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 himὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.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”.Lordδιὰdiathroughδιάpreposition — “through”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.This verse uses “through”.τίtiwhyτίς (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “why”, the object formG5101who, which, what, why.whyοὐoucannotοὐadverb — “cannot”G3756no, not.cannotδύναμαίdunamaibe ableδύναμαιverb, present middle indicative, 1st person singular — “be able”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1410(a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can.σοιsoitheeσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “thee”, the to- or for-formG4771you.theeἀκολουθῆσαιakolouthēsaito followἀκολουθέω (akoloutheō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to follow”, a single actionG190I accompany, attend, follow.This verse uses “follow”.ἄρτιartinowἄρτιadverb — “now”G737now, just now, at this moment.This verse uses “now”.nowτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ψυχήνpsuchēnlifeψυχή (psuchē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “life”, the object formG5590(a) the vital breath, breath of life, (b) the human soul, (c) the soul as the seat of affections and will, (d) the self, (e) a human person, an individual.This verse uses “life”.lifeμουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).ὑπὲρhuperforὑπέρpreposition — “for”G5228gen: in behalf of; acc: above.forσοῦsouthy sakeσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “thy sake”, the of-formG4771you.thy sakeθήσωthēsōto placeτίθημι (tithēmi)verb, future active indicative, 1st person singular — “to place”, an action still aheadG5087I put, place, lay, set, fix, establish.This verse uses “place”.
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
Peter saith to him, 'Sir, wherefore am I not able to follow thee now? my life for thee I will lay down;'
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American Standard Version (1901)
Peter saith unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee even now? I will lay down my life for thee.
Young’s Literal Translation
Peter saith to him, 'Sir, wherefore am I not able to follow thee now? my life for thee I will lay down;'
World English Bible
Peter said to him, “Lord, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.”
Darby Translation
Peter says to him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thee.
Douay-Rheims
Peter saith to him: Why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thee.
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