King James Version

Luke 5:33

And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “through why” (διὰ τί) before The here.

Οἱhoithe disciplesὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the disciples”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.the disciplesδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.butεἶπανeipanto sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to say”, a single 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.This verse uses “say”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).πρὸςprostoπρόςpreposition — “to”G4314to, towards, with.αὐτόνautonheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.Οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.μαθηταὶmathētaidiscipleμαθητής (mathētēs)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “disciple”, the subject formG3101a learner, disciple, pupil.This verse uses “disciple”.ἸωάννουiōannouJohnἸωάννης (iōannēs)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “John”, the of-formG2491John: the Baptist, the apostle, a member of the Sanhedrin, or John Mark.νηστεύουσινnēsteuousinto fastνηστεύω (nēsteuō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to fast”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3522I fast, abstain from food.πυκνὰpuknaoftenπυκνάadjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “often”, the object formG4437frequent, often, much.This verse uses “often”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andδεήσειςdeēseispetitionδέησις (deēsis)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “petition”, the object formG1162supplication, prayer, entreaty.ποιοῦνταιpoiountaito doποιέω (poieō)verb, present middle indicative, 3rd person plural — “to do”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.ὁμοίωςhomoiōssimilarlyὁμοίωςadverb — “similarly”G3668in like manner, similarly, in the same way, equally.καὶkaiandκαίadverb — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.τῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ΦαρισαίωνpharisaiōnPhariseeΦαρισαῖος (pharisaios)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “Pharisee”, the of-formG5330a Pharisee, one of the Jewish sect so called.οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.σοὶsoiyourσός (sós)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “your”, the subject formG4674Strong’s files this form under G4771 (σύ).ἐσθίουσινesthiousinto eatἐσθίω (esthiō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to eat”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2068I eat, partake of food; met: I devour, consume (e.g. as rust does).καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.πίνουσινpinousindrinkπίνω (pinō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “drink”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4095I drink, imbibe.This verse uses “drink”.drink

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

διὰdiathroughδιάpreposition — “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”.τίtiWhyτίς (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “Why”, the object formG5101who, which, what, why.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And they said unto him, 'Wherefore do the disciples of John fast often, and make supplications — in like manner also those of the Pharisees — but thine do eat and drink?'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they said unto him, The disciples of John fast often, and make supplications; likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink.

Young’s Literal Translation

And they said unto him, 'Wherefore do the disciples of John fast often, and make supplications — in like manner also those of the Pharisees — but thine do eat and drink?'

World English Bible

They said to him, “Why do John’s disciples often fast and pray, likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink?”

Darby Translation

And they said to him, Why do the disciples of John fast often and make supplications, in like manner those also of the Pharisees, but thine eat and drink?

Douay-Rheims

And they said to him: Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees in like manner; but thine eat and drink?

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