And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “were speaking” (ἐλάλουν) before to here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “men the” (ἄνθρωποι οἱ) before shepherds here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “they said” (εἶπον) before to here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “and” (καὶ) before let us here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.
ΚαὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἐγένετοegenetoit came to passγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “it came to pass”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.it came to passὡςhōsasὡςconjunction — “as”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.asἀπῆλθονapēlthonwere gone awayἀπέρχομαι (aperchomai)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “were gone away”, a single actionG565I come or go away from, depart, return, arrive, go after, follow.were gone awayἀπ’apfromἀπό (apo)preposition — “from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.fromαὐτῶνautōnthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “them”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themεἰςeisintoεἰςpreposition — “into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.intoτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.οὐρανὸνouranonheavenοὐρανός (ouranos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “heaven”, the object formG3772heaven, (a) the visible heavens: the atmosphere, the sky, the starry heavens, (b) the spiritual heavens.heavenοἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἄγγελοιangeloiangelἄγγελος (angelos)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “angel”, the subject formG32a messenger, generally a (supernatural) messenger from God, an angel, conveying news or behests from God to men.οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ποιμένεςpoimenesshepherdποιμήν (poimēn)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “shepherd”, the subject formG4166a shepherd; hence met: of the feeder, protector, and ruler of a flock of men.ἐλάλουνelalounsaidλαλέω (laleō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “said”, an ongoing action in the pastG2980(I talk, chatter in classical Greek, but in NT a more dignified word) I speak, say.saidπρὸςprostoπρόςpreposition — “to”G4314to, towards, with.toἀλλήλουςallēlousanotherἀλλήλων (allēlōn)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “another”, the object formG240one another, each other.anotherΔιέλθωμενdielthōmenLet usδιέρχομαι (dierchomai)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 1st person plural — “Let us”, a single actionG1330I pass through, spread (as a report).Let usδὴdēnowδήparticle — “now”G1211(a) in a clause expressing demand: so, then, (b) indeed, (c) truly.nowἕωςheōseven untoἕωςpreposition — “even unto”G2193(a) conj: until, (b) prep: as far as, up to, as much as, until.even untoΒηθλέεμbēthleemBethlehemΒηθλέεμnoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “Bethlehem”, the of-formG965Bethlehem, a town of Judea.Bethlehemκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἴδωμενidōmenseeὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active subjunctive, 1st person plural — “see”, a single actionG3708I see, look upon, experience, perceive, discern, beware.This verse uses “see”.Strong’s files this form under G1492 (εἴδω, see/know).seeτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ῥῆμαrhēmathingῥῆμαnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “thing”, the object formG4487a thing spoken, (a) a word or saying of any kind, as command, report, promise, (b) a thing, matter, business.thingτοῦτοtoutothisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “this”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.γεγονὸςgegonoswhich is come to passγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, perfect active participle, accusative, singular, neuter — “which is come to pass”, a completed action with a present resultG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.which is come to passὃhowhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “which”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.whichὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.κύριοςkuriosLordκύριοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Lord”, the subject formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.the Lordἐγνώρισενegnōrisenhath made knownγνωρίζω (gnōrizō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “hath made known”, a single actionG1107I make known, declare, know, discover.hath made knownἡμῖνhēminIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “I”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).unto us
Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text
ἄνθρωποιanthrōpoishepherdsἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “shepherds”, the subject formG444a man, one of the human race.οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.εἶπονeiponsaidἔπω (epō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “said”, an ongoing action in the pastG2036to sayκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
And it came to pass, when the messengers were gone away from them to the heavens, that the men, the shepherds, said unto one another, 'We may go over indeed unto Bethlehem, and see this thing that hath come to pass, that the Lord did make known to us.'
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American Standard Version (1901)
And it came to pass, when the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing that is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
Young’s Literal Translation
And it came to pass, when the messengers were gone away from them to the heavens, that the men, the shepherds, said unto one another, 'We may go over indeed unto Bethlehem, and see this thing that hath come to pass, that the Lord did make known to us.'
World English Bible
When the angels went away from them into the sky, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem, now, and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”
Darby Translation
And it came to pass, as the angels departed from them into heaven, that the shepherds said to one another, Let us make our way then now as far as Bethlehem, and let us see this thing that is come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us.
Douay-Rheims
And it came to pass, after the angels departed from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another: Let us go over to Bethlehem, and let us see this word that is come to pass, which the Lord hath shewed to us.
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