King James Version

John 6:2

And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “now” (δὲ) before after Him here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “they were experiencing” (ἐθεώρουν) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “and” (καὶ) before Was following here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “they were seeing of him” (ἑώρων αὐτοῦ) before the here.

ἠκολούθειēkoloutheifollowedἀκολουθέω (akoloutheō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “followed”, an ongoing action in the pastG190I accompany, attend, follow.followedδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.αὐτῷautōhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “him”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himὄχλοςochloscrowdὄχλοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “crowd”, the subject formG3793a crowd, mob, the common people.πολύςpolusmuchπολύςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “much”, the subject formG4183much, many; often.This verse uses “much”.ὅτιhotibecauseὅτιconjunction — “because”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “because”.becauseἐθεώρουνetheōrounthey sawθεωρέω (theōreō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they saw”, an ongoing action in the pastG2334I look at, gaze, behold; I see, experience, discern; I partake of.they sawτὰtatheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.σημεῖαsēmeiamiraclesσημεῖον (sēmeion)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “miracles”, the object formG4592a sign, miracle, indication, mark, token.miraclesἃhawhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, plural, neuter — “which”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.whichἐποίειepoieihe didποιέω (poieō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he did”, an ongoing action in the pastG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.he didἐπὶepionἐπίpreposition — “on”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.onτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀσθενούντωνasthenountōnthem that were diseasedἀσθενέω (astheneō)verb, present active participle, genitive, plural, masculine — “them that were diseased”, an ongoing or repeated actionG770I am weak (physically: then morally), I am sick.them that were diseased

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ἑώρωνheōrōnthey sawὁράω (horaō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they saw”, an ongoing action in the pastG3708I see, look upon, experience, perceive, discern, beware.αὐτοῦautouhisαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “his”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and there was following him a great multitude, because they were seeing his signs that he was doing on the ailing;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And a great multitude followed him, because they beheld the signs which he did on them that were sick.

Young’s Literal Translation

and there was following him a great multitude, because they were seeing his signs that he was doing on the ailing;

World English Bible

A great multitude followed him, because they saw his signs which he did on those who were sick.

Darby Translation

and a great crowd followed him, because they saw the signs which he wrought upon the sick.

Douay-Rheims

And a great multitude followed him, because they saw the miracles which he did on them that were diseased.

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