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John 8:33

In John 8 of John.

They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “unto Him” (πρὸς αὐτόν·) before Seed here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “to Him” (αὐτῷ) before Seed here.

ἀπεκρίθησανapekrithēsanThey answeredἀποκρίνομαι (apokrinomai)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person plural — “They answered”, a single actionG611I answer, reply, take up the conversation.They answeredπρὸςprostoπρόςpreposition — “to”G4314to, towards, with.αὐτόνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himΣπέρμαspermaseedσπέρμαnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “seed”, the subject formG4690(a) seed, commonly of cereals, (b) offspring, descendents.This verse uses “seed”.seedἈβραάμabraamAbrahamἈβραάμnoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Abraham”, the of-formG11Abraham, progenitor of the Hebrew race.ἐσμενesmento beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 1st person plural — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andοὐδενὶoudenito any manοὐδείς (oudeis)adjective, dative, singular, masculine — “to any man”, the to- or for-formG3762no one, none, nothing.to any manδεδουλεύκαμενdedouleukamenbe a slaveδουλεύω (douleuō)verb, perfect active indicative, 1st person plural — “be a slave”, a completed action with a present resultG1398I am a slave, am subject to, obey, am devoted.πώποτεpōpoteeverπώποτεadverb — “ever”G4455at any time, ever.This verse uses “ever”.πῶςpōshowπῶςadverb — “how”G4459how, in what manner, by what means.This verse uses “how”.howσὺsuthouσύpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “thou”, the subject formG4771you.thouλέγειςlegeisto speakλέγω (legō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person singular — “to speak”, an ongoing or repeated 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 “speak”.ὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.Ἐλεύθεροιeleutheroifreeἐλεύθερος (eleutheros)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “free”, the subject formG1658free, delivered from obligation.This verse uses “free”.freeγενήσεσθεgenēsestheto beγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, future middle indicative, 2nd person plural — “to be”, an action still aheadG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

αὐτῷautōhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

They answered him, 'Seed of Abraham we are; and to no one have we been servants at any time; how dost thou say — Ye shall become free?'

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American Standard Version (1901)

They answered unto him, We are Abraham’s seed, and have never yet been in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?

Young’s Literal Translation

They answered him, 'Seed of Abraham we are; and to no one have we been servants at any time; how dost thou say — Ye shall become free?'

World English Bible

They answered him, “We are Abraham’s offspring, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How do you say, ‘ You will be made free ’ ?”

Darby Translation

They answered him, We are Abraham's seed, and have never been under bondage to any one; how sayest thou, Ye shall become free?

Douay-Rheims

They answered him: We are the seed of Abraham, and we have never been slaves to any man: how sayest thou: you shall be free?

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