King James Version

Acts 15:8

And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “to them” (αὐτοῖς) before the here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.καρδιογνώστηςkardiognōstēswhich knoweth the heartsκαρδιογνώστηςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “which knoweth the hearts”, the subject formG2589a knower of the inner life (character, hearts).which knoweth the heartsθεὸςtheosGodθεόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “God”, the subject formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.ἐμαρτύρησενemarturēsenwitnessμαρτυρέω (martureō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “witness”, a single actionG3140I witness, bear witness, give evidence, testify, give a good report.This verse uses “witness”.witnessαὐτοῖςautoisthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, neuter — “them”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themδοὺςdousto giveδίδωμι (didōmi)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to give”, a single actionG1325I offer, give; I put, place.This verse uses “give”.τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πνεῦμαpneumaGhostπνεῦμαnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “Ghost”, the object formG4151wind, breath, spirit.Ghostτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἅγιονhagionholyἅγιος (hagios)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “holy”, the object formG40set apart by (or for) God, holy, sacred.This verse uses “holy”.καθὼςkathōsasκαθώςconjunction — “as”G2531according to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as.asκαὶkaiandκαίadverb — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ἡμῖνhēminIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “I”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).he did unto us

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

αὐτοῖςautoisbare themαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “bare them”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and the heart-knowing God did bare them testimony, having given to them the Holy Spirit, even as also to us,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And God, who knoweth the heart, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Spirit, even as he did unto us;

Young’s Literal Translation

and the heart-knowing God did bare them testimony, having given to them the Holy Spirit, even as also to us,

World English Bible

God, who knows the heart, testified about them, giving them the Holy Spirit, just like he did to us.

Darby Translation

And the heart-knowing God bore them witness, giving [them] the Holy Spirit as to us also,

Douay-Rheims

And God, who knoweth the hearts, gave testimony, giving unto them the Holy Ghost, as well as to us;

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