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Luke 2:20

And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “returned” (ὑπέστρεψαν) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “turned” (ἐπέστρεψαν) before the here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andὑπέστρεψανhupestrepsanreturnedὑποστρέφω (hupostrephō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “returned”, a single actionG5290I turn back, return.returnedοἱhoitheὁ (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.δοξάζοντεςdoxazontesglorifyingδοξάζω (doxazō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “glorifying”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1392I glorify, honor, bestow glory on.glorifyingκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andαἰνοῦντεςainountespraisingαἰνέω (aineō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “praising”, an ongoing or repeated actionG134I praise.praisingτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.θεὸνtheonGodθεός (theos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “God”, the object formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.Godἐπὶepiforἐπίpreposition — “for”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.forπᾶσινpasinall the thingsπᾶς (pas)adjective, dative, plural, neuter — “all the things”, the to- or for-formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.all the thingsοἷςhoisthatὅς (hos)relative pronoun, dative, plural, neuter — “that”, the to- or for-formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “that”.thatἤκουσανēkousanthey had heardἀκούω (akouō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they had heard”, a single actionG191I hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported.they had heardκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andεἶδονeidonseeὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd 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).seenκαθὼςkathōsasκαθώςconjunction — “as”G2531according to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as.asἐλαλήθηelalēthēit was toldλαλέω (laleō)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “it was told”, a single actionG2980(I talk, chatter in classical Greek, but in NT a more dignified word) I speak, say.it was toldπρὸςprosuntoπρόςpreposition — “unto”G4314to, towards, with.untoαὐτούςautousthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “them”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.them

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἐπέστρεψανepestrepsanreturnedἐπιστρέφω (epistrephō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “returned”, a single actionG1994(a) trans: I turn (back) to (towards), (b) intrans: I turn (back) (to [towards]); I come to myself.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and the shepherds turned back, glorifying and praising God, for all those things they heard and saw, as it was spoken unto them.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, even as it was spoken unto them.

Young’s Literal Translation

and the shepherds turned back, glorifying and praising God, for all those things they heard and saw, as it was spoken unto them.

World English Bible

The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, just as it was told them.

Darby Translation

And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all things which they had heard and seen, as it had been said to them.

Douay-Rheims

And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God, for all the things they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.

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