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Acts 12:19

And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and there abode.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the” (τὴν) before Caesarea here.

ἩρῴδηςhērōdēsHerodἩρῴδηςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Herod”, the subject formG2264Herod; four persons are called by this name: Herod the Great, Herod Antipas, Herod Agrippa, and Herod Agrippa the younger.Herodδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἐπιζητήσαςepizētēsashad sought forἐπιζητέω (epizēteō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “had sought for”, a single actionG1934I seek after, desire, search for, make inquiries about.had sought forαὐτὸνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andμὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.notεὑρὼνheurōnto findεὑρίσκω (heuriskō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to find”, a single actionG2147I find, learn, discover, especially after searching.ἀνακρίναςanakrinashe examinedἀνακρίνω (anakrinō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “he examined”, a single actionG350I examine, inquire into, investigate, question.he examinedτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.φύλακαςphulakaskeepersφύλαξ (phulax)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “keepers”, the object formG5441a guard, keeper, sentinel.the keepersἐκέλευσενekeleusenand commandedκελεύω (keleuō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “and commanded”, a single actionG2753I command, order, direct, bid.and commandedἀπαχθῆναιapachthēnaito that they should be put to deathἀπάγω (apagō)verb, aorist passive infinitive — “to that they should be put to death”, a single actionG520I lead, carry, take away; met: I am led astray, seduced.that they should be put to deathκαὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andκατελθὼνkatelthōnhe went downκατέρχομαι (katerchomai)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “he went down”, a single actionG2718I come down from sky to earth, or from high land to lower land (or to the coast), or from the high seas to the shore.he went downἀπὸapofromἀπόpreposition — “from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.fromτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἸουδαίαςioudaiasJudaeaἸουδαία (ioudaia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “Judaea”, the of-formG2449Judea, a Roman province, capital Jerusalem.Judaeaεἰςeistoεἰςpreposition — “to”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.toΚαισάρειανkaisareianCaesareaΚαισάρεια (kaisareia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “Caesarea”, the object formG2542Two cities of Palestine: one in Galilee (Caesarea Philippi), the other on the coast of the Mediterranean.Caesareaδιέτριβενdietribenand there abodeδιατρίβω (diatribō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “and there abode”, an ongoing action in the pastG1304I tarry, continue, stay in a place.and there abode

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τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and Herod having sought for him, and not having found, having examined the guards, did command [them] to be led away to punishment, and having gone down from Judea to Caesarea, he was abiding [there].

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American Standard Version (1901)

And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the guards, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judæa to Cæsarea, and tarried there.

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

When Herod had sought for him and didn’t find him, he examined the guards, then commanded that they should be put to death. He went down from Judea to Caesarea, and stayed there.

Darby Translation

And Herod having sought him and not found him, having examined the guards, commanded [them] to be executed. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea and stayed [there].

Douay-Rheims

And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not; having examined the keepers, he commanded they should be put to death; and going down from Judea to Caesarea, he abode there.

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