King James Version
Luke 2:50
And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.
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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andαὐτοὶautoitheyαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “they”, the subject formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “they”.theyοὐounotοὐadverb — “not”G3756no, not.notσυνῆκανsunēkanto understandσυνίημι (suniēmi)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to understand”, a single actionG4920I consider, understand, perceive.This verse uses “understand”.τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ῥῆμαrhēmasayingῥῆμαnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “saying”, the object formG4487a thing spoken, (a) a word or saying of any kind, as command, report, promise, (b) a thing, matter, business.the sayingὃhowhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “which”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.whichἐλάλησενelalēsenhe spakeλαλέω (laleō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he spake”, a single actionG2980(I talk, chatter in classical Greek, but in NT a more dignified word) I speak, say.he spakeαὐτοῖςautoisunto themαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “unto them”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.unto them
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
and they did not understand the saying that he spake to them,
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American Standard Version (1901)
And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.
Young’s Literal Translation
and they did not understand the saying that he spake to them,
World English Bible
They didn’t understand the saying which he spoke to them.
Darby Translation
And they understood not the thing that he said to them.
Douay-Rheims
And they understood not the word that he spoke unto them.
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