7 Ἰδοὺ ἔρχεται μετὰ τῶν νεφελῶν, καὶ ὄψεται αὐτὸν πᾶς ὀφθαλμὸς καὶ οἵτινες αὐτὸν ἐξεκέντησαν, καὶ κόψονται ἐπ’ αὐτὸν πᾶσαι αἱ φυλαὶ τῆς γῆς. ναί, ἀμήν. 8 Ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ Ἄλφα καὶ τὸ Ὦ, λέγει κύριος, ὁ θεός, ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὁ ἐρχόμενος, ὁ παντοκράτωρ.
7 Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even whoever pierced him, and all the tribes of the earth will wail because of him, yes, amen. 8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “Who is and who was and who is coming, the Almighty.”
Parsing
| Term | Tense | Voice | Mood | Person/ Case | Gender/ Number | Lexical Form |
| ἔρχεται | Pres | Act | Ind | 3rd | Sing | ἐρχομαι |
| ὄψεται | Fut | Mid | Ind | 3rd | Sing | ὁραω |
| ἐξεκέντησαν | Aor | Act | Ind | 3rd | Plur | ἐκκεντεω |
| κόψονται | Fut | Mid | Ind | 3rd | Plur | κόπτω |
| εἰμι | Pres | – | Ind | 1st | Sing | εἰμι |
| λέγει | Pres | Act | Ind | 3rd | Sing | λεγω |
| ὢν | Pres | Act | Part | Nom | Masc/Sing | εἰμι |
| ἦν | Imp | – | Ind | 3rd | Sing | εἰμι |
| ἐρχόμενος | Pres | Mid* | Part | Nom | Masc/Sing | ἐρχομαι |
Lexical and Syntactic Notes
- “ἰδοὺ μετὰ τῶν νεφελῶν” Daniel 7:13 LXX
- ἔρχεται – present with future reference (Matthewson, 7)
- The και before οἰτινες is ascensive “Even” (Matthewson, 7)
- ἐπ’ αὐτὸν indicates the object towards which the feeling are directed—the object of mourning (Matthewson, 7)
- τὸ Ἄλφα καὶ τὸ Ὦ merism – stating the two extremes on a spectrum in order to also emphasize everything in between (NIGTC, 199)
Christian Perspectives 