King James Version

Acts 5:37

After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “significant number of” (ἱκανὸν) before after here.

μετὰmetaAfterμετάpreposition — “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”.Afterτοῦτονtoutonthis manοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “this man”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.this manἀνέστηanestērose 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 upἸούδαςioudasJudasἸούδαςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Judas”, the subject formG2455Judah, Judas, Jude.This verse uses “Judas”.Judasὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.Γαλιλαῖοςgalilaiosof GalileeΓαλιλαῖοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “of Galilee”, the subject formG1057a Galilean, an inhabitant of Galilee.of Galileeἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inταῖςtaistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἡμέραιςhēmeraisdaysἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, dative, plural, feminine — “days”, the to- or for-formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.the daysτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀπογραφῆςapographēsof the taxingἀπογραφή (apographē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of the taxing”, the of-formG582an enrollment, census-taking, record.of the taxingκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἀπέστησεapestēsedrew awayἀφίσταμαι (aphistamai)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “drew away”, a single actionG868I make to stand away, draw away, repel, take up a position away from, withdraw from, leave, abstain from.drew awayλαὸνlaonpeopleλαός (laos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “people”, the object formG2992(a) a people, characteristically of God's chosen people, first the Jews, then the Christians, (b) sometimes, but rarely, the people, the crowd.peopleὀπίσωopisōafterὀπίσωpreposition — “after”G3694behind, after; back, backwards.This verse uses “after”.afterαὐτοῦautouhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “him”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himκἀκεῖνοςkakeinosand that oneκἀκεῖνοςdemonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “and that one”, the subject formG2548Strong’s files this form under G1565 (ἐκεῖνος).he alsoἀπώλετοapōletoperishedἀπόλλυμι (apollumi)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “perished”, a single actionG622(a) I kill, destroy, (b) I lose, mid: I am perishing (the resultant death being viewed as certain).perishedκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “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”.allὅσοιhosoieven as many asὅσος (hosos)relative pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “even as many as”, the subject formG3745how much, how great, how many, as great as, as much.even 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.himδιεσκορπίσθησανdieskorpisthēsanwere dispersedδιασκορπίζω (diaskorpizō)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person plural — “were dispersed”, a single actionG1287I scatter, winnow, disperse, waste.were dispersed

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἱκανὸνhikanonmuchἱκανός (hikanos)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “much”, the object formG2425(a) considerable, sufficient, of number, quantity, time, (b) of persons: sufficiently strong (good, etc.), worthy, suitable, with various constructions, (c) many, much.This verse uses “much”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

'After this one rose up, Judas the Galilean, in the days of the enrolment, and drew away much people after him, and that one perished, and all, as many as were obeying him, were scattered;

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American Standard Version (1901)

After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the enrolment, and drew away some of the people after him: he also perished; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered abroad.

Young’s Literal Translation

'After this one rose up, Judas the Galilean, in the days of the enrolment, and drew away much people after him, and that one perished, and all, as many as were obeying him, were scattered;

World English Bible

After this man, Judas of Galilee rose up in the days of the enrollment, and drew away some people after him. He also perished, and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered abroad.

Darby Translation

After him rose Judas the Galilean in the days of the census, and drew away [a number of] people after him; and he perished, and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered abroad.

Douay-Rheims

After this man, rose up Judas of Galilee, in the days of the enrolling, and drew away the people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as consented to him, were dispersed.

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