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Luke 9:23

And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “to come he should deny” (ἔρχεσθαι, ἀρνησάσθω) before himself here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “to come he should deny” (ἐλθεῖν ἀπαρνησάσθω) before himself here.

Ἔλεγενelegenhe saidλέγω (legō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he said”, an ongoing action in the pastG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.he saidδὲdebutδέconjunction — “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.toπάνταςpantasthem allπᾶς (pas)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “them all”, the object formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.them allΕἴeiifεἰconjunction — “if”G1487if.τιςtisoneτιςinterrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “one”, the subject formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.θέλειtheleiwillθέλω (thelō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “will”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2309I will, wish, desire, am willing, intend, design.This verse uses “will”.willὀπίσωopisōafterὀπίσωpreposition — “after”G3694behind, after; back, backwards.This verse uses “after”.afterμουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).meἔρχεσθαιerchesthaito comeἔρχομαι (erchomai)verb, present middle infinitive — “to come”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2064I come, go.ἀρνησάσθωarnēsasthōlet him denyἀρνέομαι (arneomai)verb, aorist middle imperative, 3rd person singular — “let him deny”, a single actionG720(a) I deny (a statement), (b) I repudiate (a person, or belief).This verse uses “deny”.let him denyἑαυτὸνheautonhimselfἑαυτοῦ (heautou)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “himself”, the object formG1438himself, herself, itself.This verse uses “himself”.himselfκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἀράτωaratōtake upαἴρω (airō)verb, aorist active imperative, 3rd person singular — “take up”, a single actionG142I raise, lift up, take away, remove.take upτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.σταυρὸνstauroncrossσταυρός (stauros)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “cross”, the object formG4716a cross.crossαὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.καθ’kathaccording toκατά (kata)preposition — “according to”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.This verse uses “according to”.ἡμέρανhēmerandailyἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “daily”, the object formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.dailyκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἀκολουθείτωakoloutheitōfollowἀκολουθέω (akoloutheō)verb, present active imperative, 3rd person singular — “follow”, an ongoing or repeated actionG190I accompany, attend, follow.This verse uses “follow”.followμοιmoiIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “I”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).me

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἐλθεῖνeltheinto comeἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this form of the verb.verb, present middle or passive infinitive — “to come”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2064I come, go.ἀπαρνησάσθωaparnēsasthōlet him denyἀπαρνέομαι (aparneomai)verb, aorist deponent imperative, 3rd person singular — “let him deny”, a single actionG533I deny, disown, repudiate (either another person or myself), disregard.This verse uses “deny”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And he said unto all, 'If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he said unto all, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

Young’s Literal Translation

And he said unto all, 'If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me;

World English Bible

He said to all, “ If anyone desires to come after me , let him deny himself , take up his cross , and follow me .

Darby Translation

And he said to [them] all, If any one will come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me;

Douay-Rheims

And he said to all: If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

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