King James Version

Luke 15:26

And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “maybe” (ἂν) before would be here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “of him” (αὐτοῦ) before he was here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andπροσκαλεσάμενοςproskalesamenoshe calledπροσκαλέομαι (proskaleomai)verb, aorist middle participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “he called”, a single actionG4341I call to myself, summon.he calledἕναhenaoneεἷς (heis)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “one”, the object formG1520one.oneτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.παίδωνpaidōnof the servantsπαῖς (pais)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “of the servants”, the of-formG3816(a) a male child, boy, (b) a male slave, servant; thus: a servant of God, especially as a title of the Messiah, (c) a female child, girl.of the servantsἐπυνθάνετοepunthanetoand askedπυνθάνομαι (punthanomai)verb, imperfect middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “and asked”, an ongoing action in the pastG4441I ask, inquire, ascertain by inquiry, understand.and askedτίtiwhatτίς (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “what”, the subject formG5101who, which, what, why.This verse uses “what”.whatἂνanifἄνparticle — “if”G302an untranslatable word (under the circumstances, in that case, anyhow), the general effect of which is to make a statement contingent, which would otherwise be definite: it is thus regularly used with the subjunctive mood.εἴηeiēmeantεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active optative, 3rd person singular — “meant”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.meantταῦταtautathisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, plural, neuter — “this”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

αὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and having called near one of the young men, he was inquiring what these things might be,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he called to him one of the servants, and inquired what these things might be.

Young’s Literal Translation

and having called near one of the young men, he was inquiring what these things might be,

World English Bible

He called one of the servants to him and asked what was going on .

Darby Translation

And having called one of the servants, he inquired what these things might be.

Douay-Rheims