G1510–εἰμί–eimi

And all who had word of them kept them in their minds and said, What will this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him.

ἔσται; estai “will be?”ἦν ēn “was”

And the child became tall, and strong in spirit; and he was living in the waste land till the day when he came before the eyes of Israel.

ἦν ēn “he was”

To be put on the list with Mary, his future wife, who was about to become a mother.

οὔσῃ ousē “she being”

And she had her first son; and folding him in linen, she put him to rest in the place where the cattle had their food, because there was no room for them in the house.

ἦν ēn “there was”

And in the same country there were keepers of sheep in the fields, watching over their flock by night.

ἦσαν ēsan “were”

And the angel said, Have no fear; for truly, I give you good news of great joy which will be for all the people:

ἔσται estai “will be”

For on this day, in the town of David, a Saviour has come to birth, who is Christ the Lord.

ἐστιν estin “is”

And there was then in Jerusalem a man whose name was Simeon; and he was an upright man, fearing God and waiting for the comfort of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was on him.

ἦν ēn “there was”ἦν ēn “was”

And he had knowledge, through the Holy Spirit, that he would not see death till he had seen the Lord's Christ.

ἦν ēn “it was”

And his father and mother were full of wonder at the things which were said about him.

ἦν ēn “were”

And there was one, Anna, a woman prophet, the daughter of Phanuel, of the family of Asher (she was very old, and after seven years of married life

ἦν ēn “there was”

And the child became tall and strong and full of wisdom, and the grace of God was on him.

ἦν ēn “was”

And he went down with them and came to Nazareth; and did as he was ordered: and his mother kept all these words in her heart.

ἦν ēn “He was”

Every valley will be lifted up, and all the mountains and hills made low, and the twisted will be made straight, and the rough ways smooth;

ἔσται estai “will become”

And while the people were waiting, and all men were questioning in their hearts about John, if he was the Christ or not,

εἴη eiē “would be”

John made answer, saying to them all, Truly, I give you baptism with water, but one is coming who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit, and with fire:

εἰμὶ eimi “I am”

The Holy Spirit came down in the form of a dove, and a voice came from heaven, saying, You are my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

εἶ ei “are”

And Jesus at this time was about thirty years old, being the son (as it seemed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,

ἦν ēn “was”ὢν ōn “being”

And the Evil One said to him, If you are the Son of God, give orders to this stone to become bread.

εἶ ei “You are”

If then you will give worship to me, it will all be yours.

ἔσται estai “will be”

And he took him to Jerusalem and put him on the highest point of the Temple and said to him, If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down from here; for it is said in the Writings,

εἶ ei “You are”

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been as a child, and he went, as his way was, into the Synagogue on the Sabbath, and got up to give a reading.

ἦν ēn “He was”

And the book of the prophet Isaiah was given to him and, opening the book, he came on the place where it is said,

ἦν ēn “it was”

And shutting the book he gave it back to the servant and took his seat: and the eyes of all in the Synagogue were fixed on him.

ἦσαν ēsan “were”

And they were all giving witness, with wonder, to the words of grace which came from his mouth: and they said, Is not this the son of Joseph?

ἐστιν estin “is”