King James Version

Acts 15:17

That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “who” (ὁ) before is doing here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “all” (πάντα) after these things here.

ὅπωςhopōsThatὅπωςconjunction — “That”G3704how, in order that, so that, that.Thatἂνanifἄνparticle — “if”G302an untranslatable word (under the circumstances, in that case, anyhow), the general effect of which is to make a statement contingent, which would otherwise be definite: it is thus regularly used with the subjunctive mood.ἐκζητήσωσινekzētēsōsinmight seek afterἐκζητέω (ekzēteō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural — “might seek after”, a single actionG1567I seek out, seek out after, require.might seek afterοἱhoiwhoὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “who”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.whoκατάλοιποιkataloipoiremainingκατάλοιπος (kataloipos)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “remaining”, the subject formG2645left behind; the rest, the remainder.τῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀνθρώπωνanthrōpōna humanἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “a human”, the of-formG444a man, one of the human race.τὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.κύριονkurionlordκύριος (kurios)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “lord”, the object formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.καὶkaiandκαίadverb — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.πάνταpantaallπᾶς (pas)adjective, nominative, plural, neuter — “all”, the subject formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.allτὰtatheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἔθνηethnēGentile nationἔθνος (ethnos)noun, nominative, plural, neuter — “Gentile nation”, the subject formG1484a race, people, nation; the nations, heathen world, Gentiles.ἐφ’ephuponἐπί (epi)preposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.οὓςhouswhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “which”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.ἐπικέκληταιepikeklētaito callἐπικαλέω (epikaleō)verb, perfect passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “to call”, a completed action with a present resultG1941(a) I call (name) by a supplementary (additional, alternative) name, (b) mid: I call upon, appeal to, address.τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ὄνομάonomanameὄνομαnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “name”, the subject formG3686name, character, fame, reputation.This verse uses “name”.μουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).ἐπ’epuponἐπί (epi)preposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.αὐτούςautousheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.λέγειlegeito speakλέγω (legō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to speak”, an ongoing or repeated 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 “speak”.κύριοςkurioslordκύριοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “lord”, the subject formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.ποιῶνpoiōnto doποιέω (poieō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to do”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.ταῦταtautathese thingsοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, plural, neuter — “these things”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.these things

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ὁhowhoὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “who”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.πάνταpantaallπᾶς (pas)adjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “all”, the object formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

that the residue of men may seek after the Lord, and all the nations, upon whom My name hath been called, saith the Lord, who is doing all these things.

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American Standard Version (1901)

That the residue of men may seek after the Lord, And all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called,

Young’s Literal Translation

that the residue of men may seek after the Lord, and all the nations, upon whom My name hath been called, saith the Lord, who is doing all these things.

World English Bible

that the rest of men may seek after the Lord: all the Gentiles who are called by my name, says the Lord, who does all these things.’

Darby Translation

so that the residue of men may seek out the Lord, and all the nations on whom my name is invoked, saith [the] Lord, who does these things

Douay-Rheims

That the residue of men may seek after the Lord, and all nations upon whom my name is invoked, saith the Lord, who doth these things.

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