King James Version

John 19:33

But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:

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ἐπὶepitoἐπίpreposition — “to”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.toδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.τὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἸησοῦνiēsounJesusἸησοῦς (iēsous)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the object formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.Jesusἐλθόντεςelthontesto comeἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to come”, a single actionG2064I come, go.ὡςhōswhichὡςconjunction — “which”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.εἶδονeidonseeὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “see”, a single actionG3708I see, look upon, experience, perceive, discern, beware.This verse uses “see”.Strong’s files this form under G1492 (εἴδω, see/know).and sawἤδηēdēalreadyἤδηadverb — “already”G2235already; now at length, now after all this waiting.This verse uses “already”.alreadyαὐτὸνautonhisαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “his”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.hisτεθνηκόταtethnēkotato dieθνῄσκω (thnēskō)verb, perfect active participle, accusative, singular, masculine — “to die”, a completed action with a present resultG2348I die, am dying, am dead.οὐounoοὐadverb — “no”G3756no, not.κατέαξανkateaxanto breakκατάγνυμι (katagnumi)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to break”, a single actionG2608I break down (in pieces), crush, break into.αὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.τὰtatheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.σκέληskelēlegsσκέλος (skelos)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “legs”, the object formG4628the leg (from the hip downwards).legs

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and having come to Jesus, when they saw him already having been dead, they did not break his legs;

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American Standard Version (1901)

but when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:

Young’s Literal Translation

and having come to Jesus, when they saw him already having been dead, they did not break his legs;

World English Bible

but when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they didn’t break his legs.

Darby Translation

but coming to Jesus, when they saw that he was already dead they did not break his legs,

Douay-Rheims

But after they were come to Jesus, when they saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.

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