And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.
The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “the” (τὴν) before [his] sword here.
ἔξυπνοςexupnosout of his sleepἔξυπνοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “out of his sleep”, the subject formG1853roused out of sleep.out of his sleepδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.γενόμενοςgenomenosto beγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to be”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δεσμοφύλαξdesmophulaxjailerδεσμοφύλαξnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “jailer”, the subject formG1200a keeper of a prison, a jailer.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἰδὼνidōnseeὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “see”, a single actionG3708I see, look upon, experience, perceive, discern, beware.This verse uses “see”.Strong’s files this form under G1492 (εἴδω, see/know).seeingἀνεῳγμέναςaneōgmenasopenἀνοίγω (anoigō)verb, perfect passive participle, accusative, plural, feminine — “open”, a completed action with a present resultG455I open.openτὰςtastheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.θύραςthurasdoorθύρα (thura)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “door”, the object formG2374(a) a door, (b) met: an opportunity.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.φυλακῆςphulakēsprisonφυλακή (phulakē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “prison”, the of-formG5438a watching, keeping guard; a guard, prison; imprisonment.This verse uses “prison”.σπασάμενοςspasamenoshe drew outσπάομαι (spaomai)verb, aorist middle participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “he drew out”, a single actionG4685I draw (as a sword), pull.he drew outτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.μάχαιρανmachairanhis swordμάχαιρα (machaira)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “his sword”, the object formG3162a sword.his swordἤμελλενēmellenand wouldμέλλω (mellō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “and would”, an ongoing action in the pastG3195I intend, am about to; I delay, linger.and wouldἑαυτὸνheautonhimselfἑαυτοῦ (heautou)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “himself”, the object formG1438himself, herself, itself.This verse uses “himself”.himselfἀναιρεῖνanaireinto do away withἀναιρέω (anaireō)verb, present active infinitive — “to do away with”, an ongoing or repeated actionG337I take up, take away the life of, make an end of, murder.νομίζωνnomizōnsupposingνομίζω (nomizō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “supposing”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3543I practice, hold by custom; I deem, think, consider, suppose.supposingἐκπεφευγέναιekpepheugenaito had been fledἐκφεύγω (ekpheugō)verb, perfect active infinitive — “to had been fled”, a completed action with a present resultG1628I flee out, away, escape; with an acc: I escape something.had been fledτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.δεσμίουςdesmiousprisonerδέσμιος (desmios)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “prisoner”, the object formG1198one bound, a prisoner.
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
and the jailor having come out of sleep, and having seen the doors of the prison open, having drawn a sword, was about to kill himself, supposing the prisoners to be fled,
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American Standard Version (1901)
And the jailor, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.
Young’s Literal Translation
and the jailor having come out of sleep, and having seen the doors of the prison open, having drawn a sword, was about to kill himself, supposing the prisoners to be fled,
World English Bible
The jailer, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.
Darby Translation
And the jailor being awakened out of his sleep, and seeing the doors of the prison opened, having drawn a sword was going to kill himself, thinking the prisoners had fled.
Douay-Rheims
And the keeper of the prison, awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the doors of the prison open, drawing his sword, would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.
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