King James Version

Luke 9:28

And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the” (τὸν) before Peter here.

Ἐγένετοegenetoit came to passγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “it came to pass”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.it came to passδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.μετὰmetaafterμετάpreposition — “after”G3326(a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.This verse uses “after”.afterτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.λόγουςlogoussayingsλόγος (logos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “sayings”, the object formG3056a word, speech, divine utterance, analogy.sayingsτούτουςtoutousthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “this”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.ὡσεὶhōseilikeὡσείadverb — “like”G5616as if, as it were, like; with numbers: about.This verse uses “like”.ἡμέραιhēmeraidayἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, nominative, plural, feminine — “day”, the subject formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.ὀκτὼoktōeightὀκτώadjective, nominative, plural, feminine — “eight”, the subject formG3638eight.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.παραλαβὼνparalabōnhe tookπαραλαμβάνω (paralambanō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “he took”, a single actionG3880I take from, receive from, or: I take to, receive (apparently not used of money), admit, acknowledge; I take with me.he tookΠέτρονpetronPeterΠέτρος (petros)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Peter”, the object formG4074Peter, a Greek name meaning "rock".Peterκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἸωάννηνiōannēnJohnἸωάννης (iōannēs)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “John”, the object formG2491John: the Baptist, the apostle, a member of the Sanhedrin, or John Mark.Johnκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἸάκωβονiakōbonJamesἸάκωβος (iakōbos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “James”, the object formG2385James, (a) the Small, son of Alphaeus, and one of the Twelve, (b) half-brother of Jesus, (c) father (?) of Jude, (d) son of Zebedee, and brother of John, one of the Twelve, killed A.D. 44.Jamesἀνέβηanebēand went upἀναβαίνω (anabainō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “and went up”, a single actionG305I go up, mount, ascend; of things: I rise, spring up, come up.and went upεἰςeisintoεἰςpreposition — “into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.intoτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ὄροςorosa mountainὄροςnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “a mountain”, the object formG3735a mountain, hill.a mountainπροσεύξασθαιproseuxasthaito prayπροσεύχομαι (proseuchomai)verb, aorist middle infinitive — “to pray”, a single actionG4336I pray, pray for, offer prayer.This verse uses “pray”.to pray

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

τὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And it came to pass, after these words, as it were eight days, that having taken Peter, and John, and James, he went up to the mountain to pray,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And it came to pass about eight days after these sayings, that he took with him Peter and John and James, and went up into the mountain to pray.

Young’s Literal Translation

And it came to pass, after these words, as it were eight days, that having taken Peter, and John, and James, he went up to the mountain to pray,

World English Bible

About eight days after these sayings, he took with him Peter, John, and James, and went up onto the mountain to pray.

Darby Translation

And it came to pass after these words, about eight days, that taking Peter and John and James he went up into a mountain to pray.

Douay-Rheims

And it came to pass about eight days after these words, that he took Peter, and James, and John, and went up into a mountain to pray.

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