King James Version

Luke 2:28

Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “of him” (αὐτοῦ) before and here.

καὶkaiThenκαίconjunction — “Then”G2532and, even, also, namely.Thenαὐτὸςautosheαὐτόςpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “he”, the subject formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.heἐδέξατοedexatoupδέχομαι (dechomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “up”, a single actionG1209I take, receive, accept, welcome.upαὐτὸautohisαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “his”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.hisεἰςeistowardεἰςpreposition — “toward”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.τὰςtastheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἀγκάλαςankalasarmsἀγκάλη (ankalē)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “arms”, the object formG43an arm, especially as bent to receive a burden.armsκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andεὐλόγησενeulogēsenblessedεὐλογέω (eulogeō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “blessed”, a single actionG2127(lit: I speak well of) I bless; pass: I am blessed.blessedτὸνtontheὁ (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”.Godκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andεἶπενeipento 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).said

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)

then he took him in his arms, and blessed God, and he said,

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American Standard Version (1901)

then he received him into his arms, and blessed God, and said,

Young’s Literal Translation

then he took him in his arms, and blessed God, and he said,

World English Bible

then he received him into his arms and blessed God, and said,

Darby Translation

he received him into his arms, and blessed God, and said,

Douay-Rheims

He also took him into his arms, and blessed God, and said:

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