King James Version

Luke 9:16

Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “to set” (παραθεῖναι) before before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “to be set” (παρατιθέναι) before before the here.

λαβὼνlabōnhe tookλαμβάνω (lambanō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “he took”, a single actionG2983(a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of.he tookδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.τοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πέντεpentefiveπέντεadjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “five”, the object formG4002five.the fiveἄρτουςartousloavesἄρτος (artos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “loaves”, the object formG740bread, a loaf, food.loavesκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.δύοduotwoδύοadjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “two”, the object formG1417two.the twoἰχθύαςichthuasfishesἰχθύς (ichthus)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “fishes”, the object formG2486a fish.fishesἀναβλέψαςanablepsasand looking upἀναβλέπω (anablepō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “and looking up”, a single actionG308I look up, recover my sight.and looking upεἰςeistoεἰςpreposition — “to”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.toτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.οὐρανὸνouranonheavenοὐρανός (ouranos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “heaven”, the object formG3772heaven, (a) the visible heavens: the atmosphere, the sky, the starry heavens, (b) the spiritual heavens.heavenεὐλόγησενeulogēsenhe blessedεὐλογέω (eulogeō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he blessed”, a single actionG2127(lit: I speak well of) I bless; pass: I am blessed.he blessedαὐτοὺςautousthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “them”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andκατέκλασενkateklasenbrakeκατακλάω (kataklaō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “brake”, a single actionG2622I break in pieces, break up.brakeκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐδίδουedidougaveδίδωμι (didōmi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “gave”, an ongoing action in the pastG1325I offer, give; I put, place.gaveτοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.μαθηταῖςmathētaisto the disciplesμαθητής (mathētēs)noun, dative, plural, masculine — “to the disciples”, the to- or for-formG3101a learner, disciple, pupil.to the disciplesπαραθεῖναιparatheinaito set beforeπαρατίθημι (paratithēmi)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to set before”, a single actionG3908(a) I set (especially a meal) before, serve, (b) act. and mid: I deposit with, entrust to, (c) I bring forward, quote as evidence.This verse uses “set before”.to set beforeτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ὄχλῳochlōmultitudeὄχλος (ochlos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “multitude”, the to- or for-formG3793a crowd, mob, the common people.the multitude

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

παρατιθέναιparatithenaito set beforeπαρατίθημι (paratithēmi)verb, second aorist active infinitive — “to set before”, a single actionG3908(a) I set (especially a meal) before, serve, (b) act. and mid: I deposit with, entrust to, (c) I bring forward, quote as evidence.This verse uses “set before”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and having taken the five loaves, and the two fishes, having looked up to the heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and was giving to the disciples to set before the multitude;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake; and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.

Young’s Literal Translation

and having taken the five loaves, and the two fishes, having looked up to the heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and was giving to the disciples to set before the multitude;

World English Bible

He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to the sky, he blessed them, broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the multitude.

Darby Translation

And taking the five loaves and the two fishes, looking up to heaven he blessed them, and broke and gave to the disciples to set before the crowd.

Douay-Rheims

And taking the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed them; and he broke, and distributed to his disciples, to set before the multitude.

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