The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the” (ὁ) before Jesus here.
ἀπεκρίθηapekrithēansweredἀποκρίνομαι (apokrinomai)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “answered”, a single actionG611I answer, reply, take up the conversation.answeredαὐτῷautōhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “him”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himἸησοῦςiēsousJesusἸησοῦςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the subject formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.ΕἰeiIfεἰconjunction — “If”G1487if.Ifκακῶςkakōsevilκακῶςadverb — “evil”G2560badly, evilly, wrongly.evilἐλάλησαelalēsato speakλαλέω (laleō)verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person singular — “to speak”, a single actionG2980(I talk, chatter in classical Greek, but in NT a more dignified word) I speak, say.This verse uses “speak”.μαρτύρησονmarturēsonbear witnessμαρτυρέω (martureō)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular — “bear witness”, a single actionG3140I witness, bear witness, give evidence, testify, give a good report.This verse uses “witness”.bear witnessπερὶperiofπερίpreposition — “of”G4012(a) gen: about, concerning, (b) acc: around.ofτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.κακοῦkakouevilκακός (kakos)adjective, genitive, singular, neuter — “evil”, the of-formG2556bad, evil, in the widest sense.This verse uses “evil”.the evilεἰeiifεἰconjunction — “if”G1487if.ifδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.καλῶςkalōswellκαλῶςadverb — “well”G2573well, nobly, honorably, rightly.This verse uses “well”.wellτίtiwhyτίς (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “why”, the object formG5101who, which, what, why.whyμεmeIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, accusative, singular — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).thou meδέρειςdereisto beat upδέρω (derō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person singular — “to beat up”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1194I flay, flog, scourge, beat.This verse uses “beat”.
Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text
ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
Jesus answered him, 'If I spake ill, testify concerning the ill; and if well, why me dost thou smite?'
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American Standard Version (1901)
Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?
Young’s Literal Translation
Jesus answered him, 'If I spake ill, testify concerning the ill; and if well, why me dost thou smite?'
World English Bible
Jesus answered him, “ If I have spoken evil , testify of the evil ; but if well , why do you beat me ?”
Darby Translation
Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil; but if well, why smitest thou me?
Douay-Rheims
Jesus answered him: If I have spoken evil, give testimony of the evil; but if well, why strikest thou me?
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