The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “and said” (καὶ εἶπεν·) before demon here.
ἀπεκρίθηapekrithēansweredἀποκρίνομαι (apokrinomai)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “answered”, a single actionG611I answer, reply, take up the conversation.answeredὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ὄχλοςochloscrowdὄχλοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “crowd”, the subject formG3793a crowd, mob, the common people.Δαιμόνιονdaimoniona devilδαιμόνιονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “a devil”, the object formG1140an evil-spirit, demon; a heathen deity.a devilἔχειςecheisto haveἔχω (echō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person singular — “to have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.τίςtiswhoτίςinterrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “who”, the subject formG5101who, which, what, why.This verse uses “who”.whoσεsetheeσύ (su)personal pronoun, accusative, singular — “thee”, the object formG4771you.theeζητεῖzēteito seekζητέω (zēteō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to seek”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2212I seek, search for, desire, require, demand.This verse uses “seek”.ἀποκτεῖναιapokteinaito killἀποκτείνω (apokteinō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to kill”, a single actionG615I put to death, kill; fig: I abolish.This verse uses “kill”.
Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text
καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.εἶπενeipensaidἔπω (epō)verb, second aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “said”, a single actionG2036to say
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
The multitude answered and said, 'Thou hast a demon, who doth seek to kill thee?'
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American Standard Version (1901)
The multitude answered, Thou hast a demon: who seeketh to kill thee?
Young’s Literal Translation
The multitude answered and said, 'Thou hast a demon, who doth seek to kill thee?'
World English Bible
The multitude answered, “You have a demon! Who seeks to kill you?”
Darby Translation
The crowd answered [and said], Thou hast a demon: who seeks to kill thee?
Douay-Rheims
Why seek you to kill me? The multitude answered, and said: Thou hast a devil; who seeketh to kill thee?
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