King James Version

Acts 12:9

And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “him” (αὐτῷ·) before and here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἐξελθὼνexelthōnhe went outἐξέρχομαι (exerchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “he went out”, a single actionG1831I go out, come out.he went outἠκολούθειēkoloutheiand followedἀκολουθέω (akoloutheō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “and followed”, an ongoing action in the pastG190I accompany, attend, follow.and followedκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andοὐκouknotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notᾔδειēdeito perceiveοἶδα (oida)verb, pluperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to perceive”, a completed action before another past momentG1492I know, remember, appreciate.ὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.thatἀληθέςalēthestrueἀληθής (alēthēs)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “true”, the subject formG227unconcealed, true, true in fact, worthy of credit, truthful.This verse uses “true”.trueἐστινestinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.τὸtowhichὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, neuter — “which”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.whichγινόμενονginomenonwas doneγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, present middle participle, nominative, singular, neuter — “was done”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.was doneδιὰdiabyδιάpreposition — “by”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.byτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀγγέλουangelouangelἄγγελος (angelos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “angel”, the of-formG32a messenger, generally a (supernatural) messenger from God, an angel, conveying news or behests from God to men.the angelἐδόκειedokeithoughtδοκέω (dokeō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “thought”, an ongoing action in the pastG1380I think, seem, appear, it seems.thoughtδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ὅραμαhoramaa visionὅραμαnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “a vision”, the object formG3705a spectacle, vision, that which is seen.This verse uses “vision”.a visionβλέπεινblepeinto seeβλέπω (blepō)verb, present active infinitive — “to see”, an ongoing or repeated actionG991(primarily physical), I look, see, perceive, discern.This verse uses “see”.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

αὐτῷautōhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “him”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and having gone forth, he was following him, and he knew not that it is true that which is done through the messenger, and was thinking he saw a vision,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he went out, and followed; and he knew not that it was true which was done by the angel, but thought he saw a vision.

Young’s Literal Translation

and having gone forth, he was following him, and he knew not that it is true that which is done through the messenger, and was thinking he saw a vision,

World English Bible

And he went out and followed him. He didn’t know that what was being done by the angel was real, but thought he saw a vision.

Darby Translation

And going forth he followed [him] and did not know that what was happening by means of the angel was real, but supposed he saw a vision.

Douay-Rheims

And going out, he followed him, and he knew not that it was true which was done by the angel: but thought he saw a vision.

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