The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “searching” (ἀναζητοῦντες) before Him here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “seeking Him” (ζητοῦντες αὐτόν.) after Jerusalem here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.
καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andμὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.notεὑρόντεςheurontesto findεὑρίσκω (heuriskō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to find”, a single actionG2147I find, learn, discover, especially after searching.ὑπέστρεψανhupestrepsanthey turned back againὑποστρέφω (hupostrephō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they turned back again”, a single actionG5290I turn back, return.they turned back againεἰςeistoεἰςpreposition — “to”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.toἸερουσαλὴμierousalēmJerusalemἸερουσαλήμnoun, accusative, singular, feminine — “Jerusalem”, the object formG2419(Aramaic form), Jerusalem, the capital of Palestine: hence Judaism, and allegorically, Christendom, the Christian Church.Jerusalemἀναζητοῦντεςanazētountesseekingἀναζητέω (anazēteō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “seeking”, an ongoing or repeated actionG327I seek out, search for (implying the difficulty of the task).seekingαὐτόνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.him
Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text
ζητοῦντεςzētountesseekingζητέω (zēteō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “seeking”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2212I seek, search for, desire, require, demand.αὐτόνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
and not having found him, they turned back to Jerusalem seeking him.
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American Standard Version (1901)
and when they found him not, they returned to Jerusalem, seeking for him.
Young’s Literal Translation
and not having found him, they turned back to Jerusalem seeking him.
World English Bible
When they didn’t find him, they returned to Jerusalem, looking for him.
Darby Translation
and not having found him they returned to Jerusalem seeking him.
Douay-Rheims
And not finding him, they returned into Jerusalem, seeking him.
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