ΤΟ ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ ΑΓΙΟΝ ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ

Gospel of John

CHAPTER 3

| 1 | ην |  | δε |  | ανθρωπος |  | εκ |  | των |  | φαρισαιων |  | νικοδημος |  | ονομα |  | αυτω |
|  | But there was |  | ♦ |  | a man |  | of |  | the |  | Pharisees, |  | Nicodemus |  | name 2 |  | his, 1 |

αρχων |  | των |  | ιουδαιων |  |
a ruler |  | of the |  | Jews; |  |

| 2 | ουτος |  | ηλθεν |  | προς |  | τον |  | ιησουν |  | νυκτος |  | και |  | ειπεν |  | αυτω |  | ραββι |  | οιδαμεν |  | οτι
|  | he |  | came |  | to |  | ♦ |  | Jesus |  | by night, |  | and |  | said |  | to him, |  | Rabbi, |  | we know |  | that

| απο |  | θεου |  | εληλυθας |  | διδασκαλος |  | ουδεις |  | γαρ |  | ταυτα |  | τα |  | σημεια |  | δυναται |
| from |  | God |  | thou hast come |  | a teacher, |  | for no one |  | ♦ |  | these |  | ♦ |  | signs |  | is able |

ποιειν |  | α |  | συ |  | ποιεις |  | εαν |  | μη |  | η |  | ο |  | θεος |  | μετ |  | αυτου |  |
to do |  | which |  | thou |  | doest |  | unless |  | ♦ |  | be 2 |  | ♦ |  | God 1 |  | with |  | him. |  |

| 3 | απεκριθη |  | ο |  | ιησους |  | και |  | ειπεν |  | αυτω |  | αμην |  | αμην |  | λεγω |  | σοι |  | εαν |  | μη |
|  | Answered 2 |  | ♦ |  | Jesus 1 |  | and |  | said |  | to him, |  | Verily |  | verily |  | I say |  | to thee, |  | Unless |  | ♦ |

τις |  | γεννηθη |  | ανωθεν |  | ου |  | δυναται |  | ιδειν |  | την |  | βασιλειαν |  | του |  | θεου |  |
anyone |  | be born |  | anew, |  | he cannot |  | ♦ |  | see |  | the |  | kingdom |  | ♦ |  | of God. |  |

| 4 | λεγει |  | προς |  | αυτον |  | ο |  | νικοδημος |  | πως |  | δυναται |  | ανθρωπος |  | γεννηθηναι |
|  | Says 2 |  | to 3 |  | him 4 |  | ♦ |  | Nicodemus, 1 |  | How |  | can |  | a man |  | be born |

γερων |  | ων |  | μη |  | δυναται |  | εις |  | την |  | κοιλιαν |  | της |  | μητρος |  | αυτου |
old |  | being? |  | ♦ |  | can he |  | into |  | the |  | womb |  | of his mother |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |

δευτερον |  | εισελθειν |  | και |  | γεννηθηναι |  |
a second time |  | enter |  | and |  | be born? |  |

| 5 | απεκριθη |  | ο |  | ιησους |  | αμην |  | αμην |  | λεγω |  | σοι |  | εαν |  | μη |  | τις |  | γεννηθη |  | εξ |
|  | Answered |  | ♦ |  | Jesus, |  | Verily |  | verily |  | I say |  | to thee, |  | Unless |  | ♦ |  | anyone |  | be born |  | of |

υδατος |  | και |  | πνευματος |  | ου |  | δυναται |  | εισελθειν |  | εις |  | την |  | βασιλειαν |  | του |
water |  | and |  | of Spirit |  | he cannot |  | ♦ |  | enter |  | into |  | the |  | kingdom |  | ♦ |

θεου |  |
of God. |  |

| 6 | το |  | γεγεννημενον |  | εκ |  | της |  | σαρκος |  | σαρξ |  | εστιν |  | και |  | το |
|  | That which |  | has been born |  | of |  | the |  | flesh |  | flesh |  | is; |  | and |  | that which |

γεγεννημενον |  | εκ |  | του |  | πνευματος |  | πνευμα |  | εστιν |  |
has been born |  | of |  | the |  | Spirit |  | spirit |  | is. |  |

| 7 | μη |  | θαυμασης |  | οτι |  | ειπον |  | σοι |  | δει |  | υμας |  | γεννηθηναι |
|  | Do not wonder |  | ♦ |  | that |  | I said |  | to thee, |  | It is needful for |  | you |  | to be born |

