King James Version

Acts 19:4

Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “indeed” (μὲν) before baptized here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “Christ” (Χριστὸν) before Jesus here.

εἶπενeipento sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to say”, a single 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 “say”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).saidδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ΠαῦλοςpaulosPaulΠαῦλοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Paul”, the subject formG3972Paul, Paulus.PaulἸωάννηςiōannēsJohnἸωάννηςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “John”, the subject formG2491John: the Baptist, the apostle, a member of the Sanhedrin, or John Mark.Johnἐβάπτισενebaptisenbaptizedβαπτίζω (baptizō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “baptized”, a single actionG907lit: I dip, submerge, but specifically of ceremonial dipping; I baptize.baptizedβάπτισμαbaptismawith the baptismβάπτισμαnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “with the baptism”, the object formG908the rite or ceremony of baptism.with the baptismμετανοίαςmetanoiasof repentanceμετάνοια (metanoia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of repentance”, the of-formG3341repentance, a change of mind, change in the inner man.This verse uses “repentance”.of repentanceτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.λαῷlaōunto the peopleλαός (laos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “unto the people”, the to- or for-formG2992(a) a people, characteristically of God's chosen people, first the Jews, then the Christians, (b) sometimes, but rarely, the people, the crowd.unto the peopleλέγωνlegōnto speakλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “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”.εἰςeisonεἰςpreposition — “on”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.onτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἐρχόμενονerchomenonhim which should comeἔρχομαι (erchomai)verb, present middle participle, accusative, singular, masculine — “him which should come”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2064I come, go.him which should comeμετ’metafterμετά (meta)preposition — “after”G3326(a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.This verse uses “after”.afterαὐτὸνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himἵναhinain order thatἵναconjunction — “in order that”G2443in order that, so that.This verse uses “in order that”.πιστεύσωσινpisteusōsinto trustπιστεύω (pisteuō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural — “to trust”, a single actionG4100I believe, have faith in, trust in; pass: I am entrusted with.τοῦτ’toutthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “this”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.ἔστινestinthat isεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “that is”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.that isεἰςeisonεἰςpreposition — “on”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.onτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἸησοῦνiēsounJesusἸησοῦς (iēsous)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the object formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.Jesus

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μὲνmenverilyμένparticle — “verily”G3303an untranslatable particle, generally answered by "de", each of the two introducing a clause intended to be contrasted with the other.ΧριστὸνchristonChristΧριστός (christos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Christ”, the object formG5547anointed; the Messiah, the Christ.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And Paul said, 'John, indeed, did baptize with a baptism of reformation, saying to the people that in him who is coming after him they should believe — that is, in the Christ — Jesus;'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Paul said, John baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people that they should believe on him that should come after him, that is, on Jesus.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Paul said, 'John, indeed, did baptize with a baptism of reformation, saying to the people that in him who is coming after him they should believe — that is, in the Christ — Jesus;'

World English Bible

Paul said, “John indeed baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in the one who would come after him, that is, in Christ Jesus.”

Darby Translation

And Paul said, John indeed baptised [with] the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on him that was coming after him, that is, on Jesus.

Douay-Rheims

Then Paul said: John baptized the people with the baptism of penance, saying: That they should believe in him who was to come after him, that is to say, in Jesus.

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