King James Version

John 20:24

But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.

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

ΘωμᾶςthōmasThomasΘωμᾶςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Thomas”, the subject formG2381Thomas, also called Didymus, one of the Twelve.Thomasδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.εἷςheisoneεἷςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “one”, the subject formG1520one.oneἐκekofἐκpreposition — “of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.ofτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.δώδεκαdōdekatwelveδώδεκαadjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “twelve”, the of-formG1427twelve; the usual way in which the Twelve apostles of Jesus are referred to.the twelveὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.λεγόμενοςlegomenoscalledλέγω (legō)verb, present passive participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “called”, 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.calledΔίδυμοςdidumosDidymusΔίδυμοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Didymus”, the subject formG1324the Twin; Didymus, the Greek name equivalent to Thomas.This verse uses “Didymus”.Didymusοὐκouknotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notἦνēnto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing action in the pastG1510I am, exist.μετ’metwithμετά (meta)preposition — “with”G3326(a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.This verse uses “with”.withαὐτῶνautōnthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “them”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themὅτεhotewhenὅτεconjunction — “when”G3753when, at which time.whenἦλθενēlthencameἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “came”, a single actionG2064I come, go.cameἸησοῦςiēsousJesusἸησοῦςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the subject formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.

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 Thomas, one of the twelve, who is called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came;

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American Standard Version (1901)

But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Thomas, one of the twelve, who is called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came;

World English Bible

But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, wasn’t with them when Jesus came.

Darby Translation

But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.

Douay-Rheims

Now Thomas, one of the twelve, who is called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.

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