ανωθεν |  |
anew. |  |

| 8 | το |  | πνευμα |  | οπου |  | θελει |  | πνει |  | και |  | την |  | φωνην |  | αυτου |  | ακουεις |  | αλλ |
|  | The |  | wind |  | where 2 |  | it 3 wills 4 |  | blows, 1 |  | and |  | its sound |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | thou hearest, |  | but |

ουκ |  | οιδας |  | ποθεν |  | ερχεται |  | και |  | που |  | υπαγει |  | ουτως |  | εστιν |  | πας |  | ο |
knowest not |  | ♦ |  | whence |  | it comes |  | and |  | where |  | it goes: |  | thus |  | is |  | everyone |  | that |

γεγεννημενος |  | εκ |  | του |  | πνευματος |  |
has been born |  | of |  | the |  | Spirit. |  |

| 9 | απεκριθη |  | νικοδημος |  | και |  | ειπεν |  | αυτω |  | πως |  | δυναται |  | ταυτα |  | γενεσθαι |  |
|  | Answered 2 |  | Nicodemus 1 |  | and |  | said |  | to him, |  | How |  | can |  | these things |  | be? |  |

| 10 | απεκριθη |  | ο |  | ιησους |  | και |  | ειπεν |  | αυτω |  | συ |  | ει |  | ο |  | διδασκαλος |  | του |  | ισραηλ |
|  | Answered 2 |  | ♦ |  | Jesus 1 |  | and |  | said |  | to him, |  | Thou |  | art |  | the |  | teacher |  | ♦ |  | of Israel, |

και |  | ταυτα |  | ου |  | γινωσκεις |  |
and |  | these things |  | knowest not? |  | ♦ |  |

| 11 | αμην |  | αμην |  | λεγω |  | σοι |  | οτι |  | ο |  | οιδαμεν |  | λαλουμεν |  | και |  | ο |
|  | Verily |  | verily |  | I say |  | to thee, |  | That |  | which |  | we know |  | we speak, |  | and |  | that which |

εωρακαμεν |  | μαρτυρουμεν |  | και |  | την |  | μαρτυριαν |  | ημων |  | ου |
we have seen |  | we bear witness of; |  | and |  | our witness |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | ye receive not. |

λαμβανετε |  |
♦ |  |

| 12 | ει |  | τα |  | επιγεια |  | ειπον |  | υμιν |  | και |  | ου |  | πιστευετε |  | πως |  | εαν |
|  | If |  | earthly things |  | ♦ |  | I said |  | to you, |  | and |  | ye believe not, |  | ♦ |  | how |  | if |

ειπω |  | υμιν |  | τα |  | επουρανια |  | πιστευσετε |  |
I say |  | to you |  | heavenly things |  | ♦ |  | will ye believe? |  |

| 13 | και |  | ουδεις |  | αναβεβηκεν |  | εις |  | τον |  | ουρανον |  | ει |  | μη |  | ο |  | εκ |  | του |
|  | And |  | no one |  | has gone up |  | into |  | the |  | heaven |  | except |  | ♦ |  | he who |  | out of |  | the |

ουρανου |  | καταβας |  | ο |  | υιος |  | του |  | ανθρωπου |  | ο |  | ων |  | εν |  | τω |  | ουρανω |  |
heaven |  | came down, |  | the |  | Son |  | ♦ |  | of man |  | who |  | is |  | in |  | the |  | heaven. |  |

| 14 | και |  | καθως |  | μωσης |  | υψωσεν |  | τον |  | οφιν |  | εν |  | τη |  | ερημω |  | ουτως |  | υψωθηναι |
|  | And |  | even as |  | Moses |  | lifted up |  | the |  | serpent |  | in |  | the |  | wilderness, |  | thus |  | to be lifted up |

δει |  | τον |  | υιον |  | του |  | ανθρωπου |  |
it behoves |  | the |  | Son |  | ♦ |  | of man, |  |

| 15 | ινα |  | πας |  | ο |  | πιστευων |  | εις |  | αυτον |  | μη |  | αποληται |  | αλλ |  | εχη |
|  | that |  | everyone |  | that |  | believes |  | on |  | him |  | may not perish, |  | ♦ |  | but |  | may have |

