The lesson below belongs to the Classical Liberal Arts Academy’s Greek Reading I course. In this course, we study the Gospel of St. John in the New Testament. Students wishing to master the lesson below are to complete translation exercises daily from Greek into English and English into Greek, until every Greek word and its English meaning are memorized.
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36 καὶ ἐμβλέψας τῷ Ἰησοῦ περιπατοῦντι λέγει: ἴδε ὁ ἀμνὸς τοῦ θεοῦ. 37 καὶ ἤκουσαν οἱ δύο μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ λαλοῦντος καὶ ἠκολούθησαν τῷ Ἰησοῦ 38 στραφεὶς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς καὶ θεασάμενος αὐτοὺς ἀκολουθοῦντας λέγει αὐτοῖς τί ζητεῖτε; οἱ δὲ εἶπαν αὐτῷ: ῥαββί, ὃ λέγεται μεθερμηνευόμενον διδάσκαλε, ποῦ μένεις; 39 λέγει αὐτοῖς: ἔρχεσθε καὶ ὄψεσθε. ἦλθαν οὖν καὶ εἶδαν ποῦ μένει, καὶ παρ’ αὐτῷ ἔμειναν τὴν ἡμέραν ἐκείνην: ὥρα ἦν ὡς δεκάτη. 40 ἦν Ἀνδρέας ὁ ἀδελφὸς Σίμωνος Πέτρου εἷς ἐκ τῶν δύο τῶν ἀκουσάντων παρὰ Ἰωάννου καὶ ἀκολουθησάντων αὐτῷ:
Exposition
Use the following guide to study the meaning of each Greek word in context.
36 καὶ ἐμβλέψας τῷ Ἰησοῦ περιπατοῦντι λέγει: ἴδε ὁ ἀμνὸς τοῦ θεοῦ.
- καὶ: conjunction, “and”
- ἐμβλέψας: participle, aorist, active, masc, sing, nom, “looking at”
- τῷ: def. article, masc, sing, dat, “the”
- Ἰησοῦ: substantive noun, masc, sing, nom, “Jesus”
- περιπατοῦντι: participle, present, active, masc, sing, dat, “walking about”
- λέγει: verb, 3rd, sing, pres, ind, act, “(he) says”
- ἴδε: verb, 2nd, sing, aor, imp, act, “Behold!”
- ὁ: def. article, masc, sing, nom, “the”
- ἀμνὸς: substantive noun, masc, sing, nom, “lamb”
- τοῦ: def. article, masc, sing, gen, “the”
- θεοῦ: substantive noun, masc, sing, gen, “of God”
Translation: And looking at Jesus walking about, he says, “Behold! The lamb of God.”
37 καὶ ἤκουσαν οἱ δύο μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ λαλοῦντος καὶ ἠκολούθησαν τῷ Ἰησοῦ
- καὶ: conjunction, “and”
- ἤκουσαν: verb, 3rd, sing, aor, ind, act, “(they) heard”
- οἱ: def. article, masc, plur, nom, “the”
- δύο: adjective noun, “two”
- μαθηταὶ: substantive noun, masc, sing, nom, “disciples”
- αὐτοῦ: pronoun, masc, sing, gen, “of him”
- λαλοῦντος: participle, pres, act, gen, “speaking”
- καὶ: conjunction, “and”
- ἠκολούθησαν: 3rd, pl, aor, ind, act, “(they) followed”
- τῷ: def. article, masc, sing, dat, “the”
- Ἰησοῦ: substantive noun, masc, sing, dat, “Jesus”.
Translation: And heard the two disciples of him speaking and they followed Jesus
38 στραφεὶς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς καὶ θεασάμενος αὐτοὺς ἀκολουθοῦντας λέγει αὐτοῖς τί ζητεῖτε; οἱ δὲ εἶπαν αὐτῷ: ῥαββί, ὃ λέγεται μεθερμηνευόμενον διδάσκαλε, ποῦ μένεις;
- στραφεὶς: participle, aor, pass, “turning around”
- δὲ: conjunction, “but”
- ὁ: def. article, masc, sing, nom, “the”
- Ἰησοῦς: substantive noun, masc, sing, nom, “Jesus”
- καὶ: conjunction, “and”
- θεασάμενος: participle, pres, dep, masc, sing, nom, “looking at”
- αὐτοὺς: pronoun, masc, plur, acc, “
- ἀκολουθοῦντας
- λέγει: verb, 3rd, sing, pres, ind, act, “(he) says”
- αὐτοῖς: pronoun, masc, plur, dat, “to them”
- τί: pron, neut, sing, acc, “what?”
