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Acts 28:6

Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “having changed their opinion” (μεταβαλόμενοι) before they were here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “having changed their opinion” (μεταβαλλόμενοι) before they were here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdeHowbeitδέconjunction — “Howbeit”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.Howbeitπροσεδόκωνprosedokōnthey lookedπροσδοκάω (prosdokaō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they looked”, an ongoing action in the pastG4328I expect, wait for, await, think, anticipate.they lookedαὐτὸνautonwhen heαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “when he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.when heμέλλεινmelleinto shouldμέλλω (mellō)verb, present active infinitive — “to should”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3195I intend, am about to; I delay, linger.shouldπίμπρασθαιpimprasthaito have swollenπίμπρημι (pimprēmi)verb, present passive infinitive — “to have swollen”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4092I swell, am inflamed.have swollenἢēorἤconjunction — “or”G2228or, than.orκαταπίπτεινkatapipteinto fallen downκαταπίπτω (katapiptō)verb, present active infinitive — “to fallen down”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2667I fall down, fall prostrate.fallen downἄφνωaphnōsuddenlyἄφνωadverb — “suddenly”G869suddenly.suddenlyνεκρόνnekrondeadνεκρός (nekros)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “dead”, the object formG3498(a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse.This verse uses “dead”.ἐπὶepia great whileἐπίpreposition — “a great while”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.a great whileπολὺpolumuchπολύς (polus)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “much”, the object formG4183much, many; often.This verse uses “much”.δὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.αὐτῶνautōnhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “him”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himπροσδοκώντωνprosdokōntōnto look forπροσδοκάω (prosdokaō)verb, present active participle, genitive, plural, masculine — “to look for”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4328I expect, wait for, await, think, anticipate.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.θεωρούντωνtheōrountōnto seeθεωρέω (theōreō)verb, present active participle, genitive, plural, masculine — “to see”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2334I look at, gaze, behold; I see, experience, discern; I partake of.μηδὲνmēdennothingμηδείς (mēdeis)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “nothing”, the object formG3367no one, none, nothing.This verse uses “nothing”.ἄτοπονatoponwrongἄτοπος (atopos)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “wrong”, the object formG824(lit: out of place, unusual, unbecoming), improper, unrighteous, perverse.εἰςeistowardεἰςpreposition — “toward”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.αὐτὸνautonthat heαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “that he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.that heγινόμενονginomenonto beγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, present middle participle, accusative, singular, neuter — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.μεταβαλόμενοιmetabalomenoito change mindμεταβάλλομαι (metaballomai)verb, aorist middle participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to change mind”, a single actionG3328I change; mid: I change my mind.This verse uses “change”.ἔλεγονelegonto speakλέγω (legō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to speak”, an ongoing action in the pastG3004(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”.αὐτὸνautonheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.εἶναιeinaito existεἰμί (eimí)verb, present active infinitive — “to exist”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.Strong’s files this form under G1511 (εἶναι, exist).wasθεόνtheona godθεός (theos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “a god”, the object formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.a god

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

μεταβαλλόμενοιmetaballomenoithey changed their mindsμεταβάλλω (metaballō)verb, second aorist middle participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “they changed their minds”, a single actionG3328I change; mid: I change my mind.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and they were expecting him to be about to be inflamed, or to fall down suddenly dead, and they, expecting [it] a long time, and seeing nothing uncommon happening to him, changing [their] minds, said he was a god.

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American Standard Version (1901)

But they expected that he would have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but when they were long in expectation and beheld nothing amiss come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

But they expected that he would have swollen or fallen down dead suddenly, but when they watched for a long time and saw nothing bad happen to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god.

Darby Translation

But they expected that he would have swollen or fallen down suddenly dead. But when they had expected a long time and saw nothing unusual happen to him, changing their opinion, they said he was a god.

Douay-Rheims

But they supposed that he would begin to swell up, and that he would suddenly fall down and die. But expecting long, and seeing that there came no harm to him, changing their minds, they said, that he was a god.

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