εἶπέ (eipen) in Revelation 22:6: Verb Third Person Singular Second Aorist Active Indicative

Verb: the form names an action of speaking or saying, and here it presents that action in the clause rather than a thing or person.

Second Aorist: commonly views the action as a whole event. It should not be treated as automatically punctiliar or automatically past in every context.

Active: presents the subject as doing or carrying the action.

Indicative: presents the verbal idea as an assertion or statement in the clause.

Third person: the form speaks about someone or something rather than directly as I/we or you.

Not applicable: this verb form is not using noun case to mark its sentence role.

Singular: the ending marks a single subject for the verbal action, which fits the one speaker implied by the context.

Not applicable: this verb form does not use grammatical gender to make its point.

It introduces the statement spoken to John about the faithfulness and truth of these words.

The form is governed by the narrative flow that reports what was said to John in the vision.

It functions as the main speech verb, introducing the direct statement that follows and marking a completed spoken act.

It does not supply the content of the message itself, and it does not identify the speaker by itself without the surrounding context.

High: The aorist speech verb introduces a vision statement about the reliability of the words shown to John.

Third-person singular second aorist active indicative vision-speech verb. introduces the direct statement that follows. Attached to the singular speaker in the vision and the statement to John. Governed by the narrative frame that reports what was said to John. The aorist reports the speaking event; the reliability claim comes from the quoted statement.

What does this speech verb introduce? It introduces the statement to John about the faithfulness and truth of the words.

Direct: The aorist speech verb directly supports English wording such as "he said."

The verb reports speech in the vision, but speaker identity and content should be read from the immediate context.

Aorist speech verb creates the reliability claim: The aorist reports the saying; the quoted words carry the reliability claim.

The provided witness reads εἶπέ in Revelation 22:6, with the textus receptus and Scrivener 1894 record naming it as a third singular second aorist active indicative form of λέγω.

The lemma is λέγω, which in this context means to say or speak; the form does not change the lemma into another word.

The verb opens a reported speech unit, so the grammar supports a concise narrative transition into the words that follow, while the surrounding words identify the addressee and the speaker more fully.

In this verse the form helps present a direct announcement to John that the words are trustworthy and that God sent his angel to show his servants what must happen soon.

Within Revelation, this kind of speech report serves divine disclosure and witness, so the form contributes to the book's pattern of mediated revelation without adding meanings beyond the sentence.

For communication, the form signals that the text is relaying a spoken declaration, which helps readers hear the verse as testimony and instruction rather than narration only.

Do not derive speaker identity, emotional tone, or doctrinal detail from this verb form alone, and do not let grammar override the immediate context.