- ζητεῖτε: verb, 2nd, plur, pres, ind, act, “(you) seek”
- οἱ: def. article, masc, plur, nom, “the (men following)”
- δὲ: conjunction, “but”
- εἶπαν: verb, 3rd, plur, aor, ind, act, “(they) said”
- αὐτῷ: pronoun, masc, sing, dat, “to him”
- ῥαββί: substantive noun, masc, sing, voc, “Rabbi”
- ὃ: pronoun, neut, sing, nom, “which”
- λέγεται: verb, 3rd, sing, pres, ind, act, “(it) is said”
- μεθερμηνευόμενον: participle, “being translated”
- διδάσκαλε: substantive noun, masc, sing, voc, “teacher”
- ποῦ: pronoun, “where?”
- μένεις: verb, 2nd, sing, pres, ind, act, “do you stay”
Translation: But Jesus turning around and seeing them following says to them, “What do you seek?” but they say to him, “Rabbi (which being translated is said teacher), where do you stay?”.
39 λέγει αὐτοῖς: ἔρχεσθε καὶ ὄψεσθε. ἦλθαν οὖν καὶ εἶδαν ποῦ μένει, καὶ παρ’ αὐτῷ ἔμειναν τὴν ἡμέραν ἐκείνην: ὥρα ἦν ὡς δεκάτη.
- λέγει: verb, pres, ind, act, “(he) says”
- αὐτοῖς: pronoun, masc, plur, dat, “to them”
- ἔρχεσθε: verb, 2nd, plur, pres, imp, act, “Come”
- καὶ: conjunction, “and”
- ὄψεσθε: verb, 2nd, plur, pres, imp, act, “See”
- ἦλθαν: verb, 3rd, plur, aor, ind, act, “(they) came”
- οὖν: conjunction, “and so”
- καὶ: conjunction, and”
- εἶδαν: verb, 3rd, plur, aor, ind, act, “(they) saw”
- ποῦ: adverb, “where”
- μένει: verb, pres, ind, act, “(he) stays
- καὶ: conjunction, “and”
- παρ’: preposition (+dat.), “with”
- αὐτῷ: pronoun, masc, sing, dat., “him”
- ἔμειναν: verb, 3rd, plur, aor, ind, act, “(they) stayed”
- τὴν: def. article, fem, sing, acc, “the”
- ἡμέραν: substantive noun, fem, sing, acc, “day”
- ἐκείνην: pronoun, fem, sing, acc, “that”
- ὥρα: substantive noun, fem, sing, nom, “hour”
- ἦν: verb, 3rd, sing, imperf, ind, act, “(it) was”
- ὡς: adverb, “about”
- δεκάτη: adjective noun, fem, sing, nom, “tenth”
Translate: (He) says to them, “Come and see.” and so they came and they saw where he stayed, and with Him they remeained that day; the was about (the) tenth.
40 ἦν Ἀνδρέας ὁ ἀδελφὸς Σίμωνος Πέτρου εἷς ἐκ τῶν δύο τῶν ἀκουσάντων παρὰ Ἰωάννου καὶ ἀκολουθησάντων αὐτῷ:
- ἦν: verb, 3rd, sing, imperf, ind, act, “(he) was”
- Ἀνδρέας: substantive noun, masc, sing, nom, “Andrew”
- ὁ: def. article, masc, sing, nom, “the”
- ἀδελφὸς: substantive noun, masc, sing, nom, “brother”
- Σίμωνος: substantive noun, masc, sing, gen, “of Simon”
- Πέτρου: substantive noun, masc, sing, gen, “of Peter”
- εἷς: adjective noun, masc, sing, nom, “one”
- ἐκ: preposition (+gen), “out of”
- τῶν: def. article, masc, plur, gen, “of the”
- δύο: adjective noun, “two”
- τῶν: def. article, masc, plur, gen, “of the”
- ἀκουσάντων: participle, aor, act, masc, plur, gen, “of those who were listening”
- παρὰ: preposition (+ gen), “with”
- Ἰωάννου: substantive noun, masc, sing, gen, “of John”
- καὶ: conjunction, “and”
- ἀκολουθησάντων: participle, aor, act, masc, plur, gen, “of those who followed”
- αὐτῷ: pronoun, masc, sing, dat., “him”
Translation: There was Andrew the son of Simon Peter one out of the two who were listening with John and who followed Him.
Translation
The following is the English translation found in the Douay Rheims Catholic Bible. Compare it to the grammatical translations above and not any differences.
36 And beholding Jesus walking, he saith: Behold the Lamb of God. 37 And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. 38 And Jesus turning, and seeing them following him, saith to them: What seek you? Who said to him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou? 39 He saith to them: Come and see. They came, and saw where he abode, and they stayed with him that day: now it was about the tenth hour. 40 And Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who had heard of John, and followed him.