ζωην |  | αιωνιον |  |
life |  | eternal. |  |

| 16 | ουτως |  | γαρ |  | ηγαπησεν |  | ο |  | θεος |  | τον |  | κοσμον |  | ωστε |  | τον |  | υιον |  | αυτου |  | τον |
|  | For so 2 |  | ♦ |  | loved 3 |  | ♦ |  | God 1 |  | the |  | world |  | that |  | his Son |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | the |

μονογενη |  | εδωκεν |  | ινα |  | πας |  | ο |  | πιστευων |  | εις |  | αυτον |  | μη |
only begotten |  | he gave, |  | that |  | everyone |  | who |  | believes |  | on |  | him |  | may not perish, |

αποληται |  | αλλ |  | εχη |  | ζωην |  | αιωνιον |  |
♦ |  | but |  | may have |  | life |  | eternal. |  |

| 17 | ου |  | γαρ |  | απεστειλεν |  | ο |  | θεος |  | τον |  | υιον |  | αυτου |  | εις |  | τον |  | κοσμον |  | ινα |
|  | For sent 2 no 3 |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | God 1 |  | ♦ |  | his Son |  | ♦ |  | into |  | the |  | world |  | that |

κρινη |  | τον |  | κοσμον |  | αλλ |  | ινα |  | σωθη |  | ο |  | κοσμος |  | δι |  | αυτου |  |
he might judge |  | the |  | world, |  | but |  | that |  | might 3 be 4 saved 5 |  | the 1 |  | world 2 |  | through |  | him. |  |

| 18 | ο |  | πιστευων |  | εις |  | αυτον |  | ου |  | κρινεται |  | ο |  | δε |  | μη |
|  | He that |  | believes |  | on |  | him |  | is not judged; |  | ♦ |  | but he that |  | ♦ |  | believes not |

πιστευων |  | ηδη |  | κεκριται |  | οτι |  | μη |  | πεπιστευκεν |  | εις |  | το |
♦ |  | already |  | has been judged, |  | because |  | he has not believed |  | ♦ |  | on |  | the |

ονομα |  | του |  | μονογενους |  | υιου |  | του |  | θεου |  |
name |  | of the |  | only begotten |  | Son |  | ♦ |  | of God. |  |

| 19 | αυτη |  | δε |  | εστιν |  | η |  | κρισις |  | οτι |  | το |  | φως |  | εληλυθεν |  | εις |  | τον |  | κοσμον |  | και |
|  | And this |  | ♦ |  | is |  | the |  | judgement, |  | that |  | the |  | light |  | has come |  | into |  | the |  | world, |  | and |

ηγαπησαν |  | οι |  | ανθρωποι |  | μαλλον |  | το |  | σκοτος |  | η |  | το |  | φως |  | ην |  | γαρ |
loved 2 |  | ♦ |  | men 1 |  | rather 5 |  | the 3 |  | darkness 4 |  | than |  | the |  | light; |  | for were 2 |  | ♦ |

πονηρα |  | αυτων |  | τα |  | εργα |  |
evil 1 |  | their |  | ♦ |  | works. |  |

| 20 | πας |  | γαρ |  | ο |  | φαυλα |  | πρασσων |  | μισει |  | το |  | φως |  | και |  | ουκ |  | ερχεται |
|  | For everyone |  | ♦ |  | that |  | evil |  | does |  | hates |  | the |  | light, |  | and |  | comes not |  | ♦ |

προς |  | το |  | φως |  | ινα |  | μη |  | ελεγχθη |  | τα |  | εργα |  | αυτου |  |
to |  | the |  | light, |  | that |  | may not be exposed |  | ♦ |  | his works; |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 21 | ο |  | δε |  | ποιων |  | την |  | αληθειαν |  | ερχεται |  | προς |  | το |  | φως |  | ινα |
|  | but he that |  | ♦ |  | practises |  | the |  | truth |  | comes |  | to |  | the |  | light, |  | that |

φανερωθη |  | αυτου |  | τα |  | εργα |  | οτι |  | εν |  | θεω |  | εστιν |  | ειργασμενα |  |
may be manifested |  | his |  | ♦ |  | works |  | that |  | in |  | God |  | they have been wrought. |  | ♦ |  |

| 22 | μετα |  | ταυτα |  | ηλθεν |  | ο |  | ιησους |  | και |  | οι |  | μαθηται |  | αυτου |  | εις |  | την |
|  | After |  | these things |  | came |  | ♦ |  | Jesus |  | and |  | his disciples |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | into |  | the |

ιουδαιαν |  | γην |  | και |  | εκει |  | διετριβεν |  | μετ |  | αυτων |  | και |  | εβαπτιζεν |  |
land of Judaea; |  | ♦ |  | and |  | there |  | he stayed |  | with |  | them |  | and |  | was baptizing. |  |

| 23 | ην |  | δε |  | και |  | ιωαννης |  | βαπτιζων |  | εν |  | αινων |  | εγγυς |  | του |  | σαλειμ |  | οτι |
|  | And was 3 |  | ♦ |  | also 2 |  | John 1 |  | baptizing |  | in |  | Aenon, |  | near |  | ♦ |  | Salim, |  | because |

υδατα |  | πολλα |  | ην |  | εκει |  | και |  | παρεγινοντο |  | και |  | εβαπτιζοντο |  |
waters 2 |  | many 1 |  | were |  | there; |  | and |  | they were coming |  | and |  | being baptized. |  |

| 24 | ουπω |  | γαρ |  | ην |  | βεβλημενος |  | εις |  | την |  | φυλακην |  | ο |  | ιωαννης |  |
|  | For not yet |  | ♦ |  | was |  | cast 2 |  | into 3 |  | the 4 |  | prison 5 |  | ♦ |  | John. 1 |  |

| 25 | εγενετο |  | ουν |  | ζητησις |  | εκ |  | των |  | μαθητων |  | ιωαννου |  | μετα |
|  | Arose |  | then |  | a question [on the part] |  | of |  | the |  | disciples |  | of John |  | with |

ιουδαιων |  | περι |  | καθαρισμου |  |
[some] Jews |  | about |  | purification. |  |

| 26 | και |  | ηλθον |  | προς |  | τον |  | ιωαννην |  | και |  | ειπον |  | αυτω |  | ραββι |  | ος |  | ην |  | μετα |
|  | And |  | they came |  | to |  | ♦ |  | John |  | and |  | said |  | to him, |  | Rabbi, |  | he who |  | was |  | with |

σου |  | περαν |  | του |  | ιορδανου |  | ω |  | συ |  | μεμαρτυρηκας |  | ιδε |  | ουτος |  | βαπτιζει |
thee |  | beyond |  | the |  | Jordan, |  | to whom |  | thou |  | hast borne witness, |  | behold |  | he |  | baptizes, |

και |  | παντες |  | ερχονται |  | προς |  | αυτον |  |
and |  | all |  | come |  | to |  | him. |  |

| 27 | απεκριθη |  | ιωαννης |  | και |  | ειπεν |  | ου |  | δυναται |  | ανθρωπος |  | λαμβανειν |  | ουδεν |
|  | Answered 2 |  | John 1 |  | and |  | said, |  | ♦ |  | Is 3 able 4 |  | a 1 man 2 |  | to receive |  | nothing |

εαν |  | μη |  | η |  | δεδομενον |  | αυτω |  | εκ |  | του |  | ουρανου |  |
unless |  | ♦ |  | it be |  | given |  | to him |  | from |  | the |  | heaven. |  |

| 28 | αυτοι |  | υμεις |  | μοι |  | μαρτυρειτε |  | οτι |  | ειπον |  | ουκ |  | ειμι |  | εγω |  | ο |
|  | Ye yourselves |  | ♦ |  | to me |  | bear witness |  | that |  | I said, |  | Am 2 not 3 |  | ♦ |  | I 1 |  | the |

χριστος |  | αλλ |  | οτι |  | απεσταλμενος |  | ειμι |  | εμπροσθεν |  | εκεινου |  |
Christ, |  | but |  | that |  | sent 3 |  | I 1 am 2 |  | before |  | him. |  |

| 29 | ο |  | εχων |  | την |  | νυμφην |  | νυμφιος |  | εστιν |  | ο |  | δε |  | φιλος |  | του |  | νυμφιου |
|  | He that |  | has |  | the |  | bride |  | bridegroom 2 |  | is; 1 |  | but the |  | ♦ |  | friend |  | of the |  | bridegroom, |

