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Acts 10:21

Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him from Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore ye are come?

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds a longer phrase before he said: τοὺς ἀπεσταλμενοῦς ἀπὸ τοῦ Κορνηλίου πρὸς αὑτὸν,.

καταβὰςkatabaswent downκαταβαίνω (katabainō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “went down”, a single actionG2597I go down, come down, either from the sky or from higher land, descend.went downδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ΠέτροςpetrosPeterΠέτροςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Peter”, the subject formG4074Peter, a Greek name meaning "rock".πρὸςprostoπρόςpreposition — “to”G4314to, towards, with.toτοὺςtouswhichὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “which”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.whichἄνδραςandrasmanἀνήρ (anēr)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “man”, the object formG435a male human being; a man, husband.εἶπενeipento sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to say”, a single actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).and saidἸδοὺidouBeholdἰδούparticle — “Behold”G2400See! Lo! Behold! Look!.BeholdἐγώegōIἐγώpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “I”, the subject formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Iεἰμιeimiamεἰμίverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “am”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.amὃνhonhe whomὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “he whom”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.he whomζητεῖτεzēteiteye seekζητέω (zēteō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural — “ye seek”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2212I seek, search for, desire, require, demand.This verse uses “seek”.ye seekτίςtiswhatτίςinterrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “what”, the subject formG5101who, which, what, why.This verse uses “what”.whatἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.αἰτίαaitiais the causeαἰτίαnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “is the cause”, the subject formG156a cause, reason, excuse; a charge, accusation; guilt; circumstances, case.is the causeδι’diwhereforeδιά (dia)preposition — “wherefore”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.whereforeἣνhēnwhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, singular, feminine — “which”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.πάρεστεparesteye are comeπάρειμι (pareimi)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural — “ye are come”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3918I am present, am near; I have come, arrived.ye are come

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

τοὺςtouswhichὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “which”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἀπεσταλμενοῦςapestalmenouswere sentἀποστέλλω (apostellō)verb, perfect passive participle, accusative, plural, masculine — “were sent”, a completed action with a present resultG649I send forth, send (as a messenger, commission, etc.), send away, dismiss.ἀπὸapofromἀπόpreposition — “from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ΚορνηλίουkornēliouCorneliusΚορνήλιος (kornēlios)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Cornelius”, the of-formG2883Cornelius, a centurion of the Roman army, stationed at Caesarea.πρὸςprostoπρόςpreposition — “to”G4314to, towards, with.αὑτὸνhautonheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and Peter having come down unto the men who have been sent from Cornelius unto him, said, 'Lo, I am he whom ye seek, what [is] the cause for which ye are present?'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Peter went down to the men, and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore ye are come?

Young’s Literal Translation

and Peter having come down unto the men who have been sent from Cornelius unto him, said, 'Lo, I am he whom ye seek, what [is] the cause for which ye are present?'

World English Bible

Peter went down to the men, and said, “Behold, I am he whom you seek. Why have you come?”

Darby Translation

And Peter going down to the men said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause for which ye come?

Douay-Rheims

Then Peter, going down to the men, said: Behold, I am he whom you seek; what is the cause for which you are come?

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