The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “doing” (ποιῶν,) before [then] not here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “an evildoer” (κακοποιός) before evil here.
ἀπεκρίθησανapekrithēsanThey answeredἀποκρίνομαι (apokrinomai)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person plural — “They answered”, a single actionG611I answer, reply, take up the conversation.They answeredκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andεἶπανeipanto sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “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).saidαὐτῷautōunto himαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “unto him”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.unto himΕἰeiifεἰconjunction — “if”G1487if.μὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.ἦνēnwereεἰμί (eimi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “were”, an ongoing action in the pastG1510I am, exist.wereοὗτοςhoutosthisοὗτοςdemonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “this”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.κακὸνkakonevilκακός (kakos)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “evil”, the object formG2556bad, evil, in the widest sense.This verse uses “evil”.ποιῶνpoiōna malefactorποιέω (poieō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “a malefactor”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.a malefactorοὐκouknotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notἄνanifἄνparticle — “if”G302an untranslatable word (under the circumstances, in that case, anyhow), the general effect of which is to make a statement contingent, which would otherwise be definite: it is thus regularly used with the subjunctive mood.σοιsoiunto theeσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “unto thee”, the to- or for-formG4771you.unto theeπαρεδώκαμενparedōkamento deliverπαραδίδωμι (paradidōmi)verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person plural — “to deliver”, a single actionG3860I hand over, pledge, hand down, deliver, commit, commend, betray, abandon.This verse uses “deliver”.αὐτόνautonheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.
Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text
κακοποιόςkakopoiosa malefactorκακοποιόςverb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “a malefactor”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2555doing evil; subst: an evil-doer.
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
they answered and said to him, 'If he were not an evil doer, we had not delivered him to thee.'
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American Standard Version (1901)
They answered and said unto him, If this man were not an evil-doer, we should not have delivered him up unto thee.
Young’s Literal Translation
they answered and said to him, 'If he were not an evil doer, we had not delivered him to thee.'
World English Bible
They answered him, “If this man weren’t an evildoer, we wouldn’t have delivered him up to you.”
Darby Translation
They answered and said to him, If this [man] were not an evildoer, we should not have delivered him up to thee.
Douay-Rheims
They answered, and said to him: If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up to thee.
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