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One of the servants of the high priest, being kinsman of him whose ear Peter had cut off, says, “Did I not see you in the garden with Him?”

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Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Greek: Transliteration:
One One. Adj-NMS H1520 εἷς eis
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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servants (a) (as adj.) enslaved, (b) (as noun) a (male) slave. N-GMP H1401 δοὐλων doulōn
high priest, High priest, chief priest. N-GMS H749 ἀρχιερέως archiereōs
being To be, exist. V-PPA-NMS H1510    
kinsman Akin to, related; fellow countryman, kinsman. Adj-NMS H4773 συγγενὴς sungenēs
[of him] whose Who, which, what, that. RelPro-GMS H3739 οὗ ou
ear An ear. N-ANS H5621 ὠτίον ōtion
Peter Peter, a Greek name meaning rock. N-NMS H4074 Πέτρος petros
of From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. V-AIA-3S H609 ἀπέκοψεν apekopsen
says, (denoting speech in progress), (a) to say, speak; to mean, mention, tell, (b) to call, name, especially in the pass., (c) to tell, command. V-PIA-3S H3004 λέγει legei
see To see, look upon, experience, perceive, discern, beware. V-AIA-1S H3708    
garden A garden, any place planted with trees and herbs. N-DMS H2779 κήπῳ kēpō

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Berean Bible One of the servants of the high priest, being kinsman of him whose ear Peter had cut off, says, “Did I not see you in the garden with Him?”
King James Bible One of the servants of the high priest, being his kinsman of him whose ear Peter had cut off, says, “Did I saith, Did not I see you thee in the garden with Him?”him?
Hebrew Greek English One of the servants slaves of the high priest, being kinsman a relative of him the one whose ear Peter had cut off, says, “Did said, "Did I not see you in the garden with Him?”Him?"
New American Standard Bible 1995 One of the servants slaves of the high priest, being kinsman a relative of him the one whose ear Peter had cut off, says, “Did said, "Did I not see you in the garden with Him?”Him?"