G1161
- πρὸςpros“to”Preposition · from πρός · “to/with” · Strong's G4314
- αὐτὸνauton“Him”Personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
- οἱhoi“the”Article, nominative, plural, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
- ἄνδρεςandres“men”Noun, nominative, plural, masculine · from ἀνήρ · “man” · Strong's G0435G
- εἶπαν·eipan“said;”Verb, 2nd aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person plural · from ἔπω, ἐρῶ, εἶπον · “to say” · Strong's G2036
- ἸωάννηςIōannēs“John”Noun, nominative, singular, masculine · “John” · Strong's G2491G
- ὁho“the”Article, nominative, singular, masculine · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
- βαπτιστὴςbaptistēs“Baptist”Noun, nominative, singular, masculine · from Βαπτιστής · “one who baptizes” · Strong's G0910
- ἀπέστειλενapesteilen“has sent”Verb, aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from ἀποστέλλω · “to send” · Strong's G0649
- ἡμᾶςhēmas“us”Personal pronoun, 1st person, accusative, plural · from ἐγώ · “I/we” · Strong's G3165
- πρὸςpros“to”Preposition · from πρός · “to/with” · Strong's G4314
- σὲse“you”Personal pronoun, 2nd person, accusative, singular · from σύ · “you” · Strong's G4771
- λέγων·legōn“saying;”Verb, present, active, participle, nominative, singular, masculine · from λέγω · “to speak” · Strong's G3004G
- σὺsu“You yourself”Personal pronoun, 2nd person, nominative, singular · from σύ · “you” · Strong's G4771
- εἶei“are”Verb, present, active, indicative, 2nd person singular · from εἰμί · “to be” · Strong's G1510
- ὁho“the”Article, nominative, singular, masculine · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
- ἐρχόμενος,erchomenos“coming [One],”Verb, present, middle or passive (deponent), participle, nominative, singular, masculine · from ἔρχομαι · “to come/go” · Strong's G2064
- ἢē“or”Conjunction · from ἤ · “or/than” · Strong's G2228
- ἄλλονallon“another”Adjective, accusative, singular, masculine · from ἄλλος · “another” · Strong's G0243
- προσδοκῶμεν;prosdokōmen“are we to look for?”Verb, present, active, indicative, 1st person plural · from προσδοκάω · “to look for” · Strong's G4328
- Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)