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Acts 9:25

Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “of him” (αὐτοῦ) before by night here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

λαβόντεςlabontestookλαμβάνω (lambanō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “took”, a single actionG2983(a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of.tookδὲdebutδέconjunction — “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.μαθηταὶmathētaidiscipleμαθητής (mathētēs)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “disciple”, the subject formG3101a learner, disciple, pupil.This verse uses “disciple”.αὐτοῦautouhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “him”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himνυκτὸςnuktosby nightνύξ (nux)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “by night”, the of-formG3571the night, night-time.by nightδιὰdiabyδιάpreposition — “by”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.byτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.τείχουςteichouswallτεῖχος (teichos)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “wall”, the of-formG5038a wall, especially of a city.the wallκαθῆκανkathēkanto lowerκαθίημι (kathiēmi)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to lower”, a single actionG2524I send, let down, lower.αὐτὸνautonheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.χαλάσαντεςchalasantesto lowerχαλάω (chalaō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to lower”, a single actionG5465I let down, lower, slacken, loosen.This verse uses “lower”.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inσπυρίδιspuridia basketσπυρίς (spuris)noun, dative, singular, feminine — “a basket”, the to- or for-formG4711a plaited basket.a basket

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and the disciples having taken him, by night did let him down by the wall, letting down in a basket.

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American Standard Version (1901)

but his disciples took him by night, and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.

Young’s Literal Translation

and the disciples having taken him, by night did let him down by the wall, letting down in a basket.

World English Bible

but his disciples took him by night and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.

Darby Translation

but the disciples took him by night and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.

Douay-Rheims

But the disciples taking him in the night, conveyed him away by the wall, letting him down in a basket.

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