King James Version

Luke 3:23

And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the” (ὁ) before Jesus here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

ΚαὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andαὐτὸςautoshimselfαὐτόςpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “himself”, the subject formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himselfἦνēnto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing action in the pastG1510I am, exist.to beἸησοῦςiēsousJesusἸησοῦςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the subject formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.ἀρχόμενοςarchomenosbe firstἄρχω (archō)verb, present middle participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “be first”, an ongoing or repeated actionG757I reign, rule.ὡσεὶhōseiaboutὡσείadverb — “about”G5616as if, as it were, like; with numbers: about.This verse uses “about”.aboutἐτῶνetōnyears of ageἔτος (etos)noun, genitive, plural, neuter — “years of age”, the of-formG2094a year.years of ageτριάκονταtriakontathirtyτριάκονταadjective, genitive, plural, neuter — “thirty”, the of-formG5144thirty.ὢνōnbeingεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “being”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.beingυἱόςhuios) the sonυἱόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “) the son”, the subject formG5207a son, descendent.) the sonὡςhōswhichὡςconjunction — “which”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.ἐνομίζετοenomizetoto thinkνομίζω (nomizō)verb, imperfect passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “to think”, an ongoing action in the pastG3543I practice, hold by custom; I deem, think, consider, suppose.This verse uses “think”.Ἰωσὴφiōsēphof JosephἸωσήφnoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of Joseph”, the of-formG2501Joseph, a proper name.of Josephτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.Ἠλὶēliwhich was the son of HeliἨλίnoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “which was the son of Heli”, the of-formG2242Heli, an ancestor of Jesus.which was the son of Heli

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And Jesus himself was beginning to be about thirty years of age, being, as was supposed, son of Joseph,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Jesus himself, when he began to teach , was about thirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,

Young’s Literal Translation

And Jesus himself was beginning to be about thirty years of age, being, as was supposed, son of Joseph,

World English Bible

Jesus himself, when he began to teach, was about thirty years old, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,

Darby Translation

And Jesus himself was beginning to be about thirty years old; being as was supposed son of Joseph; of Eli,

Douay-Rheims

And Jesus himself was beginning about the age of thirty years; being (as it was supposed) the son of Joseph, who was of Heli, who was of Mathat,

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