King James Version

Luke 7:6

Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof:

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “to him” (πρὸς αὐτὸν) before friends here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdeThenδέconjunction — “Then”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.ThenἸησοῦςiēsousJesusἸησοῦςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the subject formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.Jesusἐπορεύετοeporeuetowentπορεύομαι (poreuomai)verb, imperfect middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “went”, an ongoing action in the pastG4198I travel, journey, go, die.wentσὺνsunwithσύνpreposition — “with”G4862with.withαὐτοῖςautoisthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “them”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themἤδηēdēnowἤδηadverb — “now”G2235already; now at length, now after all this waiting.This verse uses “now”.nowδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.αὐτοῦautouhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “him”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himοὐounotοὐadverb — “not”G3756no, not.notμακρὰνmakranlongμακράνadverb — “long”G3112at a distance, far away, remote, alien.ἀπέχοντοςapechontosto have in fullἀπέχω (apechō)verb, present active participle, genitive, singular, masculine — “to have in full”, an ongoing or repeated actionG568I have in full, am far, it is enough.This verse uses “have in full”.ἀπὸapoaway fromἀπόpreposition — “away from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.οἰκίαςoikiashomeοἰκία (oikia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “home”, the of-formG3614a house, household, dwelling; meton: goods, property, means.ἔπεμψενepempsento sendπέμπω (pempō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to send”, a single actionG3992I send, transmit, permit to go, put forth.φίλουςphilousfriendlyφίλος (philos)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “friendly”, the object formG5384friendly; subst: a friend, an associate.This verse uses “friendly”.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἑκατοντάρχηςhekatontarchēscenturionἑκατοντάρχηςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “centurion”, the subject formG1543a centurion of the Roman army.λέγωνlegōnto speakλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to speak”, 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 “speak”.αὐτῷautōheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “he”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.Κύριεkurielordκύριος (kurios)noun, vocative, singular, masculine — “lord”, the calling formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.μὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.σκύλλουskullouto troubleσκύλλω (skullō)verb, present passive imperative, 2nd person singular — “to trouble”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4660I flay, trouble, annoy, vex.This verse uses “trouble”.οὐounoοὐadverb — “no”G3756no, not.γὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.ἱκανόςhikanosworthyἱκανόςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “worthy”, the subject formG2425(a) considerable, sufficient, of number, quantity, time, (b) of persons: sufficiently strong (good, etc.), worthy, suitable, with various constructions, (c) many, much.This verse uses “worthy”.worthyεἰμιeimito beεἰμίverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ἵναhinathatἵναconjunction — “that”G2443in order that, so that.thatὑπὸhupounderὑπόpreposition — “under”G5259by, under, about.This verse uses “under”.underτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.στέγηνstegēnroofστέγη (stegē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “roof”, the object formG4721a flat roof of a house.roofμουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).εἰσέλθῃςeiselthēsto enterεἰσέρχομαι (eiserchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active subjunctive, 2nd person singular — “to enter”, a single actionG1525I go in, come in, enter.This verse uses “enter”.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

πρὸςprostoπρόςpreposition — “to”G4314to, towards, with.αὐτὸνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And Jesus was going on with them, and now when he is not far distant from the house the centurion sent unto him friends, saying to him, 'Sir, be not troubled, for I am not worthy that under my roof thou mayest enter;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself; for I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof:

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Jesus went with them. When he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, “Lord, don’t trouble yourself, for I am not worthy for you to come under my roof.

Darby Translation

And Jesus went with them. But already, when he was not far from the house, the centurion sent to him friends, saying to him, Lord, do not trouble thyself, for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof.

Douay-Rheims

And Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent his friends to him, saying: Lord, trouble not thyself; for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof.

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