John 9:41

Some Pharisees ask Jesus whether they too are blind.

Greek

εἶπενAY-penαὐτοῖςow-TOYSὁhoἸησοῦς·ih-ay-SOOSΕἰayτυφλοὶtoo-FLOYἦτε,AY-tehοὐκookἂνanεἴχετεAY-keh-tehἁμαρτίαν·hah-mar-TEE-anνῦνnoonδὲdehλέγετεLEH-geh-tehὅτιHO-tihΒλέπομεν·BLEH-po-menἡhayἁμαρτίαhah-mar-TEE-ahὑμῶνhoo-MOHNμένει.MEH-nay

Latin

DīxitDEEK-siteīsEH-eesJēsūs:YAY-soosSīseecaecīKAI-keeessētis,eh-SAY-tisnōnnohnhabērētishah-bay-RAY-tispeccātum.peh-KAH-tumNuncnunkvērōWAY-rohdīcitis,DEE-kih-tisQuiaKWEE-ahvidēmus:wih-DAY-muspeccātumpeh-KAH-tumvestrumWES-trummanet.MAH-net

English

Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would not have sin; but now you say, ‘We see.’ Your sin remains.”

Word by word

Greek	Latin	Note
εἶπενfrom λέγω, “to say”	Dīxitfrom dīcō	εἶπεν, dīxit.
αὐτοῖςfrom αὐτός, “he; self”	eīsfrom is	αὐτοῖς, eīs.
ὁ Ἰησοῦςfrom Ἰησοῦς, “Jesus”	Jēsūs	ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Jēsūs.
Εἰfrom εἰ, “if”	Sīfrom sī	εἰ: if. Here it begins a condition contrary to fact: if you were, but you are not. Latin: sī.
τυφλοὶfrom τυφλός, “blind”	caecīfrom caecus	τυφλοί: blind, from τυφλός. Latin: caecī, from caecus, blind.
ἦτεfrom εἰμί, “to be”	essētisfrom sum	ἦτε: you were, the imperfect of εἰμί. Latin uses the subjunctive: essētis.
οὐκfrom οὐ, “not”	nōnall forms	οὐκ, nōn.
ἂνfrom ἄν, “would; marks the unreal”	—	ἄν: a small particle with no English word of its own. Here it marks the result as unreal: would. Latin leaves it out, and the subjunctive does the work.
εἴχετεfrom ἔχω, “to have”	habērētisfrom habeō	εἴχετε: you would have, the imperfect of ἔχω. Latin: habērētis, the imperfect subjunctive of habeō.
ἁμαρτίανfrom ἁμαρτία, “sin”	peccātumall forms	ἁμαρτίαν: sin, from ἁμαρτία. Latin: peccātum, a noun from peccō, to sin.
νῦνall forms, “now”	Nuncfrom nunc	νῦν: now. Latin: nunc.
δὲfrom δέ, “and, but”	vērōall forms	δέ: but. Latin: vērō, but indeed.
λέγετεfrom λέγω, “to say”	dīcitisfrom dīcō	λέγετε: you say. dīcitis.
ὅτιall forms, “that; marks a quote”	Quiafrom quia	ὅτι here only marks a quotation, so English skips it. Latin copies it with quia.
Βλέπομενfrom βλέπω, “to see, look”	vidēmusfrom videō	βλέπομεν: we see, from βλέπω. Latin: vidēmus.
ἡ ἁμαρτίαfrom ἁμαρτία, “sin”	peccātumall forms	ἡ ἁμαρτία: the sin, now the subject. peccātum.
ὑμῶνfrom σύ, “you”	vestrumfrom vester	ὑμῶν: of you, so your. Latin uses the adjective vestrum.
μένειfrom μένω, “to remain, stay”	manetfrom maneō	μένει: remains, from μένω, to stay. Latin: manet, from maneō, to remain.

New core words

Greek

εἰ if; whether τυφλός blind ἄν would; -ever (marks contingency)ἁμαρτία sin νῦν now

Latin

caecus blind; (noun) a blindman peccātum sin, fault nunc now maneō remain, stay, abide

Greek core words met265 / 345 Latin core words met269 / 345

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