King James Version

John 4:42

And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the Christ” (ὁ χριστός.) after world here.

τῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.τεteAndτέconjunction — “And”G5037and, both.This verse uses “and”.Andγυναικὶgunaikiunto the womanγυνή (gunē)noun, dative, singular, feminine — “unto the woman”, the to- or for-formG1135a woman, wife, my lady.unto the womanἔλεγονelegonto speakλέγω (legō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to speak”, an ongoing action in the pastG3004(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 “speak”.ὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.Οὐκέτιouketino + ἔτι=stillοὐκέτιadverb — “no + ἔτι=still”G3765Strong’s files this form under G2089 (ἔτι).Nowδιὰdiabecauseδιάpreposition — “because”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.becauseτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.σὴνsēnyourσός (sós)adjective, accusative, singular, feminine — “your”, the object formG4674Strong’s files this form under G4771 (σύ).of thyλαλιὰνlaliansayingλαλιά (lalia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “saying”, the object formG2981(in classical Greek: babble, chattering) speech, talk; manner of speech, dialect.sayingπιστεύομενpisteuomento trustπιστεύω (pisteuō)verb, present active indicative, 1st person plural — “to trust”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4100I believe, have faith in, trust in; pass: I am entrusted with.αὐτοὶautoihim ourselvesαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “him ourselves”, the subject formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.him ourselvesγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.ἀκηκόαμενakēkoamento hearἀκούω (akouō)verb, perfect active indicative, 1st person plural — “to hear”, a completed action with a present resultG191I hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported.This verse uses “hear”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andοἴδαμενoidamento perceiveοἶδα (oida)verb, perfect active indicative, 1st person plural — “to perceive”, a completed action with a present resultG6063to perceiveὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.thatοὗτόςhoutosthisοὗτοςdemonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “this”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.thisἐστινestinisεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “is”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.isἀληθῶςalēthōsindeedἀληθῶςadverb — “indeed”G230truly, really, certainly, surely.indeedὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.σωτὴρsōtērSaviourσωτήρnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Saviour”, the subject formG4990a savior, deliverer, preserver.the Saviourτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.κόσμουkosmouof the worldκόσμος (kosmos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of the world”, the of-formG2889the world, universe; worldly affairs; the inhabitants of the world; adornment.This verse uses “the world”.of the world

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.χριστόςchristosChristΧριστόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Christ”, the subject formG5547anointed; the Messiah, the Christ.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and said to the woman — 'No more because of thy speaking do we believe; for we ourselves have heard and known that this is truly the Saviour of the world — the Christ.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

and they said to the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy speaking: for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Saviour of the world.

Young’s Literal Translation

and said to the woman — 'No more because of thy speaking do we believe; for we ourselves have heard and known that this is truly the Saviour of the world — the Christ.'

World English Bible

They said to the woman, “Now we believe, not because of your speaking; for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world.”

Darby Translation

and they said to the woman, [It is] no longer on account of thy saying that we believe, for we have heard him ourselves, and we know that this is indeed the Saviour of the world.

Douay-Rheims

And they said to the woman: We now believe, not for thy saying: for we ourselves have heard him, and know that this is indeed the Saviour of the world.

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