The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds a longer phrase before they were: ἔτυπτον αὐτοῦ τὸ πρόσωπον καὶ. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “him” (αὐτόν) before saying here.
καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andπερικαλύψαντεςperikalupsanteswhen they had blindfoldedπερικαλύπτω (perikaluptō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “when they had blindfolded”, a single actionG4028I cover up, cover round about, veil round, blindfold.when they had blindfoldedαὐτὸνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himἐπηρώτωνepērōtōnaskedἐπερωτάω (eperōtaō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “asked”, an ongoing action in the pastG1905I interrogate, question, demand of.askedλέγοντεςlegontessayingλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “saying”, an ongoing or repeated 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.sayingΠροφήτευσονprophēteusonProphesyπροφητεύω (prophēteuō)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular — “Prophesy”, a single actionG4395I foretell, prophesy; I set forth matter of divine teaching by special faculty.This verse uses “prophesy”.Prophesyτίςtiswhoτίςinterrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “who”, the subject formG5101who, which, what, why.This verse uses “who”.whoἐστινestinis itεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “is it”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.is itὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.παίσαςpaisasthat smoteπαίω (paiō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “that smote”, a single actionG3817I strike, smite, sting.that smoteσεsetheeσύ (su)personal pronoun, accusative, singular — “thee”, the object formG4771you.thee
Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text
ἔτυπτονetuptonthey struckτύπτω (tuptō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they struck”, an ongoing action in the pastG5180I beat, strike, wound, inflict punishment.αὐτοῦautouhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “him”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πρόσωπονprosōponon the faceπρόσωπονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “on the face”, the object formG4383the face, countenance, surface.This verse uses “the face”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.αὐτόνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
and having blindfolded him, they were striking him on the face, and were questioning him, saying, 'Prophesy who he is who smote thee?'
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American Standard Version (1901)
And they blindfolded him, and asked him, saying, Prophesy: who is he that struck thee?
Young’s Literal Translation
and having blindfolded him, they were striking him on the face, and were questioning him, saying, 'Prophesy who he is who smote thee?'
World English Bible
Having blindfolded him, they struck him on the face and asked him, “Prophesy! Who is the one who struck you?”
Darby Translation
and covering him up, asked him saying, Prophesy, who is it that struck thee?
Douay-Rheims
And they blindfolded him, and smote his face. And they asked him, saying: Prophesy, who is it that struck thee?
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