King James Version

Luke 23:39

And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “Surely” (οὐχὶ) before you yourself here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “are” (εἶ) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

Εἷςheisoneεἷςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “one”, the subject formG1520one.oneδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.τῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.κρεμασθέντωνkremasthentōnwhich were hangedκρεμάννυμι (kremannumi)verb, aorist passive participle, genitive, plural, masculine — “which were hanged”, a single actionG2910I hang, hang up, suspend; mid: I am hanging, hang.which were hangedκακούργωνkakourgōncriminalκακοῦργος (kakourgos)adjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “criminal”, the of-formG2557(lit: an evil-worker), a criminal.ἐβλασφήμειeblasphēmeirailedβλασφημέω (blasphēmeō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “railed”, an ongoing action in the pastG987I speak evil against, blaspheme, use abusive or scurrilous language about (God or men).railedαὐτόνautonon himαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “on him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.on himλέγωνlegōnsayingλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, 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.sayingΟὐχὶouchiIfοὐχίparticle — “If”G3780by no means, not at all.Ifσὺsuthouσύpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “thou”, the subject formG4771you.thouεἶeibeεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person singular — “be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.beὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.χριστόςchristosChristΧριστόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Christ”, the subject formG5547anointed; the Messiah, the Christ.Christσῶσονsōsonsaveσῴζω (sōzō)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular — “save”, a single actionG4982I save, heal, preserve, rescue.This verse uses “save”.saveσεαυτὸνseautonyourselfσεαυτοῦ (seautoû)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “yourself”, the object formG4572Strong’s files this form under G4771 (σύ).thyselfκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἡμᾶςhēmasIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).us

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εἶeibeεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person singular — “be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And one of the evil-doers who were hanged, was speaking evil of him, saying, 'If thou be the Christ, save thyself and us.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And one of the malefactors that were hanged railed on him, saying, Art not thou the Christ? save thyself and us.

Young’s Literal Translation

And one of the evil-doers who were hanged, was speaking evil of him, saying, 'If thou be the Christ, save thyself and us.'

World English Bible

One of the criminals who was hanged insulted him, saying, “If you are the Christ, save yourself and us!”

Darby Translation

Now one of the malefactors who had been hanged spoke insultingly to him, saying, Art not thou the Christ? save thyself and us.

Douay-Rheims

And one of those robbers who were hanged, blasphemed him, saying: If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.

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