For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought.
The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “were joined” (προσεκλίθη) before men here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “about” (ὡς) before four hundred here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “were joined” (προσεκολλήθη) before number here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “like” (ὡσεὶ) before four hundred here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.
πρὸprobeforeπρόpreposition — “before”G4253(a) of place: before, in front of, (b) of time: before, earlier than.beforeγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.τούτωνtoutōnthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, genitive, plural, feminine — “this”, the of-formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.τῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἡμερῶνhēmerōndaysἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, genitive, plural, feminine — “days”, the of-formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.daysἀνέστηanestērose upἀνίστημι (anistēmi)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “rose up”, a single actionG450I raise up, set up; I rise from among (the) dead; I arise, appear.rose upΘευδᾶςtheudasTheudasΘευδᾶςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Theudas”, the subject formG2333Theudas, a Jewish pretender of date about 4 B.C., otherwise unknown.Theudasλέγωνlegōnboastingλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “boasting”, 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.boastingεἶναίeinaito existεἰμί (eimí)verb, present active infinitive — “to exist”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.Strong’s files this form under G1511 (εἶναι, exist).to beτιναtinasomebodyτις (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “somebody”, the object formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.somebodyἑαυτόνheautonmyἑαυτοῦ (heautou)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “my”, the object formG1438himself, herself, itself.ᾧhōto whomὅς (hos)relative pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “to whom”, the to- or for-formG3739who, which, what, that.to whomπροσεκλίθηproseklithējoined themselvesπροσκλίνομαι (prosklinomai)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “joined themselves”, a single actionG6076to lean towardjoined themselvesἀνδρῶνandrōnmanἀνήρ (anēr)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “man”, the of-formG435a male human being; a man, husband.ἀριθμὸςarithmosnumberἀριθμόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “number”, the subject formG706a number, total.ὡςhōswhichὡςadverb — “which”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.τετρακοσίωνtetrakosiōnfour hundredτετρακόσιοι (tetrakosioi)adjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “four hundred”, the of-formG5071four hundred.ὃςhoswhoὅςrelative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “who”, the subject formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “who”.whoἀνῃρέθηanērethēwas slainἀναιρέω (anaireō)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “was slain”, a single actionG337I take up, take away the life of, make an end of, murder.was slainκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andπάντεςpantesallπᾶς (pas)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “all”, the subject formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.allὅσοιhosoias many asὅσος (hosos)relative pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “as many as”, the subject formG3745how much, how great, how many, as great as, as much.as many asἐπείθοντοepeithontoobeyedπείθω (peithō)verb, imperfect passive indicative, 3rd person plural — “obeyed”, an ongoing action in the pastG3982I persuade, urge.obeyedαὐτῷautōhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “him”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himδιελύθησανdieluthēsanwere scatteredδιαλύω (dialuō)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person plural — “were scattered”, a single actionG1262I break up, disperse, dissolve.were scatteredκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐγένοντοegenontobroughtγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person plural — “brought”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.broughtεἰςeistoεἰςpreposition — “to”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.toοὐδένoudennoughtοὐδείς (oudeis)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “nought”, the object formG3762no one, none, nothing.nought
Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text
προσεκολλήθηprosekollēthējoined themselvesπροσκολλάω (proskollaō)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “joined themselves”, a single actionG4347(lit: I glue one thing to another), I join (unite) closely, cleave (to), follow as an adherent.ὡσεὶhōseilikeὡσείparticle — “like”G5616as if, as it were, like; with numbers: about.This verse uses “like”.
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
for before these days rose up Theudas, saying, that himself was some one, to whom a number of men did join themselves, as it were four hundred, who was slain, and all, as many as were obeying him, were scattered, and came to nought.
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American Standard Version (1901)
For before these days rose up Theudas, giving himself out to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were dispersed, and came to nought.
Young’s Literal Translation
for before these days rose up Theudas, saying, that himself was some one, to whom a number of men did join themselves, as it were four hundred, who was slain, and all, as many as were obeying him, were scattered, and came to nought.
World English Bible
For before these days Theudas rose up, making himself out to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves. He was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were dispersed and came to nothing.
Darby Translation
for before these days Theudas rose up, alleging himself to be somebody, to whom a number of men, about four hundred, were joined; who was slain, and all, as many as obeyed him, were dispersed and came to nothing.
Douay-Rheims
For before these days rose up Theodas, affirming himself to be somebody, to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all that believed him were scattered, and brought to nothing.
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