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Acts 8:27

And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the” (τῆς) before treasure here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἀναστὰςanastashe aroseἀνίστημι (anistēmi)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “he arose”, a single actionG450I raise up, set up; I rise from among (the) dead; I arise, appear.he aroseἐπορεύθηeporeuthēand wentπορεύομαι (poreuomai)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “and went”, a single actionG4198I travel, journey, go, die.and wentκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἰδοὺidoubeholdἰδούparticle — “behold”G2400See! Lo! Behold! Look!.beholdἀνὴρanēra manἀνήρnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “a man”, the subject formG435a male human being; a man, husband.This verse uses “a man”.a manΑἰθίοψaithiopsof EthiopiaΑἰθίοψnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “of Ethiopia”, the subject formG128an Ethiopian, Abyssinian.of Ethiopiaεὐνοῦχοςeunouchosan eunuchεὐνοῦχοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “an eunuch”, the subject formG2135(a) a chamberlain, keeper of the bed-chamber of an eastern potentate, eunuch, (b) a eunuch, castrated person, or one who voluntarily abstains from marriage.an eunuchδυνάστηςdunastēsof great authorityδυνάστηςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “of great authority”, the subject formG1413(lit: a man who rules by force), a ruler, potentate; also: courtier, member of the court.of great authorityΚανδάκηςkandakēsunder CandaceΚανδάκη (kandakē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “under Candace”, the of-formG2582Candace, a proper name; the Candace, a dynastic name for queens of the Ethiopians in Abyssinia.under Candaceβασιλίσσηςbasilissēsqueenβασίλισσα (basilissa)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “queen”, the of-formG938a queen.queenΑἰθιόπωνaithiopōnof the EthiopiansΑἰθίοψ (aithiops)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “of the Ethiopians”, the of-formG128an Ethiopian, Abyssinian.of the Ethiopiansὃςhoswhoὅςrelative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “who”, the subject formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “who”.whoἦνēnhadεἰμί (eimi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “had”, an ongoing action in the pastG1510I am, exist.hadἐπὶepicharge ofἐπίpreposition — “charge of”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.the charge ofπάσηςpasēsallπᾶς (pas)adjective, genitive, singular, feminine — “all”, the of-formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.allτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.γάζηςgazēstreasureγάζα (gaza)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “treasure”, the of-formG1047treasure, treasury.treasureαὐτῆςautēsheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ὃςhosandὅςrelative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “and”, the subject formG3739who, which, what, that.andἐληλύθειelēlutheihad comeἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, pluperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “had come”, a completed action before another past momentG2064I come, go.had comeπροσκυνήσωνproskunēsōnfor to worshipπροσκυνέω (proskuneō)verb, future active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “for to worship”, an action still aheadG4352I go down on my knees to, do obeisance to, worship.for to worshipεἰςeistowardεἰςpreposition — “toward”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.ἸερουσαλήμierousalēmJerusalemἸερουσαλήμnoun, accusative, singular, feminine — “Jerusalem”, the object formG2419(Aramaic form), Jerusalem, the capital of Palestine: hence Judaism, and allegorically, Christendom, the Christian Church.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And having arisen, he went on, and lo, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch, a man of rank, of Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to worship to Jerusalem;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he arose and went: and behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship;

Young’s Literal Translation

And having arisen, he went on, and lo, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch, a man of rank, of Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to worship to Jerusalem;

World English Bible

He arose and went; and behold, there was a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship.

Darby Translation

And he rose up and went. And lo, an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a man in power under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to worship at Jerusalem,

Douay-Rheims

And rising up, he went. And behold a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch, of great authority under Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who had charge over all her treasures, had come to Jerusalem to adore.

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