For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Caesar.
The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “therefore” (οὖν) before I do here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “for” (γὰρ) before I do here.
εἰeiifεἰconjunction — “if”G1487if.ifμὲνmenon one handμένconjunction — “on one hand”G3303an untranslatable particle, generally answered by "de", each of the two introducing a clause intended to be contrasted with the other.οὖνounthereforeοὖνconjunction — “therefore”G3767therefore, then.This verse uses “therefore”.ἀδικῶadikōI be an offenderἀδικέω (adikeō)verb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “I be an offender”, an ongoing or repeated actionG91I act unjustly towards, injure, harm.I be an offenderκαὶkaiorκαίconjunction — “or”G2532and, even, also, namely.orἄξιονaxionworthyἄξιος (axios)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “worthy”, the object formG514worthy, worthy of, deserving, comparable, suitable.This verse uses “worthy”.worthyθανάτουthanatouof deathθάνατος (thanatos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of death”, the of-formG2288death, physical or spiritual.of deathπέπραχάpeprachato doπράσσω (prassō)verb, perfect active indicative, 1st person singular — “to do”, a completed action with a present resultG4238I do, perform, accomplish; be in any condition, i.e. I fare; I exact, require.τιtioneτις (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “one”, the object formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.οὐounotοὐadverb — “not”G3756no, not.notπαραιτοῦμαιparaitoumaito refuseπαραιτέομαι (paraiteomai)verb, present middle indicative, 1st person singular — “to refuse”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3868I beg off, make excuse, deprecate, refuse, reject, decline, shun, avoid.This verse uses “refuse”.τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἀποθανεῖνapothaneinto dieἀποθνῄσκω (apothnēskō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to die”, a single actionG599I am dying, am about to die, wither, decay.to dieεἰeiifεἰconjunction — “if”G1487if.ifδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.οὐδένoudennoneοὐδείς (oudeis)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “none”, the subject formG3762no one, none, nothing.This verse uses “none”.noneἐστινestinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ὧνhōnof these thingsὅς (hos)relative pronoun, genitive, plural, neuter — “of these things”, the of-formG3739who, which, what, that.of these thingsοὗτοιhoutoiwhereof theseοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “whereof these”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.whereof theseκατηγοροῦσίνkatēgorousinaccuseκατηγορέω (katēgoreō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “accuse”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2723I accuse, charge, prosecute.This verse uses “accuse”.accuseμουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).meοὐδείςoudeisno manοὐδείςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “no man”, the subject formG3762no one, none, nothing.no manμεmeIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, accusative, singular — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).meδύναταιdunataibe ableδύναμαι (dunamai)verb, present middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “be able”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1410(a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can.αὐτοῖςautoisunto themαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “unto them”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.unto themχαρίσασθαιcharisasthaito give graceχαρίζομαι (charizomai)verb, aorist middle infinitive — “to give grace”, a single actionG5483(a) I show favor to, (b) I pardon, forgive, (c) I show kindness.ΚαίσαραkaisaraCaesarΚαῖσαρ (kaisar)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Caesar”, the object formG2541Caesar, a surname of the gens Iulia, which became practically synonymous with the Emperor for the time being; in the Gospels it always refers to Tiberias.Caesarἐπικαλοῦμαιepikaloumaito callἐπικαλέω (epikaleō)verb, present middle indicative, 1st person singular — “to call”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1941(a) I call (name) by a supplementary (additional, alternative) name, (b) mid: I call upon, appeal to, address.
Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text
γὰρgarForγάρconjunction — “For”G1063for.
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
for if indeed I am unrighteous, and anything worthy of death have done, I deprecate not to die; and if there is none of the things of which these accuse me, no one is able to make a favour of me to them; to Caesar I appeal!'
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American Standard Version (1901)
If then I am a wrong-doer, and have committed anything worthy of death, I refuse not to die; but if none of those things is true whereof these accuse me, no man can give me up unto them. I appeal unto Cæsar.
Young’s Literal Translation
for if indeed I am unrighteous, and anything worthy of death have done, I deprecate not to die; and if there is none of the things of which these accuse me, no one is able to make a favour of me to them; to Caesar I appeal!'
World English Bible
For if I have done wrong and have committed anything worthy of death, I don’t refuse to die; but if none of those things is true that they accuse me of, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar!”
Darby Translation
If then I have done any wrong and committed anything worthy of death, I do not deprecate dying; but if there is nothing of those things of which they accuse me, no man can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar.
Douay-Rheims
For if I have injured them, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die. But if there be none of these things whereof they accuse me, no man may deliver me to them: I appeal to Caesar.
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