King James Version

John 6:23

(Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:)

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “now” (δὲ) before came here.

ἀλλὰalla(Howbeitἀλλάconjunction — “(Howbeit”G235but, except, however.(Howbeitἦλθενēlthenthere cameἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “there came”, a single actionG2064I come, go.there cameπλοιάριαploiariaboatsπλοιάριον (ploiarion)noun, nominative, plural, neuter — “boats”, the subject formG4142(a little boat, hence) a boat.boatsἐκekfromἐκpreposition — “from”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.This verse uses “from”.fromΤιβεριάδοςtiberiadosTiberiasΤιβεριάς (tiberias)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “Tiberias”, the of-formG5085Tiberias, a town in Galilee on the western border of the sea called after it.Tiberiasἐγγὺςengusnighἐγγύςpreposition — “nigh”G1451near.nighτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.τόπουtopouunto the placeτόπος (topos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “unto the place”, the of-formG5117a place, region, seat; an opportunity.unto the placeὅπουhopouwhereὅπουadverb — “where”G3699where, whither, in what place.This verse uses “where”.whereἔφαγονephagonthey did eatἐσθίω (esthíō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they did eat”, a single actionG2068I eat, partake of food; met: I devour, consume (e.g. as rust does).Strong’s files this form under G5315 (φάγω, eat).they did eatτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἄρτονartonbreadἄρτος (artos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “bread”, the object formG740bread, a loaf, food.This verse uses “bread”.breadεὐχαριστήσαντοςeucharistēsantoshad given thanksεὐχαριστέω (eucharisteō)verb, aorist active participle, genitive, singular, masculine — “had given thanks”, a single actionG2168I thank, give thanks; pass. 3 sing: is received with thanks.had given thanksτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.κυρίουkurioulordκύριος (kurios)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “lord”, the of-formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

δὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

(and other little boats came from Tiberias, nigh the place where they did eat the bread, the Lord having given thanks),

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American Standard Version (1901)

(howbeit there came boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks):

Young’s Literal Translation

(and other little boats came from Tiberias, nigh the place where they did eat the bread, the Lord having given thanks),

World English Bible

However, boats from Tiberias came near to the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks.

Darby Translation

(but other little ships out of Tiberias came near to the place where they ate bread after the Lord had given thanks;)

Douay-Rheims

But other ships came in from Tiberias; nigh unto the place where they had eaten the bread, the Lord giving thanks.

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