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Luke 24:11

In Luke 24 of Luke.

And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “of them” (ταῦτα) before and here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “of them” (αὐτῶν) before and here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἐφάνησανephanēsanseemedφαίνω (phainō)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person plural — “seemed”, a single actionG5316(a) act: I shine, shed light, (b) pass: I shine, become visible, appear, (c) I become clear, appear, seem, show myself as.seemedἐνώπιονenōpiontoἐνώπιονpreposition — “to”G1799before the face of, in the presence of, in the eyes of.toαὐτῶνautōnthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “them”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themὡσεὶhōseiasὡσείconjunction — “as”G5616as if, as it were, like; with numbers: about.asλῆροςlērosidle talesλῆροςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “idle tales”, the subject formG3026folly, nonsense, idle talk.idle talesτὰtatheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ῥήματαrhēmatadeclarationῥῆμα (rhēma)noun, nominative, plural, neuter — “declaration”, the subject formG4487a thing spoken, (a) a word or saying of any kind, as command, report, promise, (b) a thing, matter, business.ταῦταtautathemοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, plural, neuter — “them”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.themκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ἠπίστουνēpistounnotἀπιστέω (apisteō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “not”, an ongoing action in the pastG569I am unfaithful, disbelieve, refuse belief, prove false.notαὐταῖςautaisheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, feminine — “he”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

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αὐτῶνautōntheirαὐτός (autos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, plural, neuter — “their”, the subject formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and their sayings appeared before them as idle talk, and they were not believing them.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And these words appeared in their sight as idle talk; and they disbelieved them.

Young’s Literal Translation

and their sayings appeared before them as idle talk, and they were not believing them.

World English Bible

These words seemed to them to be nonsense, and they didn’t believe them.

Darby Translation

And their words appeared in their eyes as an idle tale, and they disbelieved them.

Douay-Rheims

And these words seemed to them as idle tales; and they did not believe them.

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