ο |  | εστηκως |  | και |  | ακουων |  | αυτου |  | χαρα |  | χαιρει |  | δια |  | την |  | φωνην |  | του |
who |  | stands |  | and |  | hears |  | him, |  | with joy |  | rejoices |  | because of |  | the |  | voice |  | of the |

νυμφιου |  | αυτη |  | ουν |  | η |  | χαρα |  | η |  | εμη |  | πεπληρωται |  |
bridegroom, |  | this |  | then |  | ♦ |  | joy 2 |  | ♦ |  | my 1 |  | is fulfilled. |  |

| 30 | εκεινον |  | δει |  | αυξανειν |  | εμε |  | δε |  | ελαττουσθαι |  |
|  | Him 3 |  | it 1 behoves 2 |  | to increase, |  | but me |  | ♦ |  | to decrease. |  |

| 31 | ο |  | ανωθεν |  | ερχομενος |  | επανω |  | παντων |  | εστιν |  | ο |  | ων |  | εκ |  | της |  | γης |
|  | He who |  | from above |  | comes, |  | above |  | all |  | is. |  | He who |  | is |  | from |  | the |  | earth |

εκ |  | της |  | γης |  | εστιν |  | και |  | εκ |  | της |  | γης |  | λαλει |  | ο |  | εκ |  | του |  | ουρανου |
from |  | the |  | earth |  | is, |  | and |  | from |  | the |  | earth |  | speaks, |  | He who |  | from |  | the |  | heaven |

ερχομενος |  | επανω |  | παντων |  | εστιν |  |
comes |  | above |  | all |  | is, |  |

| 32 | και |  | ο |  | εωρακεν |  | και |  | ηκουσεν |  | τουτο |  | μαρτυρει |  | και |  | την |
|  | and |  | what |  | he has seen |  | and |  | heard |  | this |  | he testifies; |  | and |  | his testimony |

μαρτυριαν |  | αυτου |  | ουδεις |  | λαμβανει |  |
♦ |  | ♦ |  | no one |  | receives. |  |

| 33 | ο |  | λαβων |  | αυτου |  | την |  | μαρτυριαν |  | εσφραγισεν |  | οτι |  | ο |  | θεος |  | αληθης |
|  | He that |  | has received |  | his |  | ♦ |  | testimony |  | has set to his seal |  | that |  | ♦ |  | God |  | true 2 |

εστιν |  |
is; 1 |  |

| 34 | ον |  | γαρ |  | απεστειλεν |  | ο |  | θεος |  | τα |  | ρηματα |  | του |  | θεου |  | λαλει |  | ου |  | γαρ |
|  | for he whom |  | ♦ |  | sent 2 |  | ♦ |  | God 1 |  | the |  | words |  | ♦ |  | of God |  | speaks; |  | for not |  | ♦ |

εκ |  | μετρου |  | διδωσιν |  | ο |  | θεος |  | το |  | πνευμα |  |
by |  | measure |  | gives 2 |  | ♦ |  | God 1 |  | the |  | Spirit. |  |

| 35 | ο |  | πατηρ |  | αγαπα |  | τον |  | υιον |  | και |  | παντα |  | δεδωκεν |  | εν |  | τη |  | χειρι |  | αυτου |  |
|  | The |  | Father |  | loves |  | the |  | Son, |  | and |  | all things |  | has given |  | into |  | his hands. |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 36 | ο |  | πιστευων |  | εις |  | τον |  | υιον |  | εχει |  | ζωην |  | αιωνιον |  | ο |  | δε |  | απειθων |
|  | He that |  | believes |  | on |  | the |  | Son |  | has |  | life |  | eternal; |  | and he that |  | ♦ |  | is not subject |

τω |  | υιω |  | ουκ |  | οψεται |  | ζωην |  | αλλ |  | η |  | οργη |  | του |  | θεου |  | μενει |  | επ |  | αυτον |  |
to the |  | Son |  | shall not see |  | ♦ |  | life, |  | but |  | the |  | wrath |  | ♦ |  | of God |  | abides |  | on |  | him. |  |