King James Version

John 20:28

And Thomas answered and said unto him, My LORD and my God.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “and O” (καὶ ὁ) before God here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

ἀπεκρίθηapekrithēansweredἀποκρίνομαι (apokrinomai)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “answered”, a single actionG611I answer, reply, take up the conversation.answeredΘωμᾶςthōmasThomasΘωμᾶςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Thomas”, the subject formG2381Thomas, also called Didymus, one of the Twelve.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andεἶπενeipento sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “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 himὉhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.κύριόςkuriosLordκύριοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Lord”, the subject formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.LordμουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).myκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.θεόςtheosGodθεόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “God”, the subject formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.GodμουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ὁhotheὁarticle, vocative, singular, masculine — “the”, the calling formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And Thomas answered and said to him, 'My Lord and my God;'

Translation Note

Thomas answers αὐτῷ, “to him.” The words are ὁ κύριός μου καὶ ὁ θεός μου. Both κύριος and θεός are nominative, and both have the article.

The King James Version reads “My Lord and my God.” The New World Translation (Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Bible) reads “My Lord and my God!” Here the two English texts give the same address the Greek gives.

King James Version. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My LORD and my God.

New World Translation (Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Bible), this verse. “In answer Thomas said to him: “My Lord and my God!”” Watchtower Online Library

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Thomas answered and said to him, 'My Lord and my God;'

World English Bible

Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”

Darby Translation

Thomas answered and said to him, My Lord and my God.

Douay-Rheims

Thomas answered, and said to him: My Lord, and my God.

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