Luke 7:20

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
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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;

  1. ΠαραγενόμενοιParagenomenoi“Having come”
    Verb, 2nd aorist, middle (deponent), participle, nominative, plural, masculine · from παραγίνομαι · “to come” · Strong's G3854
  2. δὲde“then”
    Conjunction · from δέ · “but/and” · Strong's G1161
  3. πρὸςpros“to”
    Preposition · from πρός · “to/with” · Strong's G4314
  4. αὐτὸνauton“Him”
    Personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
  5. οἱhoi“the”
    Article, nominative, plural, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  6. ἄνδρεςandres“men”
    Noun, nominative, plural, masculine · from ἀνήρ · “man” · Strong's G0435G
  7. εἶπαν·eipan“said;”
    Verb, 2nd aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person plural · from ἔπω, ἐρῶ, εἶπον · “to say” · Strong's G2036
  8. ἸωάννηςIōannēs“John”
    Noun, nominative, singular, masculine · “John” · Strong's G2491G
  9. ὁho“the”
    Article, nominative, singular, masculine · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  10. βαπτιστὴςbaptistēs“Baptist”
    Noun, nominative, singular, masculine · from Βαπτιστής · “one who baptizes” · Strong's G0910
  11. ἀπέστειλενapesteilen“has sent”
    Verb, aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from ἀποστέλλω · “to send” · Strong's G0649
  12. ἡμᾶςhēmas“us”
    Personal pronoun, 1st person, accusative, plural · from ἐγώ · “I/we” · Strong's G3165
  13. πρὸςpros“to”
    Preposition · from πρός · “to/with” · Strong's G4314
  14. σὲse“you”
    Personal pronoun, 2nd person, accusative, singular · from σύ · “you” · Strong's G4771
  15. λέγων·legōn“saying;”
    Verb, present, active, participle, nominative, singular, masculine · from λέγω · “to speak” · Strong's G3004G
  16. σὺsu“You yourself”
    Personal pronoun, 2nd person, nominative, singular · from σύ · “you” · Strong's G4771
  17. εἶei“are”
    Verb, present, active, indicative, 2nd person singular · from εἰμί · “to be” · Strong's G1510
  18. ὁho“the”
    Article, nominative, singular, masculine · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  19. ἐρχόμενος,erchomenos“coming [One],”
    Verb, present, middle or passive (deponent), participle, nominative, singular, masculine · from ἔρχομαι · “to come/go” · Strong's G2064
  20. ἢē“or”
    Conjunction · from ἤ · “or/than” · Strong's G2228
  21. ἄλλονallon“another”
    Adjective, accusative, singular, masculine · from ἄλλος · “another” · Strong's G0243
  22. 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)