The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “to him” (αὐτῷ·) before Lord here.
ἰδόντεςidontesseeὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “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).sawδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.περὶperiaboutπερίpreposition — “about”G4012(a) gen: about, concerning, (b) acc: around.This verse uses “about”.αὐτὸνautonunto himαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “unto him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.unto himτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἐσόμενονesomenonto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, future middle participle, accusative, singular, neuter — “to be”, an action still aheadG1510I am, exist.εἶπανeipanto sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “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).ΚύριεkurieLordκύριος (kurios)noun, vocative, singular, masculine — “Lord”, the calling formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.Lordεἰeiifεἰparticle — “if”G1487if.πατάξομενpataxomenshall we smiteπατάσσω (patassō)verb, future active indicative, 1st person plural — “shall we smite”, an action still aheadG3960I smite, strike (as with a sword), smite to death, afflict.shall we smiteἐνenwithἐνpreposition — “with”G1722in, on, among.withμαχαίρῃmachairēswordμάχαιρα (machaira)noun, dative, singular, feminine — “sword”, the to- or for-formG3162a sword.the sword
Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text
αὐτῷautōhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “him”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
And those about him, having seen what was about to be, said to him, 'Sir, shall we smite with a sword?'
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American Standard Version (1901)
And when they that were about him saw what would follow, they said, Lord, shall we smite with the sword?
Young’s Literal Translation
And those about him, having seen what was about to be, said to him, 'Sir, shall we smite with a sword?'
World English Bible
When those who were around him saw what was about to happen, they said to him, “Lord, shall we strike with the sword?”
Darby Translation
And they who were around him, seeing what was going to follow, said [to him], Lord, shall we smite with [the] sword?
Douay-Rheims
And they that were about him, seeing what would follow, said to him: Lord, shall we strike with the sword?
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