John 8:40
But now you are trying to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham never did such a thing.
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ASV
But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I heard from God: this did not Abraham.
KJV
But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
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20 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| νῦν | nun | now | G3568 → |
| δὲ | de | however | G1161 → |
| ζητεῖτέ | zēteite | you seek | G2212 → |
| με | me | Me | G3165 → |
| ἀποκτεῖναι, | apokteinai | to kill, | G615 → |
| ἄνθρωπον | anthrōpon | a man | G444 → |
| ὃς | hos | who | G3739 → |
| τὴν | tēn | the | G3588 → |
| ἀλήθειαν | alētheian | truth | G225 → |
| ὑμῖν | humin | to you | G4771 → |
| λελάληκα | lelalēka | has spoken | G2980 → |
| ἣν | hēn | that | G3739 → |
| ἤκουσα | ēkousa | I heard | G191 → |
| παρὰ | para | from | G3844 → |
| τοῦ | tou | <the> | G3588 → |
| θεοῦ· | theou | God; | G2316 → |
| τοῦτο | touto | This | G3778 → |
| Ἀβραὰμ | Abraam | Abraham | G11 → |
| οὐκ | ouk | not | G3756 → |
| ἐποίησεν. | epoiēsen | did. | G4160 → |
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