G1510–εἰμί–eimi

We must do the works of Him who sent me while there is daylight. Night is coming on, when no one can work.

ἐστίν· estin “it is;”

When I am in the world, I am the Light of the world."

ὦ, ō “I may be,”εἰμι eimi “I am”

His neighbours, therefore, and the other people to whom he had been a familiar object because he was a beggar, began asking, "Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?"

ἦν, ēn “he was,”ἐστιν estin “is”

"Yes it is," replied some of them. "No it is not," said others, "but he is like him." His own statement was, "I am the man."

ἐστιν, estin “it is,”ἐστιν. estin “he is.”εἰμι. eimi “am [he].”

"Where is he?" they inquired, but the man did not know.

ἐστιν estin “is”

Now the day on which Jesus made the clay and opened the man's eyes was the Sabbath.

ἦν ēn “Was”

This led some of the Pharisees to say, "That man has not come from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath." "How is it possible for a bad man to do such miracles?" argued others.

ἔστιν estin “is”ἦν ēn “there was”

And there was a division among them. So again they asked the once blind man, "What is your account of him? --for he opened your eyes." "He is a Prophet," he replied.

ἐστίν. estin “He is.”

The Jews, however, did not believe the statement concerning him--that he had been blind and had obtained his sight--until they called his parents and asked them,

ἦν ēn “he was being”

"Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How is it then that he can now see?"

ἐστιν estin “is”

"We know," replied the parents, "that this is our son and that he was born blind;

ἐστιν estin “is”

A second time therefore they called the man who had been blind, and said, "Give God the praise: we know that that man is a sinner."

ἦν ēn “were”ἐστιν. estin “is.”

"Whether he is a sinner or not, I do not know," he replied; "one thing I know--that I was once blind and that now I can see."

ἐστιν estin “He is”ὢν ōn “being”

Then they railed at him, and said, "You are that man's disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.

εἶ ei “are”ἐσμὲν esmen “are”

We know that God spoke to Moses; but as for this fellow we do not know where he comes from."

ἐστίν. estin “is.”

"Why, this is marvellous!" the man replied; "you do not know where he comes from, and yet he has opened my eyes!

ἐστιν estin “is”ἐστίν, estin “He is,”

We know that God does not listen to bad people, but that if any one is a God-fearing man and obeys Him, to him He listens.

ᾖ ē “shall be”

Had that man not come from God, he could have done nothing."

ἦν ēn “were”

"Who is He, Sir?" replied the man. "Tell me, so that I may believe in Him."

ἐστιν, estin “is He,”

"You have seen Him," said Jesus; "and not only so: He is now speaking to you."

ἐστιν. estin “is.”

These words were heard by those of the Pharisees who were present, and they asked Him, "Are *we* also blind?"

ὄντες ontes “being”ἐσμεν; esmen “are?”

"If you were blind," answered Jesus, "you would have no sin; but as a matter of fact you boast that you see. So your sin remains!"

ἦτε, ēte “you were,”

"In most solemn truth I tell you that the man who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs over some other way, is a thief and a robber.

ἐστὶν estin “is”

But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

ἐστιν estin “is”

Jesus spoke to them in this figurative language, but they did not understand what He meant.

ἦν ēn “it was”