King James Version

Luke 2:17

And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “they made known” (ἐγνώρισαν) before concerning here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “they made widely known” (διεγνώρισαν) before concerning here.

ἰδόντεςidontesseeὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “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).when they had seenδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἐγνώρισανegnōrisanit, they made known abroadγνωρίζω (gnōrizō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “it, they made known abroad”, a single actionG1107I make known, declare, know, discover.it, they made known abroadπερὶperisayingπερίpreposition — “saying”G4012(a) gen: about, concerning, (b) acc: around.the sayingτοῦtouwhichὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “which”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.whichῥήματοςrhēmatosdeclarationῥῆμα (rhēma)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “declaration”, the of-formG4487a thing spoken, (a) a word or saying of any kind, as command, report, promise, (b) a thing, matter, business.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.λαληθέντοςlalēthentoswas toldλαλέω (laleō)verb, aorist passive participle, genitive, singular, neuter — “was told”, a single actionG2980(I talk, chatter in classical Greek, but in NT a more dignified word) I speak, say.was toldαὐτοῖςautoisthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “them”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themπερὶpericoncerningπερίpreposition — “concerning”G4012(a) gen: about, concerning, (b) acc: around.This verse uses “concerning”.concerningτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.παιδίουpaidiouchildπαιδίον (paidion)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “child”, the of-formG3813a little child, an infant, little one.childτούτουtoutouthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, genitive, singular, neuter — “this”, the of-formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.

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διεγνώρισανdiegnōrisanit, they made known abroadδιαγνωρίζω (diagnōrizō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “it, they made known abroad”, a single actionG1232

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and having seen, they made known abroad concerning the saying spoken to them concerning the child.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And when they saw it, they made known concerning the saying which was spoken to them about this child.

Young’s Literal Translation

and having seen, they made known abroad concerning the saying spoken to them concerning the child.

World English Bible

When they saw it, they publicized widely the saying which was spoken to them about this child.

Darby Translation

and having seen [it] they made known about the country the thing which had been said to them concerning this child.

Douay-Rheims

And seeing, they understood of the word that had been spoken to them concerning this child.

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