John 7:14

Jesus has come to Jerusalem for the Festival of Booths.

Greek

ἬδηAY-dayδὲdehτῆςtaysἑορτῆςheh-or-TAYSμεσούσηςmeh-SOO-saysἀνέβηah-NEH-bayἸησοῦςih-ay-SOOSεἰςaysτὸtoἱερὸνhih-eh-RONκαὶkaiἐδίδασκεν.eh-DEE-das-ken

Latin

JamyamautemOW-temdiēDEE-ayfēstōFAYS-tohmediante,meh-dee-AN-tehascenditas-KEN-ditJēsūsYAY-soosinintemplum,TEM-plumetetdocēbat.do-KAY-bat

English

Now, with the feast already half over, Jesus went up into the temple and was teaching.

Word by word

Greek	Latin	Note
Ἤδηfrom ἤδη, “already, now”	Jamfrom jam	ἤδη: already. Latin: jam.
δὲfrom δέ, “and, but, now”	autemall forms	δέ, autem.
τῆς ἑορτῆςfrom ἑορτή, “feast, festival”	diē fēstōfrom fēstus	τῆς ἑορτῆς: the feast. Latin says the feast day: diē fēstō.
μεσούσηςfrom μεσόω, “to be at the middle”	mediantefrom mediō	μεσούσης: being at its middle, a participle of μεσόω. With the noun it forms a genitive absolute, a clause set apart. Latin uses an ablative absolute: mediante, from mediō.
ἀνέβηfrom ἀναβαίνω, “to go up”	ascenditfrom ascendō	ἀνέβη: went up, the aorist of ἀναβαίνω, to go up. Latin: ascendit, from ascendō.
Ἰησοῦς“Jesus”	Jēsūs	Ἰησοῦς, Jēsūs.
εἰς τὸ ἱερὸνfrom ἱερός, “holy; the temple”	in templumfrom templum	εἰς τὸ ἱερόν: into the temple. ἱερόν is the neuter of ἱερός, holy, so the holy place, the whole temple area. Latin: in templum.
καὶfrom καί, “and”	etall forms	καί, et.
ἐδίδασκενfrom διδάσκω, “to teach”	docēbatfrom doceō	ἐδίδασκεν: he was teaching, the imperfect. Latin: docēbat.

New core words

Greek

ἤδη already, now ἀναβαίνω go up ἱερός holy; τὸ ἱερόν the temple

Latin

jam now, already; bynow

Greek core words met252 / 345 Latin core words met259 / 345

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