Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards.
The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “to him the” (αὐτῷ ὁ) before Jesus here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “to me” (μοι.) after however here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.
Λέγειlegeisaidλέγω (legō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “said”, an ongoing or repeated 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.saidαὐτῷautōunto himαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “unto him”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.unto himΣίμωνsimōnSimonΣίμωνnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Simon”, the subject formG4613Simon.ΠέτροςpetrosPeterΠέτροςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Peter”, the subject formG4074Peter, a Greek name meaning "rock".ΚύριεkurieLordκύριος (kurios)noun, vocative, singular, masculine — “Lord”, the calling formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.Lordποῦpouwhitherποῦadverb — “whither”G4226where, in what place.This verse uses “whither”.whitherὑπάγειςhupageisgoestὑπάγω (hupagō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person singular — “goest”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5217I go away, depart, begone, die.goestἀπεκρίθηapekrithēansweredἀποκρίνομαι (apokrinomai)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “answered”, a single actionG611I answer, reply, take up the conversation.answeredἸησοῦςiēsousJesusἸησοῦςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the subject formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.ὍπουhopouWhitherὅπουconjunction — “Whither”G3699where, whither, in what place.This verse uses “whither”.WhitherὑπάγωhupagōI goὑπάγωverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “I go”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5217I go away, depart, begone, die.I goοὐounotοὐadverb — “not”G3756no, not.notδύνασαίdunasaibe ableδύναμαι (dunamai)verb, present middle indicative, 2nd person singular — “be able”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1410(a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can.μοιmoiIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “I”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).meνῦνnunnowνῦνadverb — “now”G3568adv. (a) of time: just now, even now; just at hand, immediately, (b) of logical connection: now then, (c) in commands and appeals: at this instant.This verse uses “now”.nowἀκολουθῆσαιakolouthēsaito thou shalt followἀκολουθέω (akoloutheō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to thou shalt follow”, a single actionG190I accompany, attend, follow.This verse uses “follow”.thou shalt followἀκολουθήσειςakolouthēseisto followἀκολουθέω (akoloutheō)verb, future active indicative, 2nd person singular — “to follow”, an action still aheadG190I accompany, attend, follow.This verse uses “follow”.δὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ὕστερονhusteronlaterὕστερονadjective, comparative, accusative, singular, neuter — “later”, the object formG5305Strong’s files this form under G5306 (ὕστερος).afterwards
Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text
αὐτῷautōunto himαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “unto him”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.μοιmoiIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, 1st person, dative, singular — “I”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
Simon Peter saith to him, 'Sir, whither dost thou go away?' Jesus answered him, 'Whither I go away, thou art not able now to follow me, but afterward thou shalt follow me.'
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American Standard Version (1901)
Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow afterwards.
Young’s Literal Translation
Simon Peter saith to him, 'Sir, whither dost thou go away?' Jesus answered him, 'Whither I go away, thou art not able now to follow me, but afterward thou shalt follow me.'
World English Bible
Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus answered, “ Where I am going , you can ’t follow now , but you will follow afterwards .”
Darby Translation
Simon Peter says to him, Lord, where goest thou? Jesus answered him, Where I go thou canst not follow me now, but thou shalt follow me after.
Douay-Rheims
Simon Peter saith to him: Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered: Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow hereafter.
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