King James Version

Luke 7:28

For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “than John” (Ἰωάννου) before no [one] here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “for” (γὰρ) before you here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “prophet” (προφήτης) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “baptist” (βαπτιστοῦ) before no [one] here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the” (τοῦ) before God here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

λέγωlegōI sayλέγωverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “I say”, 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.This verse uses “say”.I sayὑμῖνhuminunto youσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “unto you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.unto youμείζωνmeizōngreatμέγας (megas)adjective, comparative, nominative, singular, masculine — “great”, the subject formG3173large, great, in the widest sense.This verse uses “great”.ἐνenAmongἐνpreposition — “Among”G1722in, on, among.Amongγεννητοῖςgennētoisthose that are bornγεννητός (gennētos)adjective, dative, plural, masculine — “those that are born”, the to- or for-formG1084begotten, born.This verse uses “born”.those that are bornγυναικῶνgunaikōnof womenγυνή (gunē)noun, genitive, plural, feminine — “of women”, the of-formG1135a woman, wife, my lady.of womenἸωάννουiōannouJohnἸωάννης (iōannēs)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “John”, the of-formG2491John: the Baptist, the apostle, a member of the Sanhedrin, or John Mark.Johnοὐδείςoudeisnoneοὐδείςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “none”, the subject formG3762no one, none, nothing.This verse uses “none”.ἐστινestinisεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “is”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.isὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, 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”.μικρότεροςmikroterossmallμικρός (mikros)adjective, comparative, nominative, singular, masculine — “small”, the subject formG3398little, small.This verse uses “small”.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.τῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.βασιλείᾳbasileiakingdomβασιλείαnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “kingdom”, the to- or for-formG932kingship, sovereignty, authority, rule, especially of God, both in the world, and in the hearts of men; hence: kingdom, in the concrete sense.This verse uses “kingdom”.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θεοῦtheouGodθεός (theos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “God”, the of-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.μείζωνmeizōngreatμέγας (megas)adjective, comparative, nominative, singular, masculine — “great”, the subject formG3173large, great, in the widest sense.This verse uses “great”.αὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.heἐστινestinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

γὰρgarForγάρconjunction — “For”G1063for.προφήτηςprophētēsprophetπροφήτηςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “prophet”, the subject formG4396a prophet, poet; a person gifted at expositing divine truth.βαπτιστοῦbaptistouBaptistΒαπτιστής (baptistēs)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Baptist”, the of-formG910the baptizer, the Baptist, epithet used only of John, the son of Zechariah and Elizabeth, forerunner of Jesus.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

for I say to you, a greater prophet, among those born of women, than John the Baptist there is not; but the least in the reign of God is greater than he.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there is none greater than John: yet he that is but little in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

Young’s Literal Translation

for I say to you, a greater prophet, among those born of women, than John the Baptist there is not; but the least in the reign of God is greater than he.'

World English Bible

“ For I tell you , among those who are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptizer; yet he who is least in God ’s Kingdom is greater than he .”

Darby Translation

for I say unto you, Among them that are born of women a greater [prophet] is no one than John [the baptist]; but he who is a little one in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

Douay-Rheims

For I say to you: Amongst those that are born of women, there is not a greater prophet that John the Baptist. But he that is the lesser in the kingdom of God, is greater than he.

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