King James Version

John 11:51

And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;

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

τοῦτοtoutothisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “this”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.thisδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἀφ’aphofἀπό (apo)preposition — “of”G575from, away from.ofἑαυτοῦheautouhimselfἑαυτοῦpersonal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “himself”, the of-formG1438himself, herself, itself.This verse uses “himself”.himselfοὐκouknoοὐ (ou)adverb — “no”G3756no, not.εἶπενeipento sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to say”, a single actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).ἀλλὰallabutἀλλάconjunction — “but”G235but, except, however.This verse uses “but”.butἀρχιερεὺςarchiereushigh priestἀρχιερεύςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “high priest”, the subject formG749high priest, chief priest.This verse uses “high priest”.high priestὢνōnto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἐνιαυτοῦeniautouyearἐνιαυτός (eniautos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “year”, the of-formG1763a year, cycle of time.yearἐκείνουekeinouthatἐκεῖνος (ekeinos)demonstrative pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “that”, the of-formG1565that, that one there, yonder.This verse uses “that”.ἐπροφήτευσενeprophēteusenhe prophesiedπροφητεύω (prophēteuō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he prophesied”, a single actionG4395I foretell, prophesy; I set forth matter of divine teaching by special faculty.he prophesiedὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.thatἔμελλενemellenshouldμέλλω (mellō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “should”, an ongoing action in the pastG3195I intend, am about to; I delay, linger.shouldἸησοῦςiēsousJesusἸησοῦςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the subject formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.ἀποθνῄσκεινapothnēskeinto dieἀποθνῄσκω (apothnēskō)verb, present active infinitive — “to die”, an ongoing or repeated actionG599I am dying, am about to die, wither, decay.dieὑπὲρhuperfor thatὑπέρpreposition — “for that”G5228gen: in behalf of; acc: above.for thatτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἔθνουςethnousnationἔθνος (ethnos)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “nation”, the of-formG1484a race, people, nation; the nations, heathen world, Gentiles.nation

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And this he said not of himself, but being chief priest of that year, he did prophesy that Jesus was about to die for the nation,

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American Standard Version (1901)

Now this he said not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation;

Young’s Literal Translation

And this he said not of himself, but being chief priest of that year, he did prophesy that Jesus was about to die for the nation,

World English Bible

Now he didn’t say this of himself, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,

Darby Translation

But this he did not say of himself; but, being high priest that year, prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation;

Douay-Rheims

And this he spoke not of himself: but being the high priest of that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation.

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