John 8:33 — King James Version← Study notes

“They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?”

John 8:33 — Greek Interlinear

Greek · John 8:3316 words

ἀπεκρίθησανapekrithēsananswer

πρὸςprosto / toward

αὐτόνautonhe / she / it / same

ΣπέρμαSpermaissue, seed

ἈβραάμAbraamAbraham

ἐσμενesmenam, have been, is I

καὶkaiand / also

οὐδενὶoudenino one

δεδουλεύκαμενdedouleukamenbe in bondage, (do) serve(-ice)

πώποτεpōpoteat any time, + never (…to any man), + yet

πῶςpōshow, after (by) what manner (means), that

σὺsyyou

λέγειςlegeissay

ὅτιhotithat / because

ἘλεύθεροιEleutheroifree (man, woman), at liberty

γενήσεσθεgenēsesthearise, be assembled, be(-come

ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

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