ἀπεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς· οὐκ ἔχεις ἐξουσίαν κατ’ ἐμοῦ οὐδεμίαν εἰ μὴ ἦνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί
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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. δεδομένον σοι ἄνωθεν· διὰplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigδιά
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Meaning:
* Through * Because * On account of
Preposition that relates to movement through space, time, means or cause - it's a preposition of movement and mediation.
When used with the genitive case, διά emphasizes the means or channel by which something happens.John 1:3Matthew 24:12John 1:32 Timothy 2:10Romans 5:1John 1:17 τοῦτοplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigοὗτος / αὕτη /τοῦτο
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Meaning:
* These or this * This one, this person, this thing * They or he or she or it
Demonstrative pronoun.
οὗτος usually refers to something close to the speaker — “this” as opposed to ἐκεῖνος (John 9:161 John 5:111 Corinthians 15:501 John 4:9John 5:1Matthew 3:17John 7:26Luke 22:19 ὁplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ
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The definite article παραδούς μέ σοι μείζονα ἁμαρτίαν ἔχει.
