King James Version

Luke 8:19

Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come at him for the press.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “she came” (Παρεγένετο) before then here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “they came” (Παρεγένοντο) before then here.

Παρεγένετοparegenetocameπαραγίνομαι (paraginomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “came”, a single actionG3854(a) I come on the scene, appear, come, (b) with words expressing destination: I present myself at, arrive at, reach.cameδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.πρὸςprostoπρόςpreposition — “to”G4314to, towards, with.toαὐτὸνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.μήτηρmētērhis motherμήτηρnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “his mother”, the subject formG3384a mother.his motherκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andοἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἀδελφοὶadelphoibrethrenἀδελφός (adelphos)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “brethren”, the subject formG80a brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian.brethrenαὐτοῦautouat himαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “at him”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.at himκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.οὐκouknoοὐ (ou)adverb — “no”G3756no, not.ἠδύναντοēdunantobe ableδύναμαι (dunamai)verb, imperfect middle indicative, 3rd person plural — “be able”, an ongoing action in the pastG1410(a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can.συντυχεῖνsuntucheinto meet withσυντυγχάνω (suntunchanō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to meet with”, a single actionG4940I meet with, come to, fall in with.This verse uses “meet with”.αὐτῷautōheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “he”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.διὰdiaforδιάpreposition — “for”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.forτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ὄχλονochlonpressὄχλος (ochlos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “press”, the object formG3793a crowd, mob, the common people.the press

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Παρεγένοντοparegenontocameπαραγίνομαι (paraginomai)verb, second aorist deponent indicative, 3rd person singular — “came”, a single actionG3854(a) I come on the scene, appear, come, (b) with words expressing destination: I present myself at, arrive at, reach.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And there came unto him his mother and brethren, and they were not able to get to him because of the multitude,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And there came to him his mother and brethren, and they could not come at him for the crowd.

Young’s Literal Translation

And there came unto him his mother and brethren, and they were not able to get to him because of the multitude,

World English Bible

His mother and brothers came to him, and they could not come near him for the crowd.

Darby Translation

And his mother and his brethren came to him, and could not get to him because of the crowd.

Douay-Rheims

And his mother and brethren came unto him; and they could not come at him for the crowd.

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