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Luke 4:42

And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “were sought after” (ἐπεζήτουν) before Him here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “were sought” (ἐζήτουν) before Him here.

Γενομένηςgenomenēswhen it wasγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle participle, genitive, singular, feminine — “when it was”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.when it wasδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἡμέραςhēmerasdayἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “day”, the of-formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.dayἐξελθὼνexelthōnhe departedἐξέρχομαι (exerchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “he departed”, a single actionG1831I go out, come out.he departedἐπορεύθηeporeuthēand wentπορεύομαι (poreuomai)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “and went”, a single actionG4198I travel, journey, go, die.and wentεἰςeisintoεἰςpreposition — “into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.intoἔρημονerēmona desertἔρημος (erēmos)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “a desert”, the object formG2048as an adj: deserted, desolate, waste; hence: the desert, to the east and south of Palestine; of a person: deserted, abandoned, desolate.This verse uses “a desert”.a desertτόπονtoponplaceτόπος (topos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “place”, the object formG5117a place, region, seat; an opportunity.placeκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andοἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ὄχλοιochloipeopleὄχλος (ochlos)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “people”, the subject formG3793a crowd, mob, the common people.the peopleἐπεζήτουνepezētounsoughtἐπιζητέω (epizēteō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “sought”, an ongoing action in the pastG1934I seek after, desire, search for, make inquiries about.soughtαὐτόνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἦλθονēlthoncameἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “came”, a single actionG2064I come, go.cameἕωςheōsuntoἕωςpreposition — “unto”G2193(a) conj: until, (b) prep: as far as, up to, as much as, until.untoαὐτοῦautouhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “him”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andκατεῖχονkateichonstayedκατέχω (katechō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “stayed”, an ongoing action in the pastG2722(a) I hold fast, bind, arrest, (b) I take possession of, lay hold of, (c) I hold back, detain, restrain, (d) I hold a ship, keep its head.stayedαὐτὸνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.μὴmēthat he should notμήadverb — “that he should not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.that he should notπορεύεσθαιporeuesthaito departπορεύομαι (poreuomai)verb, present middle infinitive — “to depart”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4198I travel, journey, go, die.departἀπ’apfromἀπό (apo)preposition — “from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.fromαὐτῶνautōnthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “them”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.them

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἐζήτουνezētounsoughtζητέω (zēteō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “sought”, an ongoing action in the pastG2212I seek, search for, desire, require, demand.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And day having come, having gone forth, he went on to a desert place, and the multitudes were seeking him, and they came unto him, and were staying him — not to go on from them,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And when it was day, he came out and went into a desert place: and the multitudes sought after him, and came unto him, and would have stayed him, that he should not go from them.

Young’s Literal Translation

And day having come, having gone forth, he went on to a desert place, and the multitudes were seeking him, and they came unto him, and were staying him — not to go on from them,

World English Bible

When it was day, he departed and went into an uninhabited place and the multitudes looked for him, and came to him, and held on to him, so that he wouldn’t go away from them.

Darby Translation

And when it was day he went out, and went into a desert place, and the crowds sought after him, and came up to him, and [would have] kept him back that he should not go from them.

Douay-Rheims

And when it was day, going out he went into a desert place, and the multitudes sought him, and came unto him: and they stayed him that he should not depart from them.

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