King James Version

Luke 21:1

And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.

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Ἀναβλέψαςanablepsashe looked upἀναβλέπω (anablepō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “he looked up”, a single actionG308I look up, recover my sight.he looked upδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.εἶδενeidenseeὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “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).and sawτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.βάλλονταςballontascastingβάλλω (ballō)verb, present active participle, accusative, plural, masculine — “casting”, an ongoing or repeated actionG906(a) I cast, throw, rush, (b) often, in the weaker sense: I place, put, drop.castingεἰςeisintoεἰςpreposition — “into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.intoτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.γαζοφυλάκιονgazophulakiontreasuryγαζοφυλάκιονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “treasury”, the object formG1049a treasury.the treasuryτὰtatheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.δῶραdōragiftδῶρον (dōron)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “gift”, the object formG1435a gift, present.αὐτῶνautōnheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.πλουσίουςplousiousrichπλούσιος (plousios)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “rich”, the object formG4145rich, abounding in, wealthy; subst: a rich man.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And having looked up, he saw those who did cast their gifts to the treasury — rich men,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he looked up, and saw the rich men that were casting their gifts into the treasury.

Young’s Literal Translation

And having looked up, he saw those who did cast their gifts to the treasury — rich men,

World English Bible

He looked up and saw the rich people who were putting their gifts into the treasury.

Darby Translation

And he looked up and saw the rich casting their gifts into the treasury;

Douay-Rheims

And looking on, he saw the rich men cast their gifts into the treasury.

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