King James Version

John 2:24

But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the” (ὁ) before Jesus here.

αὐτὸςautosunto themαὐτόςpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “unto them”, the subject formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.unto themδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἸησοῦςiēsousJesusἸησοῦςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the subject formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.οὐκouknoοὐ (ou)adverb — “no”G3756no, not.ἐπίστευενepisteuento trustπιστεύω (pisteuō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to trust”, an ongoing action in the pastG4100I believe, have faith in, trust in; pass: I am entrusted with.αὑτὸνhautonHimselfἑαυτοῦ (heautou)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Himself”, the object formG1438himself, herself, itself.This verse uses “himself”.αὐτοῖςautoisheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “he”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.heδιὰdiathroughδιάpreposition — “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”.τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.αὐτὸνautonheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.γινώσκεινginōskeinto knewγινώσκω (ginōskō)verb, present active infinitive — “to knew”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1097I am taking in knowledge, come to know, learn; aor: I ascertained, realized.knewπάνταςpantasallπᾶς (pas)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “all”, the object formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.all

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and Jesus himself was not trusting himself to them, because of his knowing all [men],

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American Standard Version (1901)

But Jesus did not trust himself unto them, for that he knew all men,

Young’s Literal Translation

and Jesus himself was not trusting himself to them, because of his knowing all [men],

World English Bible

But Jesus didn’t entrust himself to them, because he knew everyone,

Darby Translation

But Jesus himself did not trust himself to them, because he knew all [men],

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