King James Version

John 8:59

Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds a longer phrase after temple: διελθὼν διὰ μέσου αὐτῶν καὶ παρῆγεν οὕτως..

ἦρανērantook they upαἴρω (airō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “took they up”, a single actionG142I raise, lift up, take away, remove.took they upοὖνounthereforeοὖνconjunction — “therefore”G3767therefore, then.This verse uses “therefore”.λίθουςlithousstonesλίθος (lithos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “stones”, the object formG3037a stone; met: of Jesus as the chief stone in a building.stonesἵναhinatoἵναconjunction — “to”G2443in order that, so that.toβάλωσινbalōsincastβάλλω (ballō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural — “cast”, a single actionG906(a) I cast, throw, rush, (b) often, in the weaker sense: I place, put, drop.This verse uses “cast”.castἐπ’epatἐπί (epi)preposition — “at”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.atαὐτόνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himἸησοῦςiēsousJesusἸησοῦςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the subject formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.Jesusδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἐκρύβηekrubēhid himselfκρύπτω (kruptō)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “hid himself”, a single actionG2928I hide, conceal, lay up.hid himselfκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐξῆλθενexēlthenwentἐξέρχομαι (exerchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “went”, a single actionG1831I go out, come out.wentἐκekout ofἐκpreposition — “out of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.out ofτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἱεροῦhierousacredἱερός (hierós)adjective, genitive, singular, neuter — “sacred”, the of-formG2413sacred, holy, set apart.This verse uses “sacred”.Strong’s files this form under G2411 (ἱερόν).the temple

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διελθὼνdielthōngoingδιέρχομαι (dierchomai)verb, second aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “going”, a single actionG1330I pass through, spread (as a report).διὰdiathroughδιάpreposition — “through”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.This verse uses “through”.μέσουmesoumidstμέσος (mesos)adjective, genitive, singular, neuter — “midst”, the of-formG3319middle, in the middle, between, in the midst of.αὐτῶνautōnof themαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “of them”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.παρῆγενparēgenpassed byπαράγω (paragō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “passed by”, an ongoing action in the pastG3855I pass by, depart, pass away.οὕτωςhoutōsthusοὕτω (houtō)adverb — “thus”G3779thus, so, in this manner.This verse uses “thus”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

they took up, therefore, stones that they may cast at him, but Jesus hid himself, and went forth out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.

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American Standard Version (1901)

They took up stones therefore to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple.

Young’s Literal Translation

they took up, therefore, stones that they may cast at him, but Jesus hid himself, and went forth out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.

World English Bible

Therefore they took up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple, having gone through the middle of them, and so passed by.

Darby Translation

They took up therefore stones that they might cast [them] at him; but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple, [going through the midst of them, and thus passed on.]

Douay-Rheims

They took up stones therefore to cast at him. But Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple.

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