King James Version

Luke 7:20

When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “has sent” (ἀπέστειλεν) before us here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “has sent” (ἀπέσταλκεν) before us here.

παραγενόμενοιparagenomenoiwere comeπαραγίνομαι (paraginomai)verb, aorist middle participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “were come”, a single actionG3854(a) I come on the scene, appear, come, (b) with words expressing destination: I present myself at, arrive at, reach.This verse uses “come”.were comeδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.πρὸςprosuntoπρόςpreposition — “unto”G4314to, towards, with.untoαὐτὸνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himοἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἄνδρεςandresmanἀνήρ (anēr)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “man”, the subject formG435a male human being; a man, husband.εἶπανeipanto 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).they saidἸωάννηςiōannēsJohnἸωάννηςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “John”, the subject formG2491John: the Baptist, the apostle, a member of the Sanhedrin, or John Mark.Johnὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.βαπτιστὴςbaptistēsBaptistβαπτιστήςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Baptist”, the subject formG910the baptizer, the Baptist, epithet used only of John, the son of Zechariah and Elizabeth, forerunner of Jesus.Baptistἀπέστειλενapesteilenhath sentἀποστέλλω (apostellō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “hath sent”, a single actionG649I send forth, send (as a messenger, commission, etc.), send away, dismiss.hath sentἡμᾶςhēmasIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).usπρὸςprosuntoπρόςpreposition — “unto”G4314to, towards, with.untoσὲsetheeσύ (su)personal pronoun, accusative, singular — “thee”, the object formG4771you.theeλέγωνlegōnsayingλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “saying”, an ongoing or repeated 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.sayingΣὺsuthouσύpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “thou”, the subject formG4771you.thouεἶeito beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἐρχόμενοςerchomenoshe that should comeἔρχομαι (erchomai)verb, present middle participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “he that should come”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2064I come, go.he that should comeἢē? orἤconjunction — “? or”G2228or, than.? orἄλλονallonanotherἄλλος (allos)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “another”, the object formG243other, another (of more than two), different.This verse uses “another”.anotherπροσδοκῶμενprosdokōmento look forπροσδοκάω (prosdokaō)verb, present active indicative, 1st person plural — “to look for”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4328I expect, wait for, await, think, anticipate.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἀπέσταλκενapestalkenhath sentἀποστέλλω (apostellō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “hath sent”, a single actionG649I send forth, send (as a messenger, commission, etc.), send away, dismiss.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And having come near to him, the men said, 'John the Baptist sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he who is coming, or for another do we look?'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And when the men were come unto him, they said, John the Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that cometh, or look we for another?

Young’s Literal Translation

And having come near to him, the men said, 'John the Baptist sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he who is coming, or for another do we look?'

World English Bible

When the men had come to him, they said, “John the Baptizer has sent us to you, saying, ‘Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?’”

Darby Translation

But the men having come to him said, John the baptist has sent us to thee, saying, Art thou he that is coming, or are we to wait for another?

Douay-Rheims

And when the men were come unto him, they said: John the Baptist hath sent us to thee, saying: Art thou he that art to come; or look we for another?

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