King James Version

Luke 10:30

And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “state” (τυγχάνοντα.) after half dead here.

ὑπολαβὼνhupolabōnansweringὑπολαμβάνω (hupolambanō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “answering”, a single actionG5274(a) I take up, (b) I welcome, entertain, (c) I answer, (d) I suppose, imagine.answeringδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἸησοῦςiēsousJesusἸησοῦςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the subject formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.εἶπενeipento sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to say”, a single 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 “say”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).saidἌνθρωπόςanthrōposmanἄνθρωποςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “man”, the subject formG444a man, one of the human race.manτιςtisoneτιςinterrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “one”, the subject formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.κατέβαινενkatebainenwent downκαταβαίνω (katabainō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “went down”, an ongoing action in the pastG2597I go down, come down, either from the sky or from higher land, descend.went downἀπὸapofromἀπόpreposition — “from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.fromἸερουσαλὴμierousalēmJerusalemἸερουσαλήμnoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “Jerusalem”, the of-formG2419(Aramaic form), Jerusalem, the capital of Palestine: hence Judaism, and allegorically, Christendom, the Christian Church.Jerusalemεἰςeistoεἰςpreposition — “to”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.toἸεριχὼierichōJerichoἸεριχώnoun, accusative, singular, feminine — “Jericho”, the object formG2410Jericho, a city a little north of the Dead Sea.Jerichoκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andλῃσταῖςlēstaisthievesλῃστής (lēstēs)noun, dative, plural, masculine — “thieves”, the to- or for-formG3027 a robber, brigand, bandit.thievesπεριέπεσενperiepesento fall uponπεριπίπτω (peripiptō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to fall upon”, a single actionG4045I fall into the midst of, am involved in, happen upon a place.οἳhoiwhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “which”, the subject formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.whichκαὶkaiandκαίadverb — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐκδύσαντεςekdusantesto stripἐκδύω (ekduō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to strip”, a single actionG1562I put off, take off, strip off, with acc. of person or garment or both.αὐτὸνautonheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.πληγὰςplēgaswoundedπληγή (plēgē)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “wounded”, the object formG4127a blow, stripe, wound; an affliction, plague.woundedἐπιθέντεςepithentesto putἐπιτίθημι (epitithēmi)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to put”, a single actionG2007I put, place upon, lay on; I add, give in addition.This verse uses “put”.ἀπῆλθονapēlthonhim, and departedἀπέρχομαι (aperchomai)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “him, and departed”, a single actionG565I come or go away from, depart, return, arrive, go after, follow.him, and departedἀφέντεςaphentesleavingἀφίημι (aphiēmi)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “leaving”, a single actionG863(a) I send away, (b) I let go, release, permit to depart, (c) I remit, forgive, (d) I permit, suffer.leavingἡμιθανῆhēmithanēhim half deadἡμιθανής (hēmithanēs)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “him half dead”, the object formG2253half-dead.him half dead

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

τυγχάνονταtunchanontato obtainτυγχάνω (tunchanō)verb, present active participle, accusative, singular, masculine — “to obtain”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5177(a) gen: I obtain, (b) absol: I chance, happen; ordinary, everyday, it may chance, perhaps.This verse uses “obtain”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and Jesus having taken up [the word], said, 'A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and having stripped him and inflicted blows, they went away, leaving [him] half dead.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Jesus made answer and said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho; and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

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World English Bible

Jesus answered, “ A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho , and he fell among robbers , who both stripped him and beat him , and departed, leaving him half dead .

Darby Translation

And Jesus replying said, A certain man descended from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into [the hands of] robbers, who also, having stripped him and inflicted wounds, went away leaving him in a half-dead state.

Douay-Rheims

And Jesus answering, said: A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, who also stripped him, and having wounded him went away, leaving him half dead.

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