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Ephesians 4:9

(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “first” (πρῶτον) before into here.

τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲde(Nowδέconjunction — “(Now”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.(NowἈνέβηanebēthat he ascendedἀναβαίνω (anabainō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “that he ascended”, a single actionG305I go up, mount, ascend; of things: I rise, spring up, come up.that he ascendedτίtiwhatτίς (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “what”, the subject formG5101who, which, what, why.This verse uses “what”.whatἐστινestinis itεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “is it”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.is itεἰeiifεἰconjunction — “if”G1487if.μὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.ὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.thatκαὶkaialsoκαίadverb — “also”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “also”.alsoκατέβηkatebēdescendedκαταβαίνω (katabainō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “descended”, a single actionG2597I go down, come down, either from the sky or from higher land, descend.descendedεἰςeisintoεἰςpreposition — “into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.intoτὰtatheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.κατώτεραkatōteralowerκατώτερος (katōteros)adjective, comparative, accusative, plural, neuter — “lower”, the object formG2737lower.the lowerμέρηmerēpartsμέρος (meros)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “parts”, the object formG3313a part, portion, share.partsτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.γῆςgēsof the earthγῆ (gē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of the earth”, the of-formG1093the earth, soil, land, region, country, inhabitants of a region.This verse uses “the earth”.of the earth

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

πρῶτονprōtonfirstπρῶτος (prōtos)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “first”, the subject formG4413first, before, principal, most important.This verse uses “first”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and that, he went up, what is it except that he also went down first to the lower parts of the earth?

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American Standard Version (1901)

(Now this, He ascended, what is it but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth?

Young’s Literal Translation

and that, he went up, what is it except that he also went down first to the lower parts of the earth?

World English Bible

Now this, “He ascended”, what is it but that he also first descended into the lower parts of the earth?

Darby Translation

But that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth?

Douay-Rheims

Now that he ascended, what is it, but because he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?

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