King James Version

Acts 8:14

Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the” (τὸν) before Peter here.

Ἀκούσαντεςakousantesheardἀκούω (akouō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “heard”, a single actionG191I hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported.heardδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.ἹεροσολύμοιςhierosolumoisJerusalemἹεροσόλυμα (hierosoluma)noun, dative, plural, neuter — “Jerusalem”, the to- or for-formG2414the Greek form of the Hebrew name: Jerusalem.ἀπόστολοιapostoloiapostleἀπόστολος (apostolos)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “apostle”, the subject 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.ὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.thatδέδεκταιdedektaihad receivedδέχομαι (dechomai)verb, perfect middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “had received”, a completed action with a present resultG1209I take, receive, accept, welcome.had receivedἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ΣαμάρειαsamareiaSamariaΣαμάρειαnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “Samaria”, the subject formG4540Samaria, a small district of Palestine, bounded by Galilee on the north, and by Judaea on the south, and taking its name from the city of Samaria, the ancient capital of the kingdom of (northern) Israel.τὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.λόγονlogonwordλόγος (logos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “word”, the object formG3056a word, speech, divine utterance, analogy.the wordτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θεοῦtheouof Godθεός (theos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of God”, the of-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.of Godἀπέστειλανapesteilanthey sentἀποστέλλω (apostellō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they sent”, a single actionG649I send forth, send (as a messenger, commission, etc.), send away, dismiss.they sentπρὸςprosuntoπρόςpreposition — “unto”G4314to, towards, with.untoαὐτοὺςautousthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “them”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themΠέτρονpetronPeterΠέτρος (petros)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Peter”, the object formG4074Peter, a Greek name meaning "rock".Peterκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἸωάννηνiōannēnJohnἸωάννης (iōannēs)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “John”, the object formG2491John: the Baptist, the apostle, a member of the Sanhedrin, or John Mark.John

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τὸνtonwhichὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “which”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And the apostles in Jerusalem having heard that Samaria hath received the word of God, did send unto them Peter and John,

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American Standard Version (1901)

Now when the apostles that were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:

Young’s Literal Translation

And the apostles in Jerusalem having heard that Samaria hath received the word of God, did send unto them Peter and John,

World English Bible

Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them,

Darby Translation

And the apostles who were in Jerusalem, having heard that Samaria had received the word of God, sent to them Peter and John;

Douay-Rheims

Now when the apostles, who were in Jerusalem, had heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John.

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