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Luke 9:35

And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “chosen” (ἐκλελεγμένος,) before Him here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “beloved” (ἀγαπητός) before Him here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andφωνὴphōnēa voiceφωνήnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “a voice”, the subject formG5456a sound, noise, voice, language, dialect.This verse uses “voice”.a voiceἐγένετοegenetoto beγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.ἐκekout ofἐκpreposition — “out of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.out ofτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.νεφέληςnephelēscloudνεφέλη (nephelē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “cloud”, the of-formG3507a cloud.the cloudλέγουσαlegousasayingλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, feminine — “saying”, 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.sayingΟὗτόςhoutosThisοὗτοςdemonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “This”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.Thisἐστινestinisεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “is”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.isὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.υἱόςhuiosSonυἱόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Son”, the subject formG5207a son, descendent.SonμουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἐκλελεγμένοςeklelegmenosto selectἐκλέγομαι (eklegomai)verb, perfect passive participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to select”, a completed action with a present resultG1586I pick out for myself, choose, elect, select.αὐτοῦautouhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “him”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himἀκούετεakoueteto hearἀκούω (akouō)verb, present active imperative, 2nd person plural — “to hear”, an ongoing or repeated actionG191I hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported.This verse uses “hear”.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἀγαπητόςagapētosbelovedἀγαπητόςverb, perfect passive participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “beloved”, a completed action with a present resultG27loved, beloved, with two special applications: the Beloved, a title of the Messiah (Christ), as beloved beyond all others by the God who sent Him; of Christians, as beloved by God, Christ, and one another.This verse uses “beloved”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and a voice came out of the cloud saying, 'This is My Son — the Beloved; hear ye him;'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my Son, my chosen: hear ye him.

Young’s Literal Translation

and a voice came out of the cloud saying, 'This is My Son — the Beloved; hear ye him;'

World English Bible

A voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him!”

Darby Translation

and there was a voice out of the cloud saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.

Douay-Rheims

And a voice came out of the cloud, saying: This is my beloved Son; hear him.

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