King James Version

Acts 5:2

And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “of him” (αὐτοῦ,) before and here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἐνοσφίσατοenosphisatokept backνοσφίζομαι (nosphizomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “kept back”, a single actionG3557I rob; mid: I set apart for myself, appropriate for my own benefit, purloin.kept backἀπὸapopart ofἀπόpreposition — “part of”G575from, away from.part ofτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.τιμῆςtimēspriceτιμή (timē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “price”, the of-formG5092a price, honor.the priceσυνειδυίηςsuneiduiēsbeing privyσύνοιδα (sunoida)verb, perfect active participle, genitive, singular, feminine — “being privy”, a completed action with a present resultG4894I know, consider, am privy to.being privyκαὶkaito it, andκαίadverb — “to it, and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.to it, andτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.γυναικόςgunaikoswomanγυνή (gunē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “woman”, the of-formG1135a woman, wife, my lady.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ἐνέγκαςenenkasbroughtφέρω (pherō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “brought”, a single actionG5342I carry, bear, bring; I conduct, lead; perhaps: I make publicly known.broughtμέροςmerospartμέροςnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “part”, the object formG3313a part, portion, share.partτιtioneτις (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “one”, the object formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.παρὰparait atπαράpreposition — “it at”G3844gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of.it atτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πόδαςpodasfeetπούς (pous)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “feet”, the object formG4228the foot.feetτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀποστόλωνapostolōnapostleἀπόστολος (apostolos)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “apostle”, the of-formG652a messenger, envoy, delegate, one commissioned by another to represent him in some way, especially a man sent out by Jesus Christ Himself to preach the Gospel; an apostle.ἔθηκενethēkento placeτίθημι (tithēmi)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to place”, a single actionG5087I put, place, lay, set, fix, establish.This verse uses “place”.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

αὐτοῦautouhisαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “his”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and did keep back of the price — his wife also knowing — and having brought a certain part, at the feet of the apostles he laid [it].

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American Standard Version (1901)

and kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

Young’s Literal Translation

and did keep back of the price — his wife also knowing — and having brought a certain part, at the feet of the apostles he laid [it].

World English Bible

and kept back part of the price, his wife also being aware of it, then brought a certain part and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

Darby Translation

and put aside for himself part of the price, [his] wife also being privy to it; and having brought a certain part, laid it at the feet of the apostles.

Douay-Rheims

And by fraud kept back part of the price of the land, his wife being privy thereunto: and bringing a certain part of it, laid it at the feet of the apostles.

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