King James Version

Luke 5:19

And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus.

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

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andμὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.notεὑρόντεςheurontesfindεὑρίσκω (heuriskō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “find”, a single actionG2147I find, learn, discover, especially after searching.findποίαςpoiaswhatποῖος (poios)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “what”, the of-formG4169of what sort.whatεἰσενέγκωσινeisenenkōsinway they might bringεἰσφέρω (eispherō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural — “way they might bring”, a single actionG1533I lead into, bring in, announce.way they might bringαὐτὸνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himδιὰdiabecauseδιάpreposition — “because”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.becauseτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ὄχλονochlonof the multitudeὄχλος (ochlos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “of the multitude”, the object formG3793a crowd, mob, the common people.of the multitudeἀναβάντεςanabantesthey wentἀναβαίνω (anabainō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “they went”, a single actionG305I go up, mount, ascend; of things: I rise, spring up, come up.they wentἐπὶepiuponἐπίpreposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.uponτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.δῶμαdōmahousetopδῶμαnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “housetop”, the object formG1430the roof (of a house), the top of the house.the housetopδιὰdiathroughδιάpreposition — “through”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.This verse uses “through”.throughτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.κεράμωνkeramōntilingκέραμος (keramos)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “tiling”, the of-formG2766a tile; practically: the roof.the tilingκαθῆκανkathēkanto lowerκαθίημι (kathiēmi)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to lower”, a single actionG2524I send, let down, lower.αὐτὸνautonheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.σὺνsunwithσύνpreposition — “with”G4862with.withτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, neuter — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.κλινιδίῳklinidiōhis couchκλινίδιον (klinidion)noun, dative, singular, neuter — “his couch”, the to- or for-formG2826a couch or litter of a sick person.his couchεἰςeisintoεἰςpreposition — “into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.intoτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.μέσονmesonmidstμέσος (mesos)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “midst”, the object formG3319middle, in the middle, between, in the midst of.the midstἔμπροσθενemprosthenbeforeἔμπροσθενpreposition — “before”G1715in front, before the face; sometimes made a subst. by the addition of the article: in front of, before the face of.beforeτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἸησοῦiēsouJesusἸησοῦς (iēsous)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the of-formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.Jesus

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

διὰdiabyδιάpreposition — “by”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and not having found by what way they may bring him in because of the multitude, having gone up on the house-top, through the tiles they let him down, with the little couch, into the midst before Jesus,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And not finding by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went up to the housetop, and let him down through the tiles with his couch into the midst before Jesus.

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Not finding a way to bring him in because of the multitude, they went up to the housetop and let him down through the tiles with his cot into the middle before Jesus.

Darby Translation

And not finding what way to bring him in, on account of the crowd, going up on the housetop they let him down through the tiles, with his little couch, into the midst before Jesus.

Douay-Rheims

And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in, because of the multitude, they went up upon the roof, and let him down through the tiles with his bed into the midst before Jesus.

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