John 1:41

Greek	ἦνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί greek εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”). It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g. Ἀνδρέας ὁplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article ἀδελφὸς Σίμωνος Πέτρου εἷς ἐκ τῶνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article δύο τῶνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article ἀκουσάντων παρὰ Ἰωάννου καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί greek Meaning * And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and” ἀκολουθησάντων αὐτῷ·plugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigαὐτός greek Meaning * He, she, it * Himself, herself, itself * Same Personal pronoun (reflexive). Occurs more than 5,000 times in the New Testament. Core uses Function English Equivalent Typical Translation Example (Greek) Example (English)
ESV	He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which means Christ).
NIV	The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, “We have found the Messiah” (that is, the Christ).
NLT	Andrew went to find his brother, Simon, and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which means “Christ”).
KJV	He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.

^{John 1:40 ← John 1:41 → John 1:42}

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