King James Version

Acts 8:5

Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “the” (τὴν) before city here.

ΦίλιπποςphilipposPhilipΦίλιπποςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Philip”, the subject formG5376Philip, (a) one of the twelve apostles of Jesus, (b) tetrarch of the Ituraean and Trachonitic region, half-brother of Herod Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee, (c) one of the seven original deacons at Jerusalem and a missionary.Philipδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.κατελθὼνkatelthōnwent downκατέρχομαι (katerchomai)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “went down”, a single actionG2718I come down from sky to earth, or from high land to lower land (or to the coast), or from the high seas to the shore.went downεἰςeistoεἰςpreposition — “to”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.toτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πόλινpolincityπόλις (polis)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “city”, the object formG4172a city, the inhabitants of a city.the cityτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.Σαμαρείαςsamareiasof SamariaΣαμάρεια (samareia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of Samaria”, the of-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.of Samariaἐκήρυσσενekērussenand preachedκηρύσσω (kērussō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “and preached”, an ongoing action in the pastG2784I proclaim, herald, preach.and preachedαὐτοῖςautoisunto themαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “unto them”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.unto themτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.χριστόνchristonChristΧριστός (christos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Christ”, the object formG5547anointed; the Messiah, the Christ.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And Philip having gone down to a city of Samaria, was preaching to them the Christ,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and proclaimed unto them the Christ.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Philip having gone down to a city of Samaria, was preaching to them the Christ,

World English Bible

Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed to them the Christ.

Darby Translation

And Philip, going down to a city of Samaria, preached the Christ to them;

Douay-Rheims

And Philip going down to the city of Samaria, preached Christ unto them.

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