King James Version

Acts 11:25

Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul:

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the Barnabas” (ὁ Βαρνάβας) before seek here.

ἐξῆλθενexēlthendepartedἐξέρχομαι (exerchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “departed”, a single actionG1831I go out, come out.departedδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.εἰςeistoεἰςpreposition — “to”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.toΤαρσὸνtarsonTarsusΤαρσός (tarsos)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “Tarsus”, the object formG5019Tarsus, the capital of the Roman province Cilicia.Tarsusἀναζητῆσαιanazētēsaito for to seekἀναζητέω (anazēteō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to for to seek”, a single actionG327I seek out, search for (implying the difficulty of the task).for to seekΣαῦλονsaulonSaulΣαῦλος (saulos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Saul”, the object formG4569Saul, the apostle.This verse uses “Saul”.Saul

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ΒαρνάβαςbarnabasBarnabasΒαρνάβαςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Barnabas”, the subject formG921Barnabas, a Cypriote Jew, uncle of John Mark; his other name was Joseph.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And Barnabas went forth to Tarsus, to seek for Saul,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he went forth to Tarsus to seek for Saul;

Young’s Literal Translation

And Barnabas went forth to Tarsus, to seek for Saul,

World English Bible

Barnabas went out to Tarsus to look for Saul.

Darby Translation

And he went away to Tarsus to seek out Saul.

Douay-Rheims

And Barnabas went to Tarsus to seek Saul: whom, when he had found, he brought to Antioch.

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