この事があったのは、ヨルダンの向こう岸のベタニヤであって、ヨハネはそこで、バプテスマを授けていた。

Sentence Analyzer

この 事 が あった の は 、 ヨルダン の 向こう岸 の ベタニヤ で あって 、 ヨハネ は そこで 、 バプテスマ を 授けていた 。

English Translation

This all happened at Bethany on the other side of Jordan, where John was baptizing.

Furigana

この事(こと)があったのは、ヨルダンの向(む)こう岸(ぎし)のベタニヤであって、ヨハネはそこで、バプテスマを授(さづ)けていた。

Romanji

Kono koto ga atta no wa, Yorudan no mukōgishi no betaniya de atte, Yohane wa sokode, baputesuma o sazuketeita.

Words

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

ヨルダン (ヨルダン)

Jordan

向こう岸 (むこうぎし)

opposite bank; farther shore

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

其処で (そこで)

so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore

バプテスマ (バプテスマ)

baptism

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

授ける (さずける)

to grant; to award; to teach

Kanji

事

Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える

Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly

向

Readings: コウ、 む.く、 む.い、 -む.き、 む.ける、 -む.け、 む.かう、 む.かい、 む.こう、 む.こう-、 むこ、 むか.い

Meanings: yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach

岸

Readings: ガン、 きし

Meaning: beach

授

Readings: ジュ、 さず.ける、 さず.かる

Meanings: impart, instruct, grant, confer