King James Version

Luke 6:12

And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “to go out He” (ἐξελθεῖν αὐτὸν) before to here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “went out” (ἐξηλθεν) before to here.

Ἐγένετοegenetoit came to passγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “it came to pass”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.it came to passδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inταῖςtaistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἡμέραιςhēmeraisdaysἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, dative, plural, feminine — “days”, the to- or for-formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.daysταύταιςtautaisthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, dative, plural, feminine — “this”, the to- or for-formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.ἐξελθεῖνexeltheinto that he went outἐξέρχομαι (exerchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active infinitive — “to that he went out”, a single actionG1831I go out, come out.that he went outαὐτὸνautonheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.εἰςeisintoεἰςpreposition — “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.ὄροςorosa mountainὄροςnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “a mountain”, the object formG3735a mountain, hill.a mountainπροσεύξασθαιproseuxasthaito prayπροσεύχομαι (proseuchomai)verb, aorist middle infinitive — “to pray”, a single actionG4336I pray, pray for, offer prayer.This verse uses “pray”.to prayκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἦνēnto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing action in the pastG1510I am, exist.διανυκτερεύωνdianuktereuōncontinued all nightδιανυκτερεύω (dianuktereuō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “continued all night”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1273I spend the whole night.continued all nightἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inτῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.προσευχῇproseuchēprayerπροσευχήnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “prayer”, the to- or for-formG4335(a) prayer (to God), (b) a place for prayer (used by Jews, perhaps where there was no synagogue).This verse uses “prayer”.prayerτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θεοῦtheouto Godθεός (theos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “to God”, the of-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.to God

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἐξηλθενexēlthento that he went outἐξέρχομαι (exerchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, second aorist active infinitive — “to that he went out”, a single actionG1831I go out, come out.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And it came to pass in those days, he went forth to the mountain to pray, and was passing the night in the prayer of God,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And it came to pass in these days, that he went out into the mountain to pray; and he continued all night in prayer to God.

Young’s Literal Translation

And it came to pass in those days, he went forth to the mountain to pray, and was passing the night in the prayer of God,

World English Bible

In these days, he went out to the mountain to pray, and he continued all night in prayer to God.

Darby Translation

And it came to pass in those days that he went out into the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God.

Douay-Rheims

And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and he passed the whole night in the prayer of God